Caffeinated coffee linked to glaucoma

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BOSTON, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Heavy consumption of caffeinated coffee -- three cups or more daily -- is associated with an increased risk of developing glaucoma, U.S. researchers say.

Study author Jae Hee Kang of Channing Division of Network Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston said the study involved 78,977 women from the Nurses' Health Study and 41,202 men from the Health Professionals Follow-up Study. Study participants were at least 40 years of age, did not have glaucoma and reported undergoing eye examinations from 1980 on for the nurses and from 1986 for the health professionals to 2008.

Researchers questioned study participants about the beverages they drank and reviewed medical records to determine cases of exfoliation glaucoma, or glaucoma suspect, which contributes to elevated pressure sufficient to damage the optic nerve, causing glaucoma. Patients with exfoliation glaucoma are believed to have optic nerve damage, but not enough for a diagnosis, Kang said.

A meta-analysis of the two groups showed participants who drank three cups or more of caffeinated coffee daily were at an increased risk of developing exfoliation glaucoma, compared to abstainers of coffee.

"Because this is the first study to evaluate the association between caffeinated coffee and exfoliation glaucoma in a U.S. population, confirmation of these results in other populations would be needed to lend more credence to the possibility that caffeinated coffee might be a modifiable risk factor for glaucoma," said Kang.

Read more: http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2012/10/05/Caffeinated-coffee-linked-to-glaucoma/UPI-26751349466797/#ixzz28SVqNoTL

[HiPointDem]

1. noooooooooooooooo!

[seabeyond]

4. lol lol..... my post below. i am drinking my afternoon coffee. nt

[pinboy3niner]

11. You need a graphic...

[seabeyond]

2. uh oh. nt

[slackmaster]

3. It's GOOD for you. It's BAD for you. It's GOOD for you. It's BAD for you.

[seabeyond]

5. so true, so true. with coffee anyway. back and forth. nt

[slackmaster]

6. It reminds me of that horrible scene from Chinatown...

[seabeyond]

12. that wasnt fun.... thanks for sharing. lol. nt

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

7. Hell, I can't see until I get my first (vat sized) cup of coffee.

[Egalitarian Thug]

8. OTOH we also have an effective treatment for it as well.

As with everything, moderation is essential.

[AtomicKitten]

9. Good thing smoking weed offsets that.

[slackmaster]

10. ROFL!

[porphyrian]

14. Damn, you beat me to it... n/t

[kestrel91316]

16. Indeed. (snort)

[angel823]

21. Word!

that is all.

Angel in Texas

[porphyrian]

13. That's why coffee drinkers should smoke pot.

[REP]

18. I like how you think!

I used to have very high intraocular pressure, but could never get my eye doc to prescribe bud

[porphyrian]

20. It seems like an obvious solution, if we can just get the law onboard. n/t

[L0oniX]

15. ...and living in the USA greatly increases your chances of getting cancer too.

So much fear and not enough time to give a fuck about all of its sources.

[REP]

17. Anecdote is NOT data, but ...

since getting an espresso machine, my intraocular pressure has decreased (it was pretty high, but I never had any sign of glaucoma, and now it's optimal!).

[pinboy3niner]

19. HEY! Which one of you reduced the font size?

I'm squinting as hard as I can and I'm still having trouble reading this!!!

[LTR]

22. Everything good will kill you

I think it's all a bunch of horseshit meant to control us.

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to pour myself another cup of black gold.