Caffeine May Reduce Alzheimers

thelars writes "This article discusses research that links coffee consumption to a reduced risk of alzheimers disease. According to the article, drinking at least three cups of coffee a day may reduce your risk of alzheimers by up to 60%. Time to stock up on Penguin mints..."

Comments

hahahaha

[Graspee_Leemoor]

Nicotine reduces risk of Alzheimer's too. I always new drinking 10 cups of coffee a day and chainsmoking was good for me...

hmmm coffee

[Loopsnut]

Now I have the ultimate excuse to stay up till 4am coding hyped up on caffiene, i want to be able to do it for fifty more years without forgetting how.

I am saved

[Anonymous Coward]

thank you jolt

Just what we need

[The Turd Report]

Seniors all hopped up on coffee and/or Penguin mints. I only hope it will allow them to drive the speed limit and turn off their blinkers after a turn.

Sigh.

[blackula]

Can't even get a fucking topic right. It's "Alzheimer's."

So basically...

[JoeShmoe]

This article says that caffeine may reduce Alzheimers.

However, this article says that alcohol may reduce Alzheimers.

So in other words...the best thing I can do is drink Irish coffee?

- JoeShmoe

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No alzheimers?

[bravehamster]

So you're telling me all these asshole on slashdot will still be know-it-alls when they're 90?

Study shows most studies are flawed...

[bahtama]

Bah, 60%! Having a fatal heart attack reduces your risk of having Alzheimers by 100%! So get back to that high-fat diet! ;)

Re:Interesting, but ...

[jazman_777]

Should we now scrap all that other studies that suggest coffee consumption can be linked to higher blood pressure, which can in turn be linked to higher risk of heart attacks?

Absolutely, because we live in the day of "The Latest Study Shows..." The Latest Study [tm] is all that counts.

Catch-22

[A_Non_Moose]

Now where did I put those Penguin Mints?

JonKatz at 90

[GuyMannDude]

You bastard! Now you got me wondering what Jon Katz is going to be like lecturing his grandkids:

"Ah, yes, I still remember where I was when I watched the two towers come down on 9/11. That was a life changing event, I tell you. Back in my day, people actually tried to help each other out instead of withdrawing into these confangled virtual reality contraptions you kids play with these days. Hey, sit down Jeffery and listen. I ain't done with my story yet. Maybe you'll learn somethin'. Now where was I? Oh yes, that Coumbine shooting was a life changing event, I tell you. Did I ever tell you about that? I did? Well, I'm gonna tell you again so quit your squirming an' listen up. Now the important thing was that I was wearing an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time. We did it to protest the growing threat of globalism..."

GMD

Re:Reduce Your Risk of Alzheimers

[jafac]

"Nervousness, anxiety, irritability, headache, disturbed sleep, and stomach upset or peptic ulcers. In women, it may aggravate the symptoms of premenstrual syndrome"

Holy shit, I've got all of those! (except the PMS thing).

I'll never get alzheimers

[BrainInAJar]

If 3 cups a day == 60% reduction, then my 6 cups a day must mean 120% reduction! Not only will I not forget things, I'll remember things I never learned in the first place!