Re: RESEARCH - Daily Drink Improves Thinking in Older Women

s Hopkins Medicine

http://story.news./news?tmpl=story & cid=594 & e=1 & u=/nm/20050119/hl_nm/hea\

January 20, 2005

hey, gina... i wonder if this might include a margarita! ha ha ha, i love

them, but with the mtrx i have not had one for a long time... now that i can

not take it anymore, maybe i can have one margarita a night! ha ha ha...

rae

[ ] RESEARCH - Daily Drink Improves Thinking in Older Women

Daily Drink Improves Thinking in Older Women - Study

Wed Jan 19, 5:06 PM ET

BOSTON (Reuters) - Women who enjoy a drink of beer or wine daily have

sharper minds into old age than women who abstain, U.S. researchers reported

on Wednesday.

The report, based on a study of nearly 12,500 nurses, adds to the apparent

benefits of light to moderate drinking, which can also prevent heart disease

and stroke.

" Our study suggests that moderate consumption might provide older women some

cognitive benefits, " said Dr. Francine Grodstein of Brigham and Women's

Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, who worked on the study.

Writing in the New England Journal of Medicine, Grodstein and colleagues

said they found that drinkers aged 70 to 81 were 20 percent less likely to

experience a decline in their thinking skills over a two-year period than

women who did not drink at all.

On average, the women who quaffed a beer or a glass of wine each day tended

to have the mental agility of someone a year and a half younger than

abstainers.

Drinking more than one glass of beer or wine didn't produce a greater

benefit, the researchers said. However, few of the nurses in the study were

heavy drinkers.

And it didn't seem to matter whether the women drank wine or beer, according

to the team, led by Dr. Meir Stampfer, also of Brigham and Women's Hospital.

Moderate alcohol consumption -- about a 12-ounce (0.35 liters) beer or a

six-ounce (0.18 liters) glass of wine -- is already known to reduce the risk

of heart disease and stroke.

The Stampfer team speculated that the same effects that ward off

cardiovascular conditions may also keep the blood vessels in the brain

healthier, preventing small strokes that might impair thinking skills.

The researchers used the ongoing Nurses' Health Study, in which the women

filled out questionnaires about drinking habits and took a telephone survey

designed to assess thinking skills.

Whether alcohol produces long-term benefits is not known.

In an editorial in the Journal, Dr. Denis and Dr. Bienias of the

Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, cautioned that the findings are

not conclusive.

It may simply be, they said, " that older persons who are in good cognitive

and physical health may be more likely than less healthy peers to indulge in

low-to-moderate alcohol consumption as part of their social activities. "

(Editing by Tabassum Zakaria; Washington Newsroom 202-898-8300)

lth_drinking_dc

Oh yeah!

I'll tell you where to go!

Mayo Clinic in Rochester

s Hopkins Medicine

http://story.news./news?tmpl=story & cid=594 & e=1 & u=/nm/20050119/hl_nm/hea\

January 20, 2005

Rae:

Just to make sure my thinking is improved, I think I

will join you for a margarita................

Pat in So Ore.

--- Rae Sandberg <Raes_Yorkies@...> wrote:

> hey, gina... i wonder if this might include a

> margarita! ha ha ha, i love them, but with the

> mtrx i have not had one for a long time... now that

> i can not take it anymore, maybe i can have one

> margarita a night! ha ha ha...

>

> rae

>

> [ ] RESEARCH - Daily Drink

> Improves Thinking in Older Women

>

> Daily Drink Improves Thinking in Older Women -

> Study

>

> Wed Jan 19, 5:06 PM ET

>

> BOSTON (Reuters) - Women who enjoy a drink of beer

> or wine daily have

> sharper minds into old age than women who abstain,

> U.S. researchers reported

> on Wednesday.

>

> The report, based on a study of nearly 12,500

> nurses, adds to the apparent

> benefits of light to moderate drinking, which can

> also prevent heart disease

> and stroke.

>

> " Our study suggests that moderate consumption

> might provide older women some

> cognitive benefits, " said Dr. Francine Grodstein

> of Brigham and Women's

> Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, who

> worked on the study.

>

> Writing in the New England Journal of Medicine,

> Grodstein and colleagues

> said they found that drinkers aged 70 to 81 were

> 20 percent less likely to

> experience a decline in their thinking skills over

> a two-year period than

> women who did not drink at all.

>

> On average, the women who quaffed a beer or a

> glass of wine each day tended

> to have the mental agility of someone a year and a

> half younger than

> abstainers.

