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	Coffee's good for you (this week)

librarycat513

8-26-2007 9:42 AM

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librarycat513 says:

I couldn't help it. I drink coffee practically daily so to read something that says it might actually be good for me was a real kick.

On the serious side though, if caffeine in any way really had an effect on Parkinson's disease I didn't notice it in my grandfather and he drank coffee at least 3 - 4 cups a day without fail.

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