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Columns 36 What’s Cooking? by Renee Lee Creamy, Dreamy Sweet 28 Traveltizers and Savory Recipes England’s Storied Countryside 38 Our Famous Puzzle Pages 30 Broadway: A Personal 40 Get Up & Go! Perspective 42 Parting Shots by Brian Bradley 36 The Edsel turns 55 pg. 9 The Best Of Times October 2012 3 tHe best INA’s of times UrN October 2012 • Vol. 21, No. 10 Radio Founded in 1992 as Senior Scene News all is ISSN Library of Congress #1551-4366 definitely HouR A monthly publication from: TBT Multimedia, LLC F my favorite Hosted by P.O. Box 19510 time of the year. GaRy CalliGas Shreveport, LA 71149 The hot days of (318) 636-5510 summer are finally www.TheBestOfTimesNews.com Broadcasting every over, the air is crisp and cool, and Saturday morning 9 to 10 a.m. For a mailed subscription, send your name, football season is in full swing. 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We cannot it sold poorly, many considered them accept liability for omissions or errors and cannot be classy and technologically advanced responsible for the claims of advertisers. NOvember 3 and have fond memories of Sunday af- “Counseling to Improve the ternoon drives in the country. Do you Lives of All” remember the Edsel and, if so, what Laura Brucia Hamm, executive was your opinion of it? We would love Director of The Center for Families to hear from you. In next month's issue we take a look Do you have a question for one of at the election process and head down our guests? to Puerto Rico for a piña colada. See Email [email protected] you then. prior to the show. Tina 4 October 2012 www.TheBestOfTimesNews.com The Best Of Times October 2012 5 Stat! Medical News Heavy Drinking may Lead ➺ to Stroke earlier in Life A cup of Joe may Help A new study, published in Neurology®, Some Parkinson’s shows that people who have three or more Disease Symptoms alcoholic drinks per day may be at higher risk for experiencing a stroke almost a decade According to new research, drinking and a half earlier in life than those who do caffeine each day may have a benefit in not drink heavily. Heavy drinking has been controlling movement in Parkinson's consistently identified as a risk factor for a patients. For the study, Parkinson’s pa- type of stroke called intracerebral hemorrhage tients who showed symptoms of daytime which is caused by bleeding in the brain sleepiness and some motor symptoms rather than a blood clot. The study found were given either a placebo or a pill with that heavy drinkers experienced a stroke at an caffeine (the equivalent of between 2 and average age of 60, 14 years before the average 4 cups of coffee per day). After six weeks, age of their non-heavy drinking counterparts. the participants that took caffeine supple- Among people younger than 60 who had a ments averaged a five-point improvement stroke that occurred in the deep part of the in Parkinson’s severity ratings compared brain, heavy drinkers were more likely to die to those who didn’t consume caffeine. The within two years of the study follow-up than caffeine group also averaged a three-point non-heavy drinkers. improvement in the speed of movement and amount of stiffness compared to the placebo group. Caffeine did not appear to OSA Increases cardiovascular mortality in the elderly help improve daytime sleepiness and there Untreated severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is associated with an increased were no changes in quality of life, depres- risk of cardiovascular mortality in the elderly, and adequate treatment with continu- sion or sleep quality in study participants. ous positive airway pressure (CPAP) may significantly reduce this risk, according to Previous studies have shown that people a new study from researchers in Spain. The findings were published in the American who use caffeine are less likely to develop Thoracic Society’s American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. Parkinson’s disease. (Neurology®) exercise Found beneficial to cancer Patients Numerous studies have shown the powerful effect that exercise can have on cancer care and recov- ery. For patients who have gone through breast or colon cancer treatment, regular exercise has been found to reduce recurrence of the disease by up to 50%. But many cancer patients are reluctant to exercise, and few discuss it with their oncologists, according to a Mayo Clinic study published in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. Researchers found that patients who exercised regularly before their diagnosis were more likely to exercise than those who had not. Many patients considered daily activities, such as gardening, sufficient exercise. Researchers noted that most patients didn’t realize daily activities tend to require minimal effort. In addition, researchers found that patients took exercise advice most seriously when it came directly from their oncologists, but none of those studied had discussed it with them. Exercise can improve patients’ mobility, enable them to enjoy activities and keep them from becoming isolated in their homes. It can contribute to overall feelings of strength and physical safety, ease cancer-related fatigue and improve sleep.