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Another observational food study with its inherent self-reporting bias this time about the link between fizzy drinks, coffee, and fruit juice consumption and increasing stroke risk.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for October 7, 2024 Source:Frequent drinking of fizzy beverages and fruit juice linked to an increased risk of stroke: research Reference:Frequent fizzy or fruit drinks and high coffee consumption linked to higherstroke risk
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If you like coffee then enjoy. There are hundreds of observational studies leading to headline claims trying to justify its consumption on the basis of good or bad health outcomes. Nature of these studies: they are unable to establish causality.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for September 18, 2023 Source:This amount of coffee a day is tied to a lower risk of depression and anxiety: study Reference:The association between coffee consumption and risk of incident depression and anxiety: Exploring the benefits of moderate intake
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Another coffee and tea observational study not able to demonstrate a causal relationship between consumption and harm reduction in a study population with diabetes. Big surprise… not.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 20, 2023 Source:TEAS ARE GOOD Drinking more tea and coffee could help millions of people with silent killer live longer
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The week: Hep A in strawberries, new rapid tests for Syphilis, Virtual Surgery, and another useless coffee study.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 31, June, 1, 2, and 3, 2022 Source:Organic strawberries linked to Hepatitis A outbreaks in U.S. and CanadaNew rapid test for syphilis can give patients immediate access to treatment, Alberta doctors sayMeeting with your doctor in the metaverse? Health care is about to get more virtualDrinking coffee may be linked…
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Much ado about coffee (another observational study about it, please make it stop) with apologies to the Bard. Let’s move on to a more relevant study that shows mRNA vaccines produce long-term persistent immunity. #VaccinesWork
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 29, 2021 Source:Drinking any coffee reduces the risk of liver disease, study findsPfizer and Moderna Vaccines Likely to Produce Lasting Immunity, Study Finds Reference:All coffee types decrease the risk of adverse clinical outcomes in chronic liver disease: a UK Biobank studySARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines induce persistent human germinal centre responses
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Coffee consumption study reviews cardiovascular disease risk. Six cups/day or more might/may/potentially contribute to increased risk but causal link is not established.
Health Headlines Commentary for May 13, 2019 Source: Six or more cups of coffee in a day could be dangerous: Study Reference: Long-term coffee consumption, caffeine metabolism genetics, and risk of cardiovascular disease: a prospective analysis of up to 347,077 individuals and 8368 cases
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Another coffee-causes-cancer-scare ignores the evidence to the contrary. Nothing to see here, let’s move on.
Health Headlines Commentary for April 2, 2018 Source: Coffee may come with a cancer warning label in California
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Another coffee study goes bust; observational methods cannot prove any health benefits
Health Headlines Commentary for November 24, 2017 Source: Three or four cups of coffee a day associated with lower risk of death: study Reference: Poole R, Kennedy OJ, Roderick P, et al. Coffee consumption and health: umbrella review of meta-analyses of multiple health outcomes BMJ. Published online November 22 2017 Analysis: Drinking 3-4 cups of coffee a…
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Limits to coffee’s effect to keep you sharp when chronically sleep-deprived
Health Headlines Commentary for August 8, 2016 Source: Coffee may lose stimulant effect after 3 short night’s sleep: study Reference: Caffeine has little to no benefit after 3 nights of sleep restriction