Sleep loss produces false memories

sea-maid submitted, created time 4 months 6 days (www.nature.com)

Sleepless nights can increase your chances of forming false memories, according to researchers in Germany and Switzerland. But, as for so many aspects of life, it seems that coffee can save the day.

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High consumption of coffee or tea every day appears to protect male smokers against at least one type of stroke

kavin submitted, created time 4 months 2 weeks (www.medscape.com)

This large, prospective, observational study showed that Finnish smokers who consumed eight or more cups of coffee per day had a 23% lowered risk for cerebral infarction, whereas those who drank two or more cups of black tea daily had a 21% lowered risk for this type of stroke vs those who drank little or none of these beverages. The associations were independent of risk factors such as a history of coronary heart disease.

Their report is published in the June 2008 issue of Stroke

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Higher coffee consumption associated with lower liver cancer risk

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A new large, prospective population-based study confirms an inverse relationship between coffee consumption and liver cancer risk. The study also found that higher levels of gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT) in the blood were associated with an increased risk of developing the disease. These findings are published in the July issue of Hepatology, a journal published by John Wiley & Sons on behalf of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD). The article and an accompanying editorial are also available online at Wiley Interscience (www.interscience.wiley.com)

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Coffee intake and incidence of hypertension

badboy submitted, created time 1 year 8 months (www.ajcn.org)

Coffee abstinence is associated with a lower hypertension risk than is low coffee consumption. An inverse U-shaped relation between coffee intake and risk of hypertension was observed in the women.

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