X-Message-Number: 20232 Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2002 01:12:46 -0700 From: James Swayze <> Subject: Today's "What's New" [one sort of off topic] Uh Oh. Dire Prediction For Blondes By Cathryn Conroy, Netscape News Editor If you have blonde hair, you're part of an endangered species. A new study by German researchers claims that people with blonde hair will become extinct by 2202, reports The New York Post. Why? Blame it on Clairol. Blond Ambition: Blame the endangered species on these celebs. They're ALL bottle blondes. How many fooled you? http://people.aol.com/people/photos/photospecial/0,10753,167003,00.html Blonde hair (and blue eyes, for that matter) only happens when the child gets a recessive gene for it from both sides of the family. The German researchers speculate that dyed blonde hair is more attractive to men than real blonde hair so they are bypassing the natural blondes for the fake blondes. The result: There are fewer real blondes in the gene pool. Or so they reason. Hey, it can pay BIG bucks to be blonde--even if it is dyed. (Sexy and cute help, too.) Click for proof! http://people.aol.com/people/news/now/0,10958,347157,00.html ---------- Unfortunately, most modern researchers don't seem to have a clue about futurology. Had these had such a clue they might have not wasted research money on this frivolous concern. With genetic engineering and nanomolecular manipulation by the 23rd century I doubt this will be much of an issue when people can choose their eye and hair color daily if not at any particular moment. *** Who Knew Ice Cream Could Do THIS? By Cathryn Conroy, Netscape News Editor Plain old cow's milk--the main ingredient of ice cream--could actually PREVENT breast cancer, according to scientists at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, New York. They're so sure of this, they're predicting milk will one day be the mainstay of cancer prevention. Here's something else you can eat that may prevent breast and prostate cancer. http://www.cnn.com/2002/HEALTH/09/27/yh.ask.soy/index.html What's the magic ingredient? It's conjugated linoleic acid, or CLA, a minor fatty acid found naturally in milk, milk products, and beef. WebMD reports that study leader Margot M. Ip tested CLA on genetically-engineered mice that had tumors that mimic human breast cancer. "The CLA changed the cells in the cancer and thus cut off their blood supply," she said. As WebMD notes, cutting off the blood supply of tumors is a cancer therapy--called anti-angiogenesis--that has many researchers intrigued. And since CLA is all natural, dairy chemists are working overtime to produce super-CLA milk products. "It's a wonderful approach because you can increase CLA potency simply by changing the cow's diet," Ip told WebMD. "The cow then becomes a factory to produce a chemopreventive agent." She says someday--maybe in a decade or so--we'll be able to go to the grocery store and buy CLA-fortified milk, cheese, and ice cream. Eat ice cream. Prevent cancer. It doesn't get any better than that! Just in case you don't want to eat it straight out of the carton, here are some tasty recipes using ice cream! http://www.cookinglight.com/cooking/ [must browse or search--original URL had an error] ---------- Excellent! I drink milk every day. Looks like I can reasonably be assured of not getting breast cancer. Seriously though prostate cancer may be the male equivolent of breast cancer and as my grand father had a case of that with spontaneous remission (miracle from Jesus in his parlance), I do worry a little about prostate cancer. *** Suck It In! Scary News On Beer Bellies By Cathryn Conroy, Netscape News Editor The size of our bellies is a better gauge of our risk for high blood pressure and heart disease than almost any other factor. If we store excess weight in our tummies--the so-called "beer belly"--we have what's called central obesity. A new study by scientists at the National Research Council in Avellino, Italy has determined that this pattern of weight gain can lead to elevated blood pressure no matter what our body mass index (BMI). Skinny Jennifer Aniston said she was sick of diet gimmicks. Click to find out her secret for keeping the weight off--something that she now calls "a way of life." http://people.aol.com/people/special/0,11859,237989,00.html Reuters reports that the findings, which were published in the American Journal of Hypertension, may help to explain the link between obesity and metabolic syndrome, a cluster of conditions that includes high blood pressure, cholesterol, and insulin levels. If it is not treated, metabolic syndrome can lead to diabetes and heart disease. And if that's not enough to get you on the treadmill, a second study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, found a relationship between waist circumference and heart disease risk factors. This study of more than 9,000 adults concluded that waist measurement was a stronger predictor of heart disease than BMI. Do you know the BEST exercise you can do? Hint: It's simple and cheap and almost anyone can do it very well. http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101020121/walking.html ---------- I have reported this one before but from a different research group. Redundant maybe but it can't be said too much I think. *** Got Bear Market Depressive Syndrome? One shrink is seeing lots of it these days. September 25, 2002: 10:18 AM EDT By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN/Money Staff Writer NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Can't think clearly? Feeling out of control? Weighed down by guilt? And all because you checked your anemic 401(k) balance? If an overwhelming sense of inadequacy, shame and regret wells up every time you see the Dow trend down, you may be suffering from Bear Market Depressive Syndrome (BMDS). So says Dr. John W. Schott, a portfolio manager for Steinberg Global Asset Management and chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at MetroWest Hospital in Natick, Mass. http://money.cnn.com/2002/07/26/pf/investing/q_bmds/index.htm ---------- Added to this anxiety is the fact that one can't just direct one's 401(k) to divest at the drop of a hat. My folks are in danger of loosing their original investment and don't seem able to get their 401(k) managers to act in a timely fashion. James -- Cryonics Institute of Michigan Member! The Immortalist Society Member! The Society for Venturism Member! MY WEBSITE: http://www.geocities.com/~davidpascal/swayze/ While there follow the links to photos of me and some of my artwork and a radio interview on Dr. J's ChangeSurfer Radio program with me and the father of cryonics Prof. Robert Ettinger, author of "The Prospect of Immortality". A RELIGION I actually recommend: http://uk.geocities.com/venturist2001/index.html A FAVORITE quote: Last lines of the first Star Trek the Next Generation movie. Capt. Picard: "What we leave behind is not as important as how we've lived, after all Number One, we're only mortal." Will Ryker: "Speak for yourself captain, I intend to live forever!" Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=20232