Recent Longevity News for the seven days ending 10/27/04:

Drinking Tea Might Delay Alzheimer's Disease - Medline Plus, 10/26/04 - "investigated the properties of green and black tea ... both types of tea inhibited the activity of enzymes associated with the development of Alzheimer's disease"

Rosuvastatin May Be Better Than Atorvastatin in Patients With Metabolic Syndrome - Doctor's Guide, 10/25/04 - "The benefits of rosuvastatin were seen in levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), apoprotein (apo) A-I and apo B, total cholesterol and non-HDL-C"

Simvastatin's Benefits May Extend to Atherosclerotic Plaque Stabilisation in Diabetics - Doctor's Guide, 10/25/04 - "Simvastatin-dependent plaque stabilisation in patients with type 2 diabetes arises from the drug's ability to decrease expression of receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE), and thence to reduce metalloproteinase (MMP) activity, and promote plaque stabilisation"

Testosterone Deprivation Makes Men Forget - Science Daily, 10/22/04 - "word retention drops sharply after only two minutes among men undergoing testosterone deprivation therapy"

Low-Fat, High-Fiber, Exercising Helpful for Metabolic Syndrome - Doctor's Guide, 10/22/04 - "The diet contained 12% to 15% fat calories and less than 30 grams of fiber daily ... As part of the exercise program, patients performed 45 to 60 minutes of aerobic activity daily. Strength training exercises were included in the workout about 3 times a week ... 58% of the patients in the study no longer met three or more of those criteria by the time the patients completed the study"

Study: Pill Cuts Cancer, Coronary Risks - Intelihealth, 10/20/04 - "the type of hormones and the stage of life when they're used may be what makes them helpful at one point and harmful at another ... there's an 8 percent risk reduction of ever having cardiovascular disease ... Women on The Pill also had a 7 percent lower risk of developing any form of cancer"

Coffee May Raise Heart Disease Risk - WebMD, 10/20/04 - "Participants who said they drank more than 200 mL of coffee a day (a little more than one cup, which was defined as moderate consumption) had higher levels of inflammatory markers than those who drank no coffee"

Testosterone patch hailed as female Viagra - USA Today, 10/19/04 - "Women on the testosterone patch had sex about four times more than they usually did in two months compared to only one additional session for women given a fake patch containing no hormone"

Melatonin for Jet Lag and Sleep Disorders - Clinical Psychiatry News, 10/04 - "Those given melatonin reported improved sleep latency and morning “restedness,” and had higher scores on the California Verbal Learning Test" - See iHerb or Vitacost melatonin products.

Abstracts from this week's Doctor's Guide Nutrition/Dietetics:

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