Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Can Coffee Protect Against Parkinson's?

A specific genetic variation discovered by researchers, at Linkoping University in Sweden, protects against Parkinson's disease. Parkinson’s disease is a type of Neurodegenerative diseases. These diseases have a complicated background because both genetic factors and exposure to environmental factors are involved.                                                                                        In a study of a million genetic deformities, the research team identified a variation of the GRIN2A gene as a protective factor against Parkinson's. An epidemiological study of Parkinson's patients from two counties in south east Sweden examined a combination of a previously known protective factor (caffeine) and the genetic variant in GRIN2A. The findings show that individuals with this combination run a significantly lower risk of developing the disease.

This article caught my eye. I'm an avid coffee, drinker like most college students, and having another reason to excuse my excessive coffee drinking is all the more welcome. But in all seriousness, I find this to be big, Coffee as a cure or well Caffeine, that's a medicine most people are willing to take.

2 comments:

  1. I think this article is so interesting because I'm also a big coffee drinker. People are always changing their views on whether or not caffeine is actually good for you. Now that there is an actual study that shows it might have positive affects it prove eventually to have other possible benefits. Hopefully they can expand this research to other diseases and see if coffee can help protect us from them as well.

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  2. I agree with Amanda. I am also very big on drinking coffee daily. I always hear that caffeine is bad for and I should not be drinking coffee. However, this post shows that their is actually some good that coffee can bring!

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