I too was curious because I could not access the funding section so I asked Gemini since I figured it would have access and it said:
- According to the funding and disclosure sections of the article, the research was primarily funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
and then
- The Nurses’ Health Study (NHS): Supported by grants from the National Cancer Institute (NCI).
- The Health Professionals Follow-up Study (HPFS): Supported by grants from the NCI and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI).
- Specific Grants: Additional funding for the analysis of cognitive decline and dementia outcomes often comes from the National Institute on Aging (NIA).
All the coffee I drink was freeze dried several years ago before prices went up.
achandlerwhite•45m ago
correlation does not equal causation
iberator•28m ago
unless it does. I hate when people say that without having 0 clue how science works.
acheron•13m ago
Makes you wonder why we even have research universities when their results can be so easily DESTROYED with FACTS and LOGIC by HN’s top JavaScript developers and vibe coders.
recursivecaveat•40m ago
The abstract mentions controls, but unfortunately I can't access the actual paper to see what they are. This seems really hard to isolate. Loneliness, inactivity, and depression are huge risk factors for dementia. Drinking caffeine in the morning seems like a really good proxy for whether an individual has somewhere to be that day. Definitely not 100% of course, but highly correlated.
nabbed•11m ago
I might be in a higher risk group then: I can drink at most 1 coffee per morning (I love coffee but coffee doesn't love me). In addition, the only anti-allergy pill that works for me is a first generation allergy medicine (chlorpheniramine) that's strongly associated with increased chance of dementia. I could stop taking chlorpheniramine, but then my nose would keep me up at night, and poor sleep is also associated with increased chance of dementia.
So I am hoping there are confounding factors in all these studies, such that it's not coffee per se that helps with dementia but rather something along the lines of "the type of person who desires coffee is less likely to develop dementia".
cushpush•1h ago
Bender•54m ago
- According to the funding and disclosure sections of the article, the research was primarily funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
and then
- The Nurses’ Health Study (NHS): Supported by grants from the National Cancer Institute (NCI).
- The Health Professionals Follow-up Study (HPFS): Supported by grants from the NCI and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI).
- Specific Grants: Additional funding for the analysis of cognitive decline and dementia outcomes often comes from the National Institute on Aging (NIA).
All the coffee I drink was freeze dried several years ago before prices went up.