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Women who regularly drink coffee could be at a lower risk of suffering the brain injury seen in stroke, scientists have said.

Those who drank little or no coffee were found to have a 22 to 25 per cent higher risk of suffering a stroke compared to those who regularly consumed the beverage, according to the study published in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.

Lead author Susanna Larsson of the Karolinska Institute in Sweden said: "Some women have avoided consuming coffee because they have thought it is unhealthy. In fact, increasing evidence indicates that moderate coffee consumption may decrease the risk of some diseases such as diabetes, liver cancer and possibly stroke."

Meanwhile, researchers at the University of East Anglia in Norfolk have found that stroke survivors who suffer from irregular heart rhythm condition atrial fibrillation could have a higher risk of developing dementia.

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