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Published on Tuesday, Aug 21, 2007
Go ahead, coffee drinkers, raise your mugs in a celebratory toast.
Science may be proving that your morning brew is good for you.
Two separate research reports released earlier this month found positive properties in java.
A French study published in the Aug. 7 issue of the journal Neurology found that women who drank three or more cups of coffee a day were 30 percent less likely to have memory decline at age 65 than whose who drank just one cup or less daily.
Not only that, but the benefit increased with age: Women over age 80 who drank three or more cups of coffee a day were about 70 percent less likely to have memory decline than those who drank one cup or less.
(This study found no similar protective effect in men, though a February study in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that men who regularly drank coffee had less memory loss over a 10-year follow-up than those who didn't drink coffee. Again, three was the magic number. Those who drank three cups daily had the least signs of decline.)
In another study published this month in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, Italian researchers found that coffee can protect people against a less common ailment uncontrollable eyelid twitching, known as late-onset blepharospasm. Researchers, though, pointed out that while coffee seems to protect against the development of the disorder, it can not cure already-diagnosed twitching.
Mental illness
The National Alliance on Mental Illness of Summit County (NAMI) will offer a 12-week course for families, loved ones and friends of those with mental illness, beginning next month.
The Family to Family Education program begins Sept. 5 at the Veterans' Administration, 55 W. Waterloo Road, Akron, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
The course is taught by trained family members. Course materials are free. The course will answer such questions as what to ask the doctor, where to find resources in the community, how to understand the illnesses and the medications, and how to cope with the complex problems of mental illness.
For information and enrollment, call Helen Reedy at 330-655-2714 or Ron Rett at 330-670-9880.
Anti-social behavior
Attention, parents: Teens and adolescents who prefer nighttime activities to daytime activities may be anti-social troublemakers.
A Pennsylvania State University study found that children who prefer later bedtimes are more likely to be involved in rule-breaking behavior, compared to those who like to wake early and take part in daytime recreational activities.
Part of this has to do with cortisol a hormone linked to sleep and circadian rhythms which peak in the morning and plateau in the afternoon and evening. (Unusual levels of cortisol have been associated with clinical depression and anti-social behavior in earlier studies.)
The other factor, though, is that staying up late ''contributes to lack of sleep and this, in turn, causes problems such as lack of control and attention regulation, which are associated with anti-social behavior and substance use,'' study co-author Dr. Elizabeth J. Susman said in a press release.
The cure? Get the kids to bed on time and make sure they get enough sleep.
Tracy Wheeler can be reached at 330-996-3721 or tawheeler@thebeaconjournal.com.
Go ahead, coffee drinkers, raise your mugs in a celebratory toast.
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