>

> Drinking more than one glass of beer or wine

> didn't produce a greater

> benefit, the researchers said. However, few of the

> nurses in the study were

> heavy drinkers.

>

> And it didn't seem to matter whether the women

> drank wine or beer, according

> to the team, led by Dr. Meir Stampfer, also of

> Brigham and Women's Hospital.

>

> Moderate alcohol consumption -- about a 12-ounce

> (0.35 liters) beer or a

> six-ounce (0.18 liters) glass of wine -- is

> already known to reduce the risk

> of heart disease and stroke.

>

> The Stampfer team speculated that the same effects

> that ward off

> cardiovascular conditions may also keep the blood

> vessels in the brain

> healthier, preventing small strokes that might

> impair thinking skills.

>

> The researchers used the ongoing Nurses' Health

> Study, in which the women

> filled out questionnaires about drinking habits

> and took a telephone survey

> designed to assess thinking skills.

>

> Whether alcohol produces long-term benefits is not

> known.

>

> In an editorial in the Journal, Dr. Denis

> and Dr. Bienias of the

> Rush University Medical Center in Chicago,

> cautioned that the findings are

> not conclusive.

>

> It may simply be, they said, " that older persons

> who are in good cognitive

> and physical health may be more likely than less

> healthy peers to indulge in

> low-to-moderate alcohol consumption as part of

> their social activities. "

>

> (Editing by Tabassum Zakaria; Washington Newsroom

> 202-898-8300)

>

lth_drinking_dc

>

> Oh yeah!

>

> I'll tell you where to go!

>

> Mayo Clinic in Rochester

>

> s Hopkins Medicine

http://story.news./news?tmpl=story & cid=594 & e=1 & u=/nm/20050119/hl_nm/hea\

>

January 20, 2005

Rae:

Just to make sure my thinking is improved, I think I

will join you for a margarita................

Pat in So Ore.

--- Rae Sandberg <Raes_Yorkies@...> wrote:

> hey, gina... i wonder if this might include a

> margarita! ha ha ha, i love them, but with the

> mtrx i have not had one for a long time... now that

> i can not take it anymore, maybe i can have one

> margarita a night! ha ha ha...

>

> rae

>

> [ ] RESEARCH - Daily Drink

> Improves Thinking in Older Women

>

> Daily Drink Improves Thinking in Older Women -

> Study

>

> Wed Jan 19, 5:06 PM ET

>

> BOSTON (Reuters) - Women who enjoy a drink of beer

> or wine daily have

> sharper minds into old age than women who abstain,

> U.S. researchers reported

> on Wednesday.

>

> The report, based on a study of nearly 12,500

> nurses, adds to the apparent

> benefits of light to moderate drinking, which can

> also prevent heart disease

> and stroke.

>

> " Our study suggests that moderate consumption

> might provide older women some

> cognitive benefits, " said Dr. Francine Grodstein

> of Brigham and Women's

> Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, who

> worked on the study.

>

> Writing in the New England Journal of Medicine,

> Grodstein and colleagues

> said they found that drinkers aged 70 to 81 were

> 20 percent less likely to

> experience a decline in their thinking skills over

> a two-year period than

> women who did not drink at all.

>

> On average, the women who quaffed a beer or a

> glass of wine each day tended

> to have the mental agility of someone a year and a

> half younger than

> abstainers.

>

> Drinking more than one glass of beer or wine

> didn't produce a greater

> benefit, the researchers said. However, few of the

> nurses in the study were

> heavy drinkers.

>

> And it didn't seem to matter whether the women

> drank wine or beer, according

> to the team, led by Dr. Meir Stampfer, also of

> Brigham and Women's Hospital.

>

> Moderate alcohol consumption -- about a 12-ounce

> (0.35 liters) beer or a

> six-ounce (0.18 liters) glass of wine -- is

> already known to reduce the risk

> of heart disease and stroke.

>

> The Stampfer team speculated that the same effects

> that ward off

> cardiovascular conditions may also keep the blood

> vessels in the brain

> healthier, preventing small strokes that might

> impair thinking skills.

>

> The researchers used the ongoing Nurses' Health

> Study, in which the women

> filled out questionnaires about drinking habits

> and took a telephone survey

> designed to assess thinking skills.

>

> Whether alcohol produces long-term benefits is not

> known.

>

> In an editorial in the Journal, Dr. Denis

> and Dr. Bienias of the

> Rush University Medical Center in Chicago,

> cautioned that the findings are

> not conclusive.

