Drink up! Coffee may help protect the brain against inflammatory diseases

Non-coffee drinkers are 1.5 times more likely to get MS compared to those who do, says study. Photo AFP

People who drink four to six cups of coffee daily may be less likely to get multiple sclerosis, according to an international research.

"Caffeine intake has been associated with a reduced risk of Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases," says lead author Ellen Mowry of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland.