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Coffee linked to slower biological ageing among those with severe mental illness

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devilsdata ◴[06 Dec 25 22:38 UTC] No.46177221[source]▶
Is it possible that this phenomenon is specific to people with those mental illnesses? A wider general population study resulted in the inverse effect:

https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/15/6/1354

I only did a postgraduate degree, so I don't have the practice reading scientific studies to determine which is true. Maybe someone with more knowledge can chime in?

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anonnon ◴[07 Dec 25 01:23 UTC] No.46178374[source]▶
It's well-known that schizophrenics self-medicate with coffee and nicotine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizophrenia_and_tobacco_smok...

The inverse possibility--that nicotine, and perhaps caffeine as well, heighten the risk of psychosis in those genetially predisposed--has also been considered.

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1. mcmoor ◴[08 Dec 25 01:41 UTC] No.46187362[source]▶
Yeah it's an interesting discussion whether schizophrenia causes smoking, or smoking ease schizophrenia, or smoking worsen schizophrenia, or they just often go together for whatever reason (maybe genetics) https://slatestarcodex.com/2016/01/11/schizophrenia-no-smoki....