>

> It may simply be, they said, " that older persons

> who are in good cognitive

> and physical health may be more likely than less

> healthy peers to indulge in

> low-to-moderate alcohol consumption as part of

> their social activities. "

>

> (Editing by Tabassum Zakaria; Washington Newsroom

> 202-898-8300)

>

lth_drinking_dc

>

> Oh yeah!

>

> I'll tell you where to go!

>

> Mayo Clinic in Rochester

>

> s Hopkins Medicine

>

January 20, 2005

Maybe we should conduct our own study (purely in the interest of science, of

course)!

I'll tell you where to go!

Mayo Clinic in Rochester

s Hopkins Medicine

Re: [ ] RESEARCH - Daily Drink Improves Thinking in Older

Women

>

> Rae:

>

> Just to make sure my thinking is improved, I think I

> will join you for a margarita................

>

> Pat in So Ore.

> --- Rae Sandberg <Raes_Yorkies@...> wrote:

>

>> hey, gina... i wonder if this might include a

>> margarita! ha ha ha, i love them, but with the

>> mtrx i have not had one for a long time... now that

>> i can not take it anymore, maybe i can have one

>> margarita a night! ha ha ha...

>>

>> rae

January 20, 2005

Maybe we should conduct our own study (purely in the interest of science, of

course)!

I'll tell you where to go!

Mayo Clinic in Rochester

s Hopkins Medicine

http://story.news./news?tmpl=story & cid=594 & e=1 & u=/nm/20050119/hl_nm/hea\

Re: [ ] RESEARCH - Daily Drink Improves Thinking in Older

Women

>

> Rae:

>

> Just to make sure my thinking is improved, I think I

> will join you for a margarita................

>

> Pat in So Ore.

> --- Rae Sandberg <Raes_Yorkies@...> wrote:

>

>> hey, gina... i wonder if this might include a

>> margarita! ha ha ha, i love them, but with the

>> mtrx i have not had one for a long time... now that

>> i can not take it anymore, maybe i can have one

>> margarita a night! ha ha ha...

>>

>> rae

January 20, 2005

Hi , I have waited a long time to hear this <vbg>. For Christmas I was given

a case of my favourite wine bottled especially for me in small bottles. Each

bottle holds about two wine glasses, now instead of sharing I will finish the

bottle myself now that it has been proven what a benefit it will be for me.

Hugs

June

Re: [ ] RESEARCH - Daily Drink Improves Thinking in Older

Women

>

> Rae:

>

> Just to make sure my thinking is improved, I think I

> will join you for a margarita................

>

> Pat in So Ore.

> --- Rae Sandberg <Raes_Yorkies@...> wrote:

>

>> hey, gina... i wonder if this might include a

>> margarita! ha ha ha, i love them, but with the

>> mtrx i have not had one for a long time... now that

>> i can not take it anymore, maybe i can have one

>> margarita a night! ha ha ha...

>>

>> rae

January 20, 2005

Hi , I have waited a long time to hear this <vbg>. For Christmas I was given

a case of my favourite wine bottled especially for me in small bottles. Each

bottle holds about two wine glasses, now instead of sharing I will finish the

bottle myself now that it has been proven what a benefit it will be for me.

Hugs

June

Re: [ ] RESEARCH - Daily Drink Improves Thinking in Older

Women

>

> Rae:

>

> Just to make sure my thinking is improved, I think I

> will join you for a margarita................

>

> Pat in So Ore.

> --- Rae Sandberg <Raes_Yorkies@...> wrote:

>

>> hey, gina... i wonder if this might include a

>> margarita! ha ha ha, i love them, but with the

>> mtrx i have not had one for a long time... now that

>> i can not take it anymore, maybe i can have one

>> margarita a night! ha ha ha...

>>

>> rae

January 20, 2005

This brings up a good point... Can we mix wine or beer with the medications we

are all taking?

Vikki

[ ] RESEARCH - Daily Drink Improves Thinking in Older

Women

Daily Drink Improves Thinking in Older Women - Study

Wed Jan 19, 5:06 PM ET

BOSTON (Reuters) - Women who enjoy a drink of beer or wine daily have

sharper minds into old age than women who abstain, U.S. researchers reported

on Wednesday.

The report, based on a study of nearly 12,500 nurses, adds to the apparent

benefits of light to moderate drinking, which can also prevent heart disease

and stroke.

" Our study suggests that moderate consumption might provide older women some

cognitive benefits, " said Dr. Francine Grodstein of Brigham and Women's

Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, who worked on the study.

Writing in the New England Journal of Medicine, Grodstein and colleagues

said they found that drinkers aged 70 to 81 were 20 percent less likely to

experience a decline in their thinking skills over a two-year period than

women who did not drink at all.

