Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/98w5gUNBqw8   Drinking more than 6 cups of coffee a day versus 1-2 was associated with a 53% greater risk of dementia.  Australian investigators studied the coffee consumption of 398,646 persons with records in the UK Biobank that included 17,702 who also had brain MRI data.   Though heavy coffee drinkers had a high risk of dementia, those who never drank coffee also had some risk compared with moderate coffee drinkers.  Analysis of the data also showed that the 6 cup a day plus coffee drinkers also had smaller brains overall and less grey matter.  They also had a 17% increased risk of stroke.   This data reminds us once again that moderation is always the best policy.   https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1028415X.2021.1945858   #coffee #dementia #stroke