March 12/Stockholm, Sweden/Waterloo Region Record -- Women in a Swedish study who drank at least a cup of coffee everyday had a 22-25% lower risk of stroke, compared to those who drank less coffee or none at all.
"Coffee drinkers should rejoice," said Dr. Sharonne Hayes, a cardiologist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. "Coffee is often made out to be potentially bad for your heart. There really hasn't been any study that convincingly said coffee is bad.