On average, the women who quaffed a beer or a glass of wine each day tended

to have the mental agility of someone a year and a half younger than

abstainers.

Drinking more than one glass of beer or wine didn't produce a greater

benefit, the researchers said. However, few of the nurses in the study were

heavy drinkers.

And it didn't seem to matter whether the women drank wine or beer, according

to the team, led by Dr. Meir Stampfer, also of Brigham and Women's Hospital.

Moderate alcohol consumption -- about a 12-ounce (0.35 liters) beer or a

six-ounce (0.18 liters) glass of wine -- is already known to reduce the risk

of heart disease and stroke.

The Stampfer team speculated that the same effects that ward off

cardiovascular conditions may also keep the blood vessels in the brain

healthier, preventing small strokes that might impair thinking skills.

The researchers used the ongoing Nurses' Health Study, in which the women

filled out questionnaires about drinking habits and took a telephone survey

designed to assess thinking skills.

Whether alcohol produces long-term benefits is not known.

In an editorial in the Journal, Dr. Denis and Dr. Bienias of the

Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, cautioned that the findings are

not conclusive.

It may simply be, they said, " that older persons who are in good cognitive

and physical health may be more likely than less healthy peers to indulge in

low-to-moderate alcohol consumption as part of their social activities. "

(Editing by Tabassum Zakaria; Washington Newsroom 202-898-8300)

lth_drinking_dc

Oh yeah!

I'll tell you where to go!

Mayo Clinic in Rochester

s Hopkins Medicine

http://story.news./news?tmpl=story & cid=594 & e=1 & u=/nm/20050119/hl_nm/hea\

January 20, 2005

This brings up a good point... Can we mix wine or beer with the medications we

are all taking?

Vikki

[ ] RESEARCH - Daily Drink Improves Thinking in Older

Women

Daily Drink Improves Thinking in Older Women - Study

Wed Jan 19, 5:06 PM ET

BOSTON (Reuters) - Women who enjoy a drink of beer or wine daily have

sharper minds into old age than women who abstain, U.S. researchers reported

on Wednesday.

The report, based on a study of nearly 12,500 nurses, adds to the apparent

benefits of light to moderate drinking, which can also prevent heart disease

and stroke.

" Our study suggests that moderate consumption might provide older women some

cognitive benefits, " said Dr. Francine Grodstein of Brigham and Women's

Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, who worked on the study.

Writing in the New England Journal of Medicine, Grodstein and colleagues

said they found that drinkers aged 70 to 81 were 20 percent less likely to

experience a decline in their thinking skills over a two-year period than

women who did not drink at all.

On average, the women who quaffed a beer or a glass of wine each day tended

to have the mental agility of someone a year and a half younger than

abstainers.

Drinking more than one glass of beer or wine didn't produce a greater

benefit, the researchers said. However, few of the nurses in the study were

heavy drinkers.

And it didn't seem to matter whether the women drank wine or beer, according

to the team, led by Dr. Meir Stampfer, also of Brigham and Women's Hospital.

Moderate alcohol consumption -- about a 12-ounce (0.35 liters) beer or a

six-ounce (0.18 liters) glass of wine -- is already known to reduce the risk

of heart disease and stroke.

The Stampfer team speculated that the same effects that ward off

cardiovascular conditions may also keep the blood vessels in the brain

healthier, preventing small strokes that might impair thinking skills.

The researchers used the ongoing Nurses' Health Study, in which the women

filled out questionnaires about drinking habits and took a telephone survey

designed to assess thinking skills.

Whether alcohol produces long-term benefits is not known.

In an editorial in the Journal, Dr. Denis and Dr. Bienias of the

Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, cautioned that the findings are

not conclusive.

It may simply be, they said, " that older persons who are in good cognitive

and physical health may be more likely than less healthy peers to indulge in

low-to-moderate alcohol consumption as part of their social activities. "

(Editing by Tabassum Zakaria; Washington Newsroom 202-898-8300)

lth_drinking_dc

Oh yeah!

I'll tell you where to go!

Mayo Clinic in Rochester

s Hopkins Medicine

http://story.news./news?tmpl=story & cid=594 & e=1 & u=/nm/20050119/hl_nm/hea\

January 20, 2005

I always thought that we couldn't.. so I never did. I don't

particularly like alcohol anyway so it wasn't a big deal. But i'm not

sure about just maybe one drink or something.. If it's something you

enjoy once in a while it would be worth asking the doc and pharmacist.

