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Mon 03 Mar 2003Health in a hurry: how to live without caffeine
Taking time out with a cup of tea or coffee is one of life's simpler pleasures. But the short-term feeling of well-being is deceptive.
Caffeine "produces a moderate increase in blood pressure which over lifetime could lead to an increased risk in cardiovascular disease", says Prof Jack James of NUI Galway,who is co-ordinating an EU-funded research programme on its effects.
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