Maryland 20-Year-Old Dies Never Having Aged

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/maryland-20-year-dies-aged/story?id=20712718

 

 

Fwd: Oreo

'Connecticut College students and a professor of neuroscience have found "America's favorite cookie" is just as addictive as cocaine – at least for lab rats. And just like most humans, rats go for the middle first.

 

In a study designed to shed light on the potential addictiveness of high-fat/ high-sugar foods, Professor Joseph Schroeder and his students found rats formed an equally strong association between the pleasurable effects of eating Oreos and a specific environment as they did between cocaine or morphine and a specific environment. They also found that eating cookies activated more neurons in the brain's "pleasure center" than exposure to drugs of abuse.  '

 

http://www.conncoll.edu/news/news-archive/2013/student-faculty-research-shows-oreos-are-just-as-addictive-as-drugs-in-lab-rats-.htm#.Ul6gNFKQHYZ

 

 

'A recent study was picked up a lot by the media, claiming that "Oreos are as addictive as drugs". Just to get that out of the way as soon as possible, this headline, as flashy and attractive it is, is flawed. I'll explain why in this post…

 

The question which naturally arises after that is: If you stop eating Oreos, do you experience Oreo withdrawal? This is basically the difference between things you really like and things you're addicted to – the difference between physiological addiction (addiction to a drug) and psychological addiction.'

 

http://www.zmescience.com/medicine/mind-and-brain/oreo-addictive-drugs-16102013/

 

Fwd: Alzheimers

'Alzheimer's breakthrough hailed as 'turning point'

 

The discovery of the first chemical to prevent the death of brain tissue in a neurodegenerative disease has been hailed as the "turning point" in the fight against Alzheimer's disease.

 

More work is needed to develop a drug that could be taken by patients.

 

But scientists say a resulting medicine could treat Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Huntington's and other diseases.

 

In tests on mice, the Medical Research Council showed all brain cell death from prion disease could be prevented.

 

Prof Roger Morris, from King's College London, said: "This finding, I suspect, will be judged by history as a turning point in the search for medicines to control and prevent Alzheimer's disease."

 

He told the BBC a cure for Alzheimer's was not imminent but: "I'm very excited, it's the first proof in any living animal that you can delay neurodegeneration.

 

"The world won't change tomorrow, but this is a landmark study."'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-24462699

 

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