>

> [ ] RESEARCH - Daily Drink Improves Thinking

in Older Women

>

> Daily Drink Improves Thinking in Older Women - Study

>

> Wed Jan 19, 5:06 PM ET

>

> BOSTON (Reuters) - Women who enjoy a drink of beer or wine daily

have

> sharper minds into old age than women who abstain, U.S.

researchers reported

> on Wednesday.

>

> The report, based on a study of nearly 12,500 nurses, adds to

the apparent

> benefits of light to moderate drinking, which can also prevent

heart disease

> and stroke.

>

> " Our study suggests that moderate consumption might provide

older women some

> cognitive benefits, " said Dr. Francine Grodstein of Brigham and

Women's

> Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, who worked on the

study.

>

> Writing in the New England Journal of Medicine, Grodstein and

colleagues

> said they found that drinkers aged 70 to 81 were 20 percent less

likely to

> experience a decline in their thinking skills over a two-year

period than

> women who did not drink at all.

>

> On average, the women who quaffed a beer or a glass of wine each

day tended

> to have the mental agility of someone a year and a half younger than

> abstainers.

>

> Drinking more than one glass of beer or wine didn't produce a

greater

> benefit, the researchers said. However, few of the nurses in the

study were

> heavy drinkers.

>

> And it didn't seem to matter whether the women drank wine or

beer, according

> to the team, led by Dr. Meir Stampfer, also of Brigham and

Women's Hospital.

>

> Moderate alcohol consumption -- about a 12-ounce (0.35 liters)

beer or a

> six-ounce (0.18 liters) glass of wine -- is already known to

reduce the risk

> of heart disease and stroke.

>

> The Stampfer team speculated that the same effects that ward off

> cardiovascular conditions may also keep the blood vessels in the

brain

> healthier, preventing small strokes that might impair thinking

skills.

>

> The researchers used the ongoing Nurses' Health Study, in which

the women

> filled out questionnaires about drinking habits and took a

telephone survey

> designed to assess thinking skills.

>

> Whether alcohol produces long-term benefits is not known.

>

> In an editorial in the Journal, Dr. Denis and Dr.

Bienias of the

> Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, cautioned that the

findings are

> not conclusive.

>

> It may simply be, they said, " that older persons who are in good

cognitive

> and physical health may be more likely than less healthy peers

to indulge in

> low-to-moderate alcohol consumption as part of their social

activities. "

>

> (Editing by Tabassum Zakaria; Washington Newsroom 202-898-8300)

>

lth_drinking_dc

>

> Oh yeah!

>

> I'll tell you where to go!

>

> Mayo Clinic in Rochester

>

> s Hopkins Medicine

http://story.news./news?tmpl=story & cid=594 & e=1 & u=/nm/20050119/hl_nm/hea\

>

January 20, 2005

I always thought that we couldn't.. so I never did. I don't

particularly like alcohol anyway so it wasn't a big deal. But i'm not

sure about just maybe one drink or something.. If it's something you

enjoy once in a while it would be worth asking the doc and pharmacist.

>

> [ ] RESEARCH - Daily Drink Improves Thinking

in Older Women

>

> Daily Drink Improves Thinking in Older Women - Study

>

> Wed Jan 19, 5:06 PM ET

>

> BOSTON (Reuters) - Women who enjoy a drink of beer or wine daily

have

> sharper minds into old age than women who abstain, U.S.

researchers reported

> on Wednesday.

>

> The report, based on a study of nearly 12,500 nurses, adds to

the apparent

> benefits of light to moderate drinking, which can also prevent

heart disease

> and stroke.

>

> " Our study suggests that moderate consumption might provide

older women some

> cognitive benefits, " said Dr. Francine Grodstein of Brigham and

Women's

> Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, who worked on the

study.

>

> Writing in the New England Journal of Medicine, Grodstein and

colleagues

> said they found that drinkers aged 70 to 81 were 20 percent less

likely to

> experience a decline in their thinking skills over a two-year

period than

> women who did not drink at all.

>

> On average, the women who quaffed a beer or a glass of wine each

day tended

> to have the mental agility of someone a year and a half younger than

> abstainers.

>

> Drinking more than one glass of beer or wine didn't produce a

greater

> benefit, the researchers said. However, few of the nurses in the

study were

> heavy drinkers.

>

> And it didn't seem to matter whether the women drank wine or

beer, according

> to the team, led by Dr. Meir Stampfer, also of Brigham and

Women's Hospital.

>

> Moderate alcohol consumption -- about a 12-ounce (0.35 liters)

beer or a

> six-ounce (0.18 liters) glass of wine -- is already known to

reduce the risk

> of heart disease and stroke.

