news.com.au Corporate bunnies: Playboy targets WorldCom women  Unhappy snap: Office worker fined over personal photo   July 15, 2002_   SEARCH THE WEB News Home* [Keyword/] Breaking News* [Go!] State News*   National News* HOME > STORY World News*  NEWS AT A GLANCE Audio News*   COVER STORY   The Other Side* Get News by Print This Email This Cartoon* Email Article Article Unfair price of terror payouts Other Sections_ Three coffees a day keeps dementia at bay Finance* By Rachel Ellis   BREAKING NEWS   Technology* 15jul02 Entertainment* Big Brother spies 25 Sport* celebs People* DRINKING at least three cups of coffee a day can Judge rejects Winona Weather* reduce the risk of developing alzheimers disease case shift Horoscopes* by as much as 60 per cent. Navy sonar 'can harm Classifieds* whales' Cars* Coffee Anti-euro advert ban Real Estate* The coffee elixir. AAP Careers* photo   THE NATION   New research shows that healthy elderly people, Our Newspapers_ with no signs of the brain disease, had consumed Freed girl carried The Australian* an average of three to four cups a day since the warning Herald Sun* age of 25. PM's crime shake-up Daily Telegraph PM builds on poll lead * However, those with the debilitating illness Courier-Mail* drank, on average, just one cup of coffee each   THE WORLD   The Advertiser* day. The Mercury* Extremist shoots at Sunday Times* Scientists believe it is the caffeine in coffee president More. . .* that protects against alzheimers, an incurable 4 children, man die in disorder that causes disorientation and memory burning car News by Email* loss. Pakistan on alert for Trivia Quiz* verdict Help* Half of all sufferers die within eight years of Feedback* diagnosis.   PEOPLE   World Vision A report from the faculty of medicine in Lisbon, Palace defends Harry's News* Portugal, which conducted the research, said: "If drinking confirmed, this finding should have a major impact Boris's taxing problem newstext.com.au on the prevention of alzheimers disease." Possum's funeral plans Search our marred online library Laboratory experiments on mice have already – more than 150 pointed to caffeine as a potential treatment for papers the disease. archived. # However, this is the first study to show the link Free Daily Headlines by in humans. Email The research, published in the European Journal of [First Name ] Neurology, compared 54 alzheimers patients with 54 [Email Addre] [go] healthy people of the same age. Exactly why caffeine should prevent the brain disease is not clear. The findings add to the   ELSEWHERE ON mystery about whether caffeine-rich drinks protect NEWS.COM.AU against illness or are harmful.   POPULAR   STORIES Scientists found people with alzheimers drank 74mg of caffeine a day - the equivalent of one cup of Space spiders grounded coffee or two to three cups of tea. Those without Up, up and ... oops the disease averaged 200mg a day. Footy boss 'took schoolboys to brothel' The UK Alzheimers Society urged caution in 2000-year-old woman interpreting the findings, saying studies found examining the link between dementia and diet and lifestyle could give a clearer understanding.   SPORT   "All we can conclude is that long-term caffeine Tuqiri to decide intake may be having a protective effect," 'Roos crash to new director Dr Richard Harvey said. depths Webb shares lead Daily Telegraph     MONEY   # Back Get News by Print This Email This Woolies sales up 17pc Email Article Article Stocks move down Get News by Print This Email This Westpac sues WorldCom Email Article Article   ENTERTAINMENT   OTHER HEADLINES Kidnapped girl safe Stellar battle over Gunman targets president Star Wars role Gunman admits targeting Chirac: police Kylie video censored Space spiders grounded Neighbours star on top PM 'backed' Kirby claims Dingo attacks tourist   TECHNOLOGY   Up, up and ... oops Love defied insanity Jail terms for mobile Deadly dieting in kindy thiefs Three coffees a day keeps dementia at bay Net censorship laws in Samara's nightmare over limbo Ford to unveil Falcon AY Hackers post hoax news Red Bull's claims probed reports Woomera's image dives Kirby papers 'a mock-up' US to ask for troops The Lord Howe big tow Bandits kidnap girl Govt's trade risk over Kyoto Detention centre ecology fears Spaceport edges closer PM builds on poll lead PM's crime shake-up Anorexia: the most asked questions Facts and the warning signs  Privacy Policy © News Limited Advertise with us News Interactive *