Terrifying New Study Links Coffee to Glaucoma

[SpAc3man]

Wait isn't glaucoma the one where some people in certain countries can be prescribed medical marijuana for? So drink coffee, get weed? This isn't all that off putting.

 

[level27smartass]

On the bright side I may have an excuse to get prescription for marijuana when Im old.

 

[Sandjube]

Cool. I don't need to see to drink. *sips iced coffee*

 

[Sonic Doctor]

No one should worry about the results of a single observational study, ever.

And since every other day something pops up that says that something we do can cause us harm, we should just stop with these studies and realize that everything can harm us in some way.

Today it is coffee, then next week it is good for us, then eggs are bad, then they are good.

The picture is easy to get.

As it can be seen, I've never been swayed by such studies.

Eating too many sweets will make me fat and lead to diseases....you don't say.
Well, I like sweets, so I'll probably do it anyway. Life isn't forever.

 

[Ed130 The Vanguard]

"Compared to abstainers," those who drank three or more cups of coffee a day were at a higher risk for the eye disease, which can permanently affect vision and even lead to blindness.

Three cups a day? I wouldn't worry that much about just your eyes.

Too much of anything isn't good for you.

 

[Evil Smurf]

is one cup a day okay?

 

[Lancer873]

*twitch* Yea, well maybe glaucoma causes coffee consumption!!! *twitch* *sip*

 

[Mad World]

Interestingly based on what the article says about the study it isn't caffeine or coffee it's only caffeine with coffee.

It also sounds like it was only in the really high consumers that there was any significant results. Also the data sets they were using are not really good any ways. Besides it's entirely possible there is something else heavy coffee drinkers tend to do that is causing the glaucoma.

Personally I don't think lay news media should report on observational studies it does way more harm than good, unfortunately we can't stop them because of free speech so we'll just have to teach people to understand that these kind of findings don't really mean anything until they can be further substantiated.

Regards,
Jordan

That's good because I take pre-workout supplements four times a week (those things are loaded with caffeine). However, I never drink coffee.

 

[AngloDoom]

Well, I've been up for about 40 minutes and I'm on my second cup of coffee. If you guys and gals don't hear from me in the next few minutes or so it's probably 'cus my eyes have exploded.

 

[Frostbyte666]

I can't help but note that the increased risk figure isn't shown just that they say you have an increased risk. with that being the case I'm going to assume it's like all other 'studies' in this vein and the increased risk of catching glaucoma is 0.002%, like X gives a 0.00Y% increase in heart failure. Bah should never listen to these types of studies because the people running them won't be happy until every takes their sustenance from happy pills containing all the required vitamins you need for the day. Of course that becomes a case of you won't live longer, it just seems longer. (Goes back to drinking his 2nd cup of morning coffee).

 

[Doclector]

One more spiffing reason to drink tea, chaps!

Hell, even if tea was included, I don't get my tea, people will die. Seriously.

 

[Groenteman]

Sooo, caffeinated soda is safe, decafeinated coffee is safe, but regular coffee isnt. Fishy!

The only thing the safe options have in common is that they taste like ass...

 

[Treblaine]

"We did not find associations with consumption of other caffeinated products (caffeinated soda, caffeinated tea, decaffeinated coffee or chocolate) and risk of EG/EGS."

That's not clear.

Did they actually track consumption of other caffeine drinks and found no higher incidence... or was it they were just not tracking the consumption of other caffeinated drinks so couldn't find what they weren't looking for.

 

[zidine100]

oh look, let me guess in a few weeks we will hear that its actually good for us again, and we should buy as much as we can of it.

 

[TheMajesticPearofHappiness]

Dis is why you should drink milk.(Not the other type)





Milk>every other drink ever

 

[RJ 17]

That makes Coffee Bear a saaaaaaad panda....

Seriously though, I enjoy a cup every now and then, but I know a lot of people who would find this to be surprising...though they'd likely just disbelieve it, dismissing it with a wave of their shaky hand.

 

[MeChaNiZ3D]

So there's no difference in introducing genes that would never ever occur in in an organism and using genes already present in the organism?

Can you please explain the reasoning behind that?

E. Coli could never have started producing human insulin without a genetic modification. A tomato could and have naturally evolved to have 3 carpels. With selective breeding we just used that mutation because it gave us bigger fruits.

What you're saying here is that there's no difference between possible and impossible.

Sorry, maybe I'm jumping in early here but I see two pages that I'm not bothered to go through to see where this discussion ends up.

How is it impossible for E Coli to have produced human insulin by selective breeding? It would take a prohibitively long time, but mutations are random. Eventually, there would be an E Coli with the gene needed for the very first step, at which point it would be selectively bred until every tedious stage had been completed and it produced human insulin. If we had enough time, we could have humans with feathers, solely through selective breeding, if we had mapped out the evolution of feathers thoroughly enough. Selective breeding is a scientific, human, unnatural process. The only difference in my mind is that scientists have much less opportunity to see unwanted side effects and much more knowledge of what causes what.

Oh, right, the topic...OT: Don't drink much coffee but even if I did I'm not worried. Everything increases your risk of something, and I'd like to see what the absolute risk of glaucoma is anyway. Also, more studies please. I find it hard to believe that caffeine alone doesn't do it but neither does coffee without caffeine in it, yet caffeinated coffee does.

 

[2xDouble]

In that hipsters who drink coffee exclusively also use marijuana, justifying it by claiming to have glaucoma... yes, there is a link between coffee and glaucoma.

I demand scientific study funds.

 

[Ashadowpie]

im good, i dont drink coffee at all, its disgusting and literally tastes like dirt to me, as a gardener digging i accidentally tasted dirt recently. it tastes really really bitter, i've tried fresh coffee recently it tastes like dirt.....so bitter no matter what the hell you put in it...bleghk



enjoy you're dirt drink guys i will never understand you Hahaha

 

[OccamsRazor3]

Those cybernetics researchers better get busy! Maybe they should drink some coffee to speed up the research process...