>

> The Stampfer team speculated that the same effects that ward off

> cardiovascular conditions may also keep the blood vessels in the

brain

> healthier, preventing small strokes that might impair thinking

skills.

>

> The researchers used the ongoing Nurses' Health Study, in which

the women

> filled out questionnaires about drinking habits and took a

telephone survey

> designed to assess thinking skills.

>

> Whether alcohol produces long-term benefits is not known.

>

> In an editorial in the Journal, Dr. Denis and Dr.

Bienias of the

> Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, cautioned that the

findings are

> not conclusive.

>

> It may simply be, they said, " that older persons who are in good

cognitive

> and physical health may be more likely than less healthy peers

to indulge in

> low-to-moderate alcohol consumption as part of their social

activities. "

>

> (Editing by Tabassum Zakaria; Washington Newsroom 202-898-8300)

>

lth_drinking_dc

>

> Oh yeah!

>

> I'll tell you where to go!

>

> Mayo Clinic in Rochester

>

> s Hopkins Medicine

http://story.news./news?tmpl=story & cid=594 & e=1 & u=/nm/20050119/hl_nm/hea\

>

January 20, 2005

Hi Vikki, no I don't mix them together. I take the glass of wine after I take

the painkiller. VBG. Seriously, when I talk about drinking, I am referring to 1

or 2 glasses over an entire evening and only once in a while. I will give up a

lot of things but not my glass of wine.

Hugs

June

[ ] RESEARCH - Daily Drink Improves Thinking in Older

Women

Daily Drink Improves Thinking in Older Women - Study

Wed Jan 19, 5:06 PM ET

BOSTON (Reuters) - Women who enjoy a drink of beer or wine daily have

sharper minds into old age than women who abstain, U.S. researchers

reported

on Wednesday.

The report, based on a study of nearly 12,500 nurses, adds to the apparent

benefits of light to moderate drinking, which can also prevent heart

disease

and stroke.

" Our study suggests that moderate consumption might provide older women

some

cognitive benefits, " said Dr. Francine Grodstein of Brigham and Women's

Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, who worked on the study.

Writing in the New England Journal of Medicine, Grodstein and colleagues

said they found that drinkers aged 70 to 81 were 20 percent less likely to

experience a decline in their thinking skills over a two-year period than

women who did not drink at all.

On average, the women who quaffed a beer or a glass of wine each day

tended

to have the mental agility of someone a year and a half younger than

abstainers.

Drinking more than one glass of beer or wine didn't produce a greater

benefit, the researchers said. However, few of the nurses in the study

were

heavy drinkers.

And it didn't seem to matter whether the women drank wine or beer,

according

to the team, led by Dr. Meir Stampfer, also of Brigham and Women's

Hospital.

Moderate alcohol consumption -- about a 12-ounce (0.35 liters) beer or a

six-ounce (0.18 liters) glass of wine -- is already known to reduce the

risk

of heart disease and stroke.

The Stampfer team speculated that the same effects that ward off

cardiovascular conditions may also keep the blood vessels in the brain

healthier, preventing small strokes that might impair thinking skills.

The researchers used the ongoing Nurses' Health Study, in which the women

filled out questionnaires about drinking habits and took a telephone

survey

designed to assess thinking skills.

Whether alcohol produces long-term benefits is not known.

In an editorial in the Journal, Dr. Denis and Dr. Bienias of

the

Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, cautioned that the findings are

not conclusive.

It may simply be, they said, " that older persons who are in good cognitive

and physical health may be more likely than less healthy peers to indulge

in

low-to-moderate alcohol consumption as part of their social activities. "

(Editing by Tabassum Zakaria; Washington Newsroom 202-898-8300)

lth_drinking_dc

Oh yeah!

I'll tell you where to go!

Mayo Clinic in Rochester

s Hopkins Medicine

http://story.news./news?tmpl=story & cid=594 & e=1 & u=/nm/20050119/hl_nm/hea\

January 20, 2005

Hi Vikki, no I don't mix them together. I take the glass of wine after I take

the painkiller. VBG. Seriously, when I talk about drinking, I am referring to 1

or 2 glasses over an entire evening and only once in a while. I will give up a

lot of things but not my glass of wine.

Hugs

June

[ ] RESEARCH - Daily Drink Improves Thinking in Older

Women

Daily Drink Improves Thinking in Older Women - Study

Wed Jan 19, 5:06 PM ET

BOSTON (Reuters) - Women who enjoy a drink of beer or wine daily have

sharper minds into old age than women who abstain, U.S. researchers

reported

on Wednesday.

