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European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch - 7 July | 109 comments (109 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

My grandmother drank several cups of black coffee everyday, and she ended up with Alzheimer's. I mean - wish it were true, but I suspect the culprit of this disease is "staying alive for so long your brain starts dying before your body gives out" not "drinking too little caffeine."

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.

by poemless on Mon Jul 6th, 2009 at 04:18:08 PM EST
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Re: Living On The Planet (none / 0)

It probably has got a lot to do with genes too. I've had plent of relatives who became 90+ years old and never showed even a tiny bit of dementia.

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.

by Starvid (arvid.hallen at gmail.com) on Mon Jul 6th, 2009 at 06:01:09 PM EST
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better statistics (none / 0)

means that some behavior can improve your chances of something happening or not happening, but it's not a certainty.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Tue Jul 7th, 2009 at 05:44:48 AM EST
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