Coffee associated with reduced risk of hospitalisation for heart rhythm disturbances

Friday, March 19, 2010 - 09:43 in Health & Medicine

Coffee drinkers may be less likely to be hospitalised for heart rhythm disturbances, according to a new study by the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research in Oakland, Calif. The researchers, who note the findings may be surprising because patients frequently report palpitations after drinking coffee, are presenting the study at the American Heart Association's 50th Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention in San Francisco on March 5, 2010...

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