November 16, 2015 By Kelly Young Edited by David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH Coffee consumption is associated with reduced mortality risk, suggests an observational study in Circulation. The analysis included nearly 210,000 U.S. health professionals free of cancer and cardiovascular disease at baseline. Participants completed food-frequency questionnaires at baseline and every 4 years thereafter. Roughly 32,000 […]
Date: September 22, 2015 Source: BioMed Central Summary: There is no association between coffee consumption and an increased risk of atrial fibrillation, according to research. The research includes a meta-analysis of four other studies, making it the largest study its kind, involving nearly 250,000 individuals over the course of 12 years. There is no association […]
Date: August 17, 2015 Regular consumption of caffeinated coffee may help prevent the return of colon cancer after treatment and improve the chances of a cure, according to a new, large study from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute that reported this striking association for the first time. The patients, all of them treated with surgery and chemotherapy for […]
Date: May 7, 2015 Source: University of Granada Summary: The coffee industry plays a major role in the global economy. It also has a significant impact on the environment, producing more than 2 billion tons of coffee by-products annually. Coffee silverskin (the epidermis of the coffee bean) is usually removed during processing, after the beans […]
March 3, 2015 By Larry Husten Edited by David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, and Jaye Elizabeth Hefner, MD People who drink moderate amounts of coffee might be less likely to have atherosclerosis, a Heart study suggests. In a sample of more than 25,000 people in South Korea without known cardiovascular disease, researchers examined the relationship between coffee consumption and […]
— Case-control studies suggest coffee may protect against the risk of MS. by Kristina Fiore, Staff Writer, MedPage Today February 26, 2015 Last Updated December 3, 2015 Filling up on coffee may protect against development of multiple sclerosis, according to findings from two cohort studies. In both studies, patients with the highest levels of coffee […]
Eur J Nutr. 2015 Feb;54(1):149-56. doi: 10.1007/s00394-014-0696-x. Epub 2014 Apr 17. Consumption of a dark roast coffee decreases the level of spontaneous DNA strand breaks: a randomized controlled trial. Bakuradze T1, Lang R, Hofmann T, Eisenbrand G, Schipp D, Galan J, Richling E. Author information Abstract PURPOSE: Coffee consumption has been reported to decrease oxidative damage in peripheral white blood cells (WBC). […]
01.20.2015 0 COMMENTS Analysis: Can Coffee Prevent Melanoma? Dissecting a study suggesting a protective effect from coffee. by F. Perry Wilson MD, MSCE MedPage Today medical reviewer Francis (Perry) Wilson turns his attention to the latest “good news” for coffee drinkers study and gives his rating: half-cup out of four cups. VIDEO LINK HERE TIME […]
Coffee intake and the risk of colorectal adenoma: The colorectal adenoma study in Tokyo Sanjeev Budhathoki Abstract Coffee is a commonly consumed beverage which contains several potential anticarcinogenic and chemopreventive compounds, and has been hypothesized to have protective effects in colorectal neoplasia. However, the limited available data on coffee consumption in relation to colorectal adenoma […]
Liver Biology and Pathobiology Inverse associations of total and decaffeinated coffee with liver enzyme levels in NHANES 1999-2010 Qian Xiao Abstract Background Coffee may have hepatoprotective effects and higher coffee consumption has been associated inversely with levels of liver enzymatic markers. However, it is unclear whether decaffeinated coffee is also associated with liver enzymes. Methods […]
Am J Epidemiol. 2014 Oct 15;180(8):763-75. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwu194. Epub 2014 Aug 24. Coffee consumption and mortality from all causes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer: a dose-response meta-analysis. Crippa A, Discacciati A, Larsson SC, Wolk A, Orsini N. Abstract Several studies have analyzed the relationship between coffee consumption and mortality, but the shape of the association remains […]
Can Coffee Keep Your Ears from Ringing? September 06, 2014 Story Source By Dr. Mercola I personally don’t drink coffee as I don’t like the taste and have only used a few cups in my life to treat jet lag. However, there are ways to include coffee in a healthy lifestyle, provided you’re not […]
Lisa Nainggolan April 24, 2014 The first study to examine whether a change in the amount of tea or coffee consumed has any effect on the subsequent risk for type 2 diabetes among healthy individuals has found that it does, at least for coffee. And the effects become apparent within a relatively short period of […]
Wang S. · Zhang Y. · Mao Z. · He X. · Zhang Q. · Zhang D. Urol Int (DOI: 10.1159/000356559) Abstract Objective: Epidemiologic studies have reported various results relating coffee to urolithiasis. A meta-analysis of cohort and case-control studies was conducted to pool the relative risk (RR) estimates of the association between coffee and […]
A Systematic Review and a Dose–Response Meta-Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies Ming Ding, MS Circulation. 2014; 129: 643-659 Abstract Background—Considerable controversy exists on the association between coffee consumption and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. A meta-analysis was performed to assess the dose–response relationship of long-term coffee consumption with CVD risk. Methods and Results—PubMed and EMBASE were […]
Nancy A. Melville January 28, 2014 Full Story Coffee consumption is strongly associated with a reduced risk for type 2 diabetes, regardless of whether the coffee is caffeinated or not, according to a new meta-analysis of 28 prospective studies, published in the February issue of Diabetes Care. “Compared with no coffee consumption…6 cups/day of coffee was associated with […]
Sue Hughes January 21, 2014 Caffeine appears to have an enhancing effect on memory consolidation, a new study suggests. For the study, published online January 12 in the journalNature Neuroscience, 160 healthy volunteers were shown 200 pictures of different everyday items and asked questions about them. They were then given a pill containing 200 mg […]
Bhatti SK, et al. Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care. 2013 Nov;16(6):688-97. doi: 10.1097/MCO.0b013e328365b9a0. Affiliation aSaint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute & University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri bJohn Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute, Ochsner Clinical School, The University of Queensland School of Medicine, New Orleans cDepartment of Preventive Medicine, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, […]
Coffee consumption and cardiovascular health: getting to the heart of the matter AuthorsRebello SA, et al. Show all Journal Curr Cardiol Rep. 2013 Oct;15(10):403. doi: 10.1007/s11886-013-0403-1. Affiliation Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore and National University Health System, Block MD3 #05-11, 16 Medical Dr, Singapore, 117597, Singapore, ephsar@nus.edu.sg. Abstract As […]