INTERESTING TIMES

A new study shows that patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) do not progress to dementia if they drink enough coffee! Gotta love it. I'm going to start drinking a whole pot, by golly. The researchers in this study think that it's the caffeine, and not the anti-oxidants, that has the anti-dementia effect, but according to mouse studies, it has to be coffee. Those patients with a little MCI who java it up enough to have a plasma caffeine level of 1200ng/mL did not go into dementia. 100%. The caffeine appears to inhibit an enzyme used in the manufacture of beta amyloid! They're also tracking cytokines in the plasma and finding that there's a particular profile assorted with conversion to Alzheimer's disease (low IL-6, IL-10, and G-CSF). In the future we might consider testing for those cytokines to detect impending dementia in healthy patients.
( notes!! )

Twenty eight percent (28%) of US households are now just one person living alone. This is the most ever. These singles are the biggest spenders, contributing 1.9 trillion to "the economy" each year. (According to The Week 2/10/12 which is in turn quoting Fortune magazine)

And another factoid from the same source: the number of US prisoners age 65 and over has increased 63% between 2007 and 2010. I guess we're keeping them put away so long that now they need more medical care, and it's becoming an issue. The total number of prisoners has been flat for that same period.

http://www.telegram.com/article/20110710/NEWS/107109970/1237

Makes the case that as we age, we should get our ducks in a row for the possibility that we ourselves might not make the best decisions about money in our old age.

Alzheimer’s Disease and Curcumin: an Update
June 15, 2010
Jacob Schor, ND, FABNO
Denver Naturopathic Clinic
( curcumin, DHA (docosahexanoic acid), and alpha lipoic acid )

ALUMINUM
is a light metal
is in some vaccines (Hep A&B, DTaP, Hib, Pneumocc, HPV/Gardasil, et al)
is not in all (read package inserts)
is a known toxin with no beneficial biological function
impairs glutathione synthesis
impairs your body’s ability to excrete mercury
is used as adjuvant in vaccines without good research proving that it does what they say it does
FDA limit of 850mcg/vaccine is based on commercial usage and not on safety
no limit on how many vaccines are given at the same time
no different between infant and adult max dose
doses given to children in US have more than doubled since the 1980's
( notes from Mercola interview of Dr Ayoub about aluminum toxicity, vaccines, autism )