This is the best news I've heard in a long, long time

The BBC is reporting that research conducted in Florida concludes "Drinking five cups of coffee a day could reverse memory problems seen in Alzheimer's disease." As someone who consumes massive amounts of French Roast coffee daily, you can imagine how this report made me feel.

The BBC quoted Dr. Gary Arendash, who led the latest study, as saying: "The results are particularly exciting in that a reversal of pre-existing memory impairment is more difficult to achieve. They provide evidence that caffeine could be a viable 'treatment' for established Alzheimer's disease and not simply a protective strategy. That's important because caffeine is a safe drug for most people, it easily enters the brain, and it appears to directly affect the disease process."

Of course, the research so far has involved only mice, but, the BBC said these same researchers now "hope to begin human trials of caffeine to see if the mouse findings are replicated in people." I am now desperately searching to find out how to be a volunteer test subject.