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...Meir Stampfer, chair of the medical school’s Department of Epidemiology, advises women to act on the results of the study “with caution...
...Basically, older individuals who are drinking moderately should continue to do so with the knowledge that not only are they not doing themselves any harm, they’re probably also benefiting [their health],” said Stampfer. “For older individuals who don’t drink out of fear of harming their health, they might well reconsider that...
...Stampfer said that cognitive decline was an “enormous problem” for the elderly and that scientists currently know of very few ways to affect its course...
...another area of study entirely, some research suggests that caffeine may help prevent Parkinson's disease and Type 2 diabetes. Using data gathered in an 18-year health survey of 125,000 men and women, Meir Stampfer, professor of nutrition and epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health, found that coffee drinkers had lower incidences of both diseases, though the benefit was a bit less pronounced for Parkinson's. He concedes that the work is preliminary, particularly in light of other studies that show caffeine worsens diabetes in people who already have it. But he is convinced that further...
...It’s not a matter to be alarmed over,” but is something to be aware of, said Meir J. Stampfer, an HSPH professor of epidemiology and nutrition and one of the study’s authors...