The report, based on a study of nearly 12,500 nurses, adds to the apparent

benefits of light to moderate drinking, which can also prevent heart

disease

and stroke.

" Our study suggests that moderate consumption might provide older women

some

cognitive benefits, " said Dr. Francine Grodstein of Brigham and Women's

Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, who worked on the study.

Writing in the New England Journal of Medicine, Grodstein and colleagues

said they found that drinkers aged 70 to 81 were 20 percent less likely to

experience a decline in their thinking skills over a two-year period than

women who did not drink at all.

On average, the women who quaffed a beer or a glass of wine each day

tended

to have the mental agility of someone a year and a half younger than

abstainers.

Drinking more than one glass of beer or wine didn't produce a greater

benefit, the researchers said. However, few of the nurses in the study

were

heavy drinkers.

And it didn't seem to matter whether the women drank wine or beer,

according

to the team, led by Dr. Meir Stampfer, also of Brigham and Women's

Hospital.

Moderate alcohol consumption -- about a 12-ounce (0.35 liters) beer or a

six-ounce (0.18 liters) glass of wine -- is already known to reduce the

risk

of heart disease and stroke.

The Stampfer team speculated that the same effects that ward off

cardiovascular conditions may also keep the blood vessels in the brain

healthier, preventing small strokes that might impair thinking skills.

The researchers used the ongoing Nurses' Health Study, in which the women

filled out questionnaires about drinking habits and took a telephone

survey

designed to assess thinking skills.

Whether alcohol produces long-term benefits is not known.

In an editorial in the Journal, Dr. Denis and Dr. Bienias of

the

Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, cautioned that the findings are

not conclusive.

It may simply be, they said, " that older persons who are in good cognitive

and physical health may be more likely than less healthy peers to indulge

in

low-to-moderate alcohol consumption as part of their social activities. "

(Editing by Tabassum Zakaria; Washington Newsroom 202-898-8300)

lth_drinking_dc

Oh yeah!

I'll tell you where to go!

Mayo Clinic in Rochester

s Hopkins Medicine

January 21, 2005

MTX plus alcohol is a very bad idea. There are other drugs that also

interact with alcohol.

The best thing to do is to check with one's physician and pharmacist before

imbibing since one's circumstances can differ from another's so

dramatically.

I'll tell you where to go!

Mayo Clinic in Rochester

s Hopkins Medicine

Re: [ ] RESEARCH - Daily Drink Improves Thinking in Older

Women

>

> This brings up a good point... Can we mix wine or beer with the

> medications we are all taking?

>

> Vikki

January 21, 2005

MTX plus alcohol is a very bad idea. There are other drugs that also

interact with alcohol.

The best thing to do is to check with one's physician and pharmacist before

imbibing since one's circumstances can differ from another's so

dramatically.

I'll tell you where to go!

Mayo Clinic in Rochester

s Hopkins Medicine

http://story.news./news?tmpl=story & cid=594 & e=1 & u=/nm/20050119/hl_nm/hea\

Re: [ ] RESEARCH - Daily Drink Improves Thinking in Older

Women

>

> This brings up a good point... Can we mix wine or beer with the

> medications we are all taking?

>

> Vikki

January 22, 2005

Thanks, pat... we can have a margarita together... and i love the salt! ha ha

ha

rae

[ ] RESEARCH - Daily Drink

> Improves Thinking in Older Women

>

> Daily Drink Improves Thinking in Older Women -

> Study

>

> Wed Jan 19, 5:06 PM ET

>

> BOSTON (Reuters) - Women who enjoy a drink of beer

> or wine daily have

> sharper minds into old age than women who abstain,

> U.S. researchers reported

> on Wednesday.

>

> The report, based on a study of nearly 12,500

> nurses, adds to the apparent

> benefits of light to moderate drinking, which can

> also prevent heart disease

> and stroke.

>

> " Our study suggests that moderate consumption

> might provide older women some

> cognitive benefits, " said Dr. Francine Grodstein

> of Brigham and Women's

> Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, who

> worked on the study.

>

> Writing in the New England Journal of Medicine,

> Grodstein and colleagues

> said they found that drinkers aged 70 to 81 were

> 20 percent less likely to

> experience a decline in their thinking skills over

> a two-year period than

> women who did not drink at all.

>

> On average, the women who quaffed a beer or a

> glass of wine each day tended

> to have the mental agility of someone a year and a

> half younger than

> abstainers.

