Making use of mice bred for developing Alzheimer's like symptoms, the researchers provide evidence that caffeinated
coffee protects against the disease which isn't possible with other beverages that contain caffeine or decaffeinated coffee.
Not exact matches
Coffee and cigarette smoking may
protect against the rare liver
disease Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC), study shows.
The study shows showed that the PSC patients had lower
coffee consumption both currently and in the early adulthood, suggesting that
coffee consumption could
protect against the development of the
disease.
While the possible protective effect of smoking
against PSC seems rather unique to this particular liver
disease,
coffee consumption has been shown to
protect against multiple other liver conditions including liver cirrhosis and liver cancer — and now for the first time also
against PSC.
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Coffee and cigarettes may
protect against liver
disease.»
Studies have found evidence for various health benefits of drinking
coffee in recent years, from helping to fend off diabetes, heart
disease and stroke to
protecting against depression and Alzheimer's
disease — and even, ironically, liver cancer (SN: 10/3/15, p. 16).
From Science Daily: A yet unidentified component of
coffee interacts with the beverage's caffeine, which could be a surprising reason why daily
coffee intake
protects against Alzheimer's
disease.
THURSDAY, Nov. 30, 2017 (HealthDay News)-- Drinking three to four cups of
coffee a day is not only safe for most people, it might
protect against heart
disease or an early death, a new review suggests.
Not only does
coffee taste absolutely delicious, it
protects against type 2 diabetes, Parkinson's
disease, liver
disease, liver cancer, and promotes a healthy heart [4].
Coffee is the biggest dietary source of antioxidants, that are believed to
protect against aging and many
diseases that are partly caused by oxidative stress, including cancer.
Gallstones: Among American men,
coffee intake
protects against symptomatic gallstone
disease.
-- Other preliminary research has shown that
coffee may
protect against Parkinson's
disease, liver cancer and liver cirrhosis, as well as a reduced risk of cardiovascular
disease.