Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Remember this.
The British may have more health care coverage than we do, but at least our old people have better memories. Or so finds a new a study in BMC Geriatrics. Older people in both countries were asked to remember a list of words, and the American test subjects did significantly better than their English counterparts. So much better that, on average, 75-year-old U.S. residents had memories as good as 65-year-olds who lived in England, reported HealthDay. The researchers attributed the difference to disparities in education, net worth, depression and cardiovascular treatment.
Or maybe it's because we have a Starbucks on every corner. Another study, published by the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, found that a lot of caffeine (the equivalent of 5 cups of coffee daily) reversed Alzheimer's symptoms....in mice. The next step is research in humans, scientists told HealthDay.
So go ahead, take a coffee break to celebrate our national superiority. Hey, if you have enough, maybe you'll even remember what you were supposed to be doing when you get back to your desk.
Labels: Alzheimer's
posted by Stacey Butterfield at
11:48 AM
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