Coffee Not Linked to Heart Failure Risk

Drinking coffee does not appear to increase the risk of developing heart failure, a review of recent research finds. The study put together results from 5 large previous studies. All were done in Sweden or Finland. They included a total of 140,220 people. In all, 6,522 developed heart failure. People who said they drank coffee had no higher risk of heart failure than others. Those who drank 4 to 5 cups actually had about an 11% lower risk than those who drank none. Risk was slightly high – about 3% — for people who drank at least 10 cups a day. The studies did not say whether people drank regular or decaffeinated coffee. The journal Circulation Heart Failure published the study. HealthDay News wrote about it June 26.