PURPLE, NOT JUST IN STYLE

My wife goes a little crazy adding color to what we consume. She's big on salads with 5 or 6 colors. I don't really care as long as it tasted good, but here's some information that suggests that color is, in fact, important. COLON CANCER "PREVENTION."

GOOD NEWS, AT LAST: CHOCOLATE

Chocolate's been getting a good rep for years. Now another study worth a look. My father who died 2 months short of his 100th birthday attributed his longevity to dark chocolate. I alway knew that he was ahead of his time. DR. HERSHEY'S REMEDY

AVOCADOS & NUTS

Maybe it's the aging population or aging scientists, but I see increasing interest on the means to improve and maintain cognitive function. Let me share the quote at the end of the article: "This gives us evidence of the mechanisms by which nutrition affects intelligence and motivates promising new directions for future research in nutritional cognitive neuroscience." FOOD AND COGNITION

THE BRAIN AND DIET

Maybe it's because I'm not getting any younger, but this study caught my attention. For a severe problem that we all fear, this study may be onto something. DEMENTIA/ LIFE EXPECTANCY

Could you have a brain aneurysm and not know it?

While I'm a big fan of WebMD, the title of this slide show makes me wonder about their ethics and sensitivity to people. Are people with a headache, fairly common, to wonder if that means they have a life threatening aneurysm. That's a risk of 0.001%. The slide show is excellent, but like most medical students, we eventually learn that it's just a headache and not an aneurysm. BRAIN ANEURYSM