Coffee-Gene Interaction Raises Heart Attack Risk
8th Mar 2006, 03:52 GMT
TORONTO - People with a gene variant that causes slow metabolism of caffeine have a sharply elevated risk of non-fatal heart attacks if they drink large amounts of coffee, according to researchers here.
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