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Most Astonishing Health Disaster of the 20th Century. Mystery Ingredient in Coffee May Ward off Alzheimer’s Disease. More praises are pouring in for the ever-popular, golden-brown liquid containing the newly emerged wonder drug known as caffeine. Coffee drinkers everywhere are beaming with more than just caffeine-induced alertness these days, as study after study discovers the mounting disease-preventing properties of coffee that range from warding off breast and prostate cancers to cutting the risk of stroke, and delaying—as well as preventing—Alzheimer’s disease. The latest buzz involving the coffee bean comes from University of South Florida (USF) researchers whose findings suggest that it is a mysterious ingredient contained in coffee that interacts with caffeine, rather than simply caffeine alone, which may assist in the prevention of Alzheimer’s disease, as well as delay onset of its symptoms.

The findings of the new study will be published in the June 28 Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. Strategies for Prevention and Treatment. Optimism Bias: Human Brain May Be Hardwired for Hope. We like to think of ourselves as rational creatures.

Optimism Bias: Human Brain May Be Hardwired for Hope

We watch our backs, weigh the odds, pack an umbrella. But both neuroscience and social science suggest that we are more optimistic than realistic. On average, we expect things to turn out better than they wind up being. People hugely underestimate their chances of getting divorced, losing their job or being diagnosed with cancer; expect their children to be extraordinarily gifted; envision themselves achieving more than their peers; and overestimate their likely life span (sometimes by 20 years or more). The belief that the future will be much better than the past and present is known as the optimism bias. You might expect optimism to erode under the tide of news about violent conflicts, high unemployment, tornadoes and floods and all the threats and failures that shape human life.

To make progress, we need to be able to imagine alternative realities — better ones — and we need to believe that we can achieve them. USDA deregulates GMO corn engineered to produce fuel, not food. Would You Unfriend Your Ex Pre-Valentine's Day? Facebook: Sometimes it can serve as a digital closet in which the skeletons of romance slowly decay.

Would You Unfriend Your Ex Pre-Valentine's Day?

That's why lifestyle site YouTango.com is appointing February 13 “Break Up With Your Ex Day. " Yes, the fact that said person is your "ex" implies that you have already nixed the "significant" that comes before "other," but nowadays, a goodly number of us still have ties that bind us to past lovers. YourTango.com used its Facebook Page and SurveyMonkey.com to survey 1,047 Americans about their thoughts on digital romance, and found that 48% of people said that they look at their ex's social networking profiles too often. “The current digital landscape makes it especially difficult to truly break from past relationships," says Andrea Miller, founder and CEO of YourTango.com. "Nevertheless, getting someone out of your head — and your heart — is a necessary part of moving on and finding new love, as well as succeeding in a current relationship.

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