Re: HEALTH: Caffeinol limits stroke damage

From: Alex Ramonsky (alex@ramonsky.com)
Date: Fri Apr 11 2003 - 10:26:40 MDT

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    Well, hang on you've got antioxidants galore in there, which is
    useful...and ethanol is going to reduce clotting potential...we know
    most neuronal damage in a stroke happens after the event due to
    apoptosis...hang on a minute the bit that doesn't make _sense_ is
    neither of them work individually...you're right this is rather weird : )
    I'll get back to this...forget I said anything : )
    AR

    Robert J. Bradbury wrote:

    >Science Daily is reporting on a study where caffeinol --
    >a mixture of caffeine and ethanol may be able to
    >limit damage caused by ischemic strokes.
    >
    >Experimental 'Coffee Cocktail' Tested As Way To Limit Stroke Damage
    >http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/04/030411070831.htm
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    >If this turns out to be reproducible it would be something
    >that every list member would want to inform their parents
    >and friends and their primary care physicians as well as
    >local emergency room physicians about. [The current "source"
    >the American Heart Association is presumably fairly legitimate."
    >
    >I'm kind of blown away because I can't even begin to
    >imagine how this works at the molecular level.
    >
    >Robert
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