>

> Drinking more than one glass of beer or wine

> didn't produce a greater

> benefit, the researchers said. However, few of the

> nurses in the study were

> heavy drinkers.

>

> And it didn't seem to matter whether the women

> drank wine or beer, according

> to the team, led by Dr. Meir Stampfer, also of

> Brigham and Women's Hospital.

>

> Moderate alcohol consumption -- about a 12-ounce

> (0.35 liters) beer or a

> six-ounce (0.18 liters) glass of wine -- is

> already known to reduce the risk

> of heart disease and stroke.

>

> The Stampfer team speculated that the same effects

> that ward off

> cardiovascular conditions may also keep the blood

> vessels in the brain

> healthier, preventing small strokes that might

> impair thinking skills.

>

> The researchers used the ongoing Nurses' Health

> Study, in which the women

> filled out questionnaires about drinking habits

> and took a telephone survey

> designed to assess thinking skills.

>

> Whether alcohol produces long-term benefits is not

> known.

>

> In an editorial in the Journal, Dr. Denis

> and Dr. Bienias of the

> Rush University Medical Center in Chicago,

> cautioned that the findings are

> not conclusive.

>

> It may simply be, they said, " that older persons

> who are in good cognitive

> and physical health may be more likely than less

> healthy peers to indulge in

> low-to-moderate alcohol consumption as part of

> their social activities. "

>

> (Editing by Tabassum Zakaria; Washington Newsroom

> 202-898-8300)

>

lth_drinking_dc

>

> Oh yeah!

>

> I'll tell you where to go!

>

> Mayo Clinic in Rochester

>

> s Hopkins Medicine

http://story.news./news?tmpl=story & cid=594 & e=1 & u=/nm/20050119/hl_nm/hea\

>

January 22, 2005

Thanks, pat... we can have a margarita together... and i love the salt! ha ha

ha

rae

[ ] RESEARCH - Daily Drink

> Improves Thinking in Older Women

>

> Daily Drink Improves Thinking in Older Women -

> Study

>

> Wed Jan 19, 5:06 PM ET

>

> BOSTON (Reuters) - Women who enjoy a drink of beer

> or wine daily have

> sharper minds into old age than women who abstain,

> U.S. researchers reported

> on Wednesday.

>

> The report, based on a study of nearly 12,500

> nurses, adds to the apparent

> benefits of light to moderate drinking, which can

> also prevent heart disease

> and stroke.

>

> " Our study suggests that moderate consumption

> might provide older women some

> cognitive benefits, " said Dr. Francine Grodstein

> of Brigham and Women's

> Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, who

> worked on the study.

>

> Writing in the New England Journal of Medicine,

> Grodstein and colleagues

> said they found that drinkers aged 70 to 81 were

> 20 percent less likely to

> experience a decline in their thinking skills over

> a two-year period than

> women who did not drink at all.

>

> On average, the women who quaffed a beer or a

> glass of wine each day tended

> to have the mental agility of someone a year and a

> half younger than

> abstainers.

>

> Drinking more than one glass of beer or wine

> didn't produce a greater

> benefit, the researchers said. However, few of the

> nurses in the study were

> heavy drinkers.

>

> And it didn't seem to matter whether the women

> drank wine or beer, according

> to the team, led by Dr. Meir Stampfer, also of

> Brigham and Women's Hospital.

>

> Moderate alcohol consumption -- about a 12-ounce

> (0.35 liters) beer or a

> six-ounce (0.18 liters) glass of wine -- is

> already known to reduce the risk

> of heart disease and stroke.

>

> The Stampfer team speculated that the same effects

> that ward off

> cardiovascular conditions may also keep the blood

> vessels in the brain

> healthier, preventing small strokes that might

> impair thinking skills.

>

> The researchers used the ongoing Nurses' Health

> Study, in which the women

> filled out questionnaires about drinking habits

> and took a telephone survey

> designed to assess thinking skills.

>

> Whether alcohol produces long-term benefits is not

> known.

>

> In an editorial in the Journal, Dr. Denis

> and Dr. Bienias of the

> Rush University Medical Center in Chicago,

> cautioned that the findings are

> not conclusive.

>

> It may simply be, they said, " that older persons

> who are in good cognitive

> and physical health may be more likely than less

> healthy peers to indulge in

> low-to-moderate alcohol consumption as part of

> their social activities. "

>

> (Editing by Tabassum Zakaria; Washington Newsroom

> 202-898-8300)

>

lth_drinking_dc

>

> Oh yeah!

>

> I'll tell you where to go!

>

> Mayo Clinic in Rochester

>

> s Hopkins Medicine