New Study Links Caffeinated Coffee To Vision Loss

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New Study Links Caffeinated Coffee To Vision Loss

Posted by timothy on Thursday October 4, 2012 @03:20AM from the whiskey-linked-to-vision-blurriness-in-followup dept.

dsinc writes "A new study suggests caffeinated coffee drinkers should limit their intake to reduce their chances of developing vision loss or blindness. According to a scientific paper in Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, heavy caffeinated coffee consumption is associated with an increased risk of developing exfoliation glaucoma (abstract), the leading cause of secondary glaucoma worldwide. 'Scandinavian populations have the highest frequencies of exfoliation syndrome and glaucoma,' said author Jae Hee Kang, ScD, of Channing Division of Network Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Mass. 'Because Scandinavian populations also have the highest consumption of caffeinated coffee in the world, and our research group has previously found that greater caffeinated coffee intake was associated with increased risk of primary open-angle glaucoma, we conducted this study to evaluate whether the risk of exfoliation glaucoma or glaucoma suspect may be different by coffee consumption.'"

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Coffee is... by Ashenkase · 2012-10-04 03:23 · Score: 5, Funny

Good for you... Coffee is bad for you... Coffee is good for you... Coffee is bad for you...
Coffee is making me sea sick.
1. Re:Coffee is... by JustOK · 2012-10-04 03:32 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Try the sea weed
  
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2. Re:Coffee is... by Hatta · 2012-10-04 03:36 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Smoke some Cannabis. It will help with both the nausea and the glaucoma.
  
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3. Re:Coffee is... by cayenne8 · 2012-10-04 03:54 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  So...it is the coffee that is making me go blind...
  All this time, I thought it was the other thing....
  :)
  
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4. Re:Coffee is... by ackthpt · 2012-10-04 04:07 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Good for you... Coffee is bad for you... Coffee is good for you... Coffee is bad for you...
  Coffee is making me sea sick.
  Which is why I switched to tea ... which is good for you ... which is bad for you .. which is good for you ...
  
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5. Re:Coffee is... by Anonymous Coward · 2012-10-04 04:09 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Coffee is making me sea sick.
  
  No I think the article is trying to say it makes you see sick.
6. Re:Coffee is... by QRDeNameland · 2012-10-04 04:54 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Better yet, always add a bit to every can of coffee you brew. Of course it'll take extensive tests to determine the ideal mix. Very extensive i bet; any volunteers?
  Unfortunately, THC is not soluble in water. Therefore, you'll have to brew your coffee/cannabis mix with grain alcohol instead of water. Oh wait, were we trying to avoid blindness?
  
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7. Re:Coffee is... by ShieldW0lf · 2012-10-04 05:52 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  Must be a bit embarrassing that a stoner beat you to anything...
  I got distracted... I was in such a rush to post that I dropped a cherry in my lap :P
  
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8. Re:Coffee is... by Rockoon · 2012-10-04 05:52 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  my eyes arent too good, can you inspect my palms for me?
  
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9. Re:Coffee is... by cyn1c77 · 2012-10-04 05:53 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Good for you... Coffee is bad for you... Coffee is good for you... Coffee is bad for you...
  Coffee is making me sea sick.
  Which is why I switched to tea ... which is good for you ... which is bad for you .. which is good for you ...
  I am contemplating just switching to soda. That way I'll know that it's bad for me.
  I just can't take the uncertainty anymore.
Damn... by Anonymous Coward · 2012-10-04 03:25 · Score: 1, Funny

Damn... Between caffeinated coffee and masturbation, it's amazing I'm not completely blind...
1. Re:Damn... by Anonymous Coward · 2012-10-04 03:29 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Just don't masturbate into your coffee.
OK... Next question: by lorenlal · 2012-10-04 03:27 · Score: 4, Funny

So, does this mean it's time to start evaluating a possible reason?
I ask because I love my coffee. Seriously, I'm stupid for it... But the last thing I need is another activity that supposedly makes me go blind...
Re:Correlation != Causation by Anonymous Coward · 2012-10-04 03:28 · Score: 1, Funny

The next thing you know, they're going to try and tell us that sitting down in front of your monitor and coding all day is bad for us.
Re:Correlation != Causation by freeze128 · 2012-10-04 03:56 · Score: 4, Funny

"Outside temperatures, sun exposure and gender may trigger glaucoma"
Oh my GOD! *I* have a gender... I wonder if I'm at risk...
Dammit! by Lumpy · 2012-10-04 04:13 · Score: 1, Funny

I upped my coffee intake to stave off Dementia and Alzheimer disease... bot now I'm gonna go blind....
Give a guy a break will ya scientists?

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It has to be the di-hydrogen monoxide content by Tony+Isaac · 2012-10-04 06:59 · Score: 1, Funny

http://www.dhmo.org/facts.html