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Archive for January 25th, 2009

Tonight I watched 60 Minutes. (Boy, do I feel like my grandparents!) Morley Safer, a 60 Minutes correspondent, reported on the research being done on resveratrol. Have you heard of it? Resveratrol is a chemical found in red wine, and we all know that there are health benefits to drinking red wine. Now scientists are attributing those health benefits to the chemical resveratrol. Back in June 2008 the LA Times also reported on the promise of the health benefits of this chemical. Currently there are scientists in Cambridge, MA who are researching how to use this chemical in a prescription drug to treat the illnesses associated with aging such as diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease.

I also found the following report by Barbara Walters on the same company’s research.

Will scientists be able to cure diseases that shorten our live spans?

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