Coffee and Atrial Fibrillation: What's the (True) Link?
A new study finds that higher caffeine intake may decrease the risk of patients developing new onset atrial fibrillation.
Caffeine in a wide variety of forms has been ingested for centuries for both its therapeutic properties and its social leavening effects. Research has also associated caffeine with human ills ranging from anxiety disorders to cancer and GI maladies to cardiac arrhythmias. In fact, physicians and the general public alike believe caffeine consumption induces cardiac dysrhythmias. But research on the link has to date been inconclusive.
A new study, summarized in the 6 slides below, took a meta-analytic approach to determine the true nature of the link between atrial fibrillation (AF) and caffeine consumption.
FDA Proposed Rule Would Limit Nicotine Content in Cigarettes, Cigars, Other Combusted Products
January 16th 2025The agency estimates that limiting nicotine levels could lead to 1.8 million fewer tobacco-related deaths by 2060 and health care savings of $1.1 trillion a year over the next 40 years.
