Coffee’s promise for use in Parkinson’s shot down by new study
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Novel research has contradicted previous findings that caffeine can help reduce movement symptoms for those with Parkinson’s disease (PD). The previous study, published in 2012, studied 61 patients for 6 weeks. 31 were randomized to placebo and 30 to caffeine. The caffeine group was given 100 mg twice-daily for 3 weeks, then 200 mg twice-daily for 3 weeks. That study demonstrated a 4.7-point improvement on the total Unified PD Rating Scale. “Caffeine, which is so safe and inexpensive, has been linked to a reduced risk of developing Parkinson’s,” commented Ronald Postuma (McGill University, Montreal, Canada). “So it was exciting to...
