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Chimps Escape into Retirement

June 28, 2013 Comments Off on Chimps Escape into Retirement

Chimps are getting retired, not rewired (or slathered with toxic creams or injected with poisons).  That’s good news from the National Institute of Health.  For years, researchers have known that 1) results of tests done on animals frequently don’t give a clue about how humans will react to the same test-substance, and 2) there are fake skins that mimic human skin and respond to substances like cosmetics as reliably as or more reliably than the skin of lab-animals.

Finally, some animals are being retired from the lab.  The Institute plans to send 90% of their chimps to a sanctuary. Now, if others will only follow their example….

View some elderly retired chimps at Chimp Haven, their new home.  Go to

https://secure.humanesociety.org/site/SPageServer?pagename=new_life_for_chimps&s_src=em_ha062713&JServSessionIdr004=ny7i953t97.app306b.

 

 

 

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Health Advice: Drink Champagne

May 13, 2013 Comments Off on Health Advice: Drink Champagne

I plan to drink lots of champagne to improve my health and memory. Scientific studies tell me I should. One indicated that the fizzy stuff is good for my heart. Now studies are showing it can be good for my spatial memory and maybe even keep dementia and Alzheimer’s away. Testing has been done on (happy) rats, whose performance increased with the amount of champagne they were given.  Their performance increased even more after being on the bubbly for six weeks.

Yes, the test-subjects were just rats. Researchers are thinking about humans, though.  For example, they’ve figured out that a human would have to drink the stuff regularly for three years in order to reap the full benefits.  There’s still much to be learned.  All I know is that I’m submitting my name to volunteer for the human trials.  I figure, if it works on humans I get to celebrate; if it doesn’t work, I’ve already celebrated.

(See details at The Telegraph article entitled “Three glasses of fizz a day could ‘improve your memory.’”

 

 

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Obama Care and Me

May 7, 2013 Comments Off on Obama Care and Me

I just came back from my annual physical and I paid NOTHING.  Apparently, a yearly exam is part of the preventative medicine plan, designed to keep us healthy rather than cure us when we get sick.  We’re encouraged to monitor our health via cost-free exams.  Makes sense to me!

 

 

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