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Alzheimers disease is a
condition that affects the neurological health of the afflicted patient.
Several studies with coffee have been done recently to determine
whether there is a valid link between drinking coffee and reduction in
the risk of Alzheimers disease. In mid-2002, the Dementia Clinics at the
Hospital of Santa Maria and Laboratory of Neurosciences at the Faculty
of Medicine of Lisbon, Portugal, investigated to see if there was a link
between drinking coffee and the reduction of the risk of developing
Alzheimers disease.
In particular, the researchers sought to
determine if the caffeine in coffee could protect against the
degeneration of the brain that is associated with Alzheimers disease in
the period before diagnosis.
They studied fifty-four patients
with probable Alzheimers disease. All of the patients met the National
Institute of Neurologic and Communicative Disorders and Store and the
Alzheimers disease and Related Disorders Association criteria.
The
researchers found that the caffeine in coffee was associated with a
significantly lower risk of developing Alzheimer+IBk-s disease, even
when other issues were taken into account.
The Klinik und
Poliklinik fur Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie at the
Universitatsklinikum Benjamin Franklin at the Freie Universitat in
Berlin, Berlin (Germany), looked at the relationship between consumption
of coffee and the delay in the onset of Alzheimers disease or reduction
in the rate of progression of the disease. While they were unable to
definitively state that the caffeine in coffee was beneficial to
patients with Alzheimers disease, they did see the possibility of the
link between coffee and overall neurological health.
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