Post by PurplySparkleyJoey on Oct 5, 2002 14:32:27 GMT -5
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>Thursday, September 26, 2002
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> HEALTH & SCIENCE
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> Coffee Can Kill Pain... but Only in Women
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> Reuters--Coffee can kill pain, but only in women, a British newspaper
> reported on Wednesday. The London Times said researchers in London had
> asked a sample of men and women to plunge their arms into buckets of
> freezing cold water and keep them there as long as they could. They
> then gave the volunteers coffee in the expectation that it would ease
> the pain. Caffeine increases blood pressure which usually, according
> to the paper, leads to a lowering in the perception of pain. The study
> found that while the caffeine did little for the men it had "a strong
> impact" on the women.
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>Thursday, September 26, 2002
>
> HEALTH & SCIENCE
>
> Coffee Can Kill Pain... but Only in Women
>
> Reuters--Coffee can kill pain, but only in women, a British newspaper
> reported on Wednesday. The London Times said researchers in London had
> asked a sample of men and women to plunge their arms into buckets of
> freezing cold water and keep them there as long as they could. They
> then gave the volunteers coffee in the expectation that it would ease
> the pain. Caffeine increases blood pressure which usually, according
> to the paper, leads to a lowering in the perception of pain. The study
> found that while the caffeine did little for the men it had "a strong
> impact" on the women.
>
> Infobeat
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> © 2001 indimi, inc. All rights reserved.
> InfoBeat is a registered trademark of indimi, inc. InfoBeat services
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