December 2016 “Celebrating Age and Maturity” Area’s Last Pearl Harbor Survivor Remembers Also InsIde Small Towns Celebrate Christmas in Big Ways How to Get a Good Night’s Sleep 50 Years On, “Dark Shadows” Still Looms Large Live Here and It! The Choice is Yours! Senior adults today lead a more active lifestyle than generations before. This unretirement living means they want more choices and more time to do what they want. The Oaks of Louisiana is a maintenance-free community filled with options from which to choose – floor plans, dining, state-of-the-art wellness center and heated indoor pool, lifelong learning classes, spiritual life programs, clubs … we could go on and on. With apartments starting at an affordable $1,563 a month, the choice is not where to move but when! 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Medical News 22 Money Matters Features Stay Warm, Save Energy, and 8 Our Featured 5 Lower Your Electric Bill 15 Area's Last Pearl Harbor 10 Shreveport Then & Now Survivor Remembers 24 From the Bench 12 Snapshot Sleuth Holiday Time For Sharing 19 How to Get a Good Night's Sleep 26 Laws of the Land The Case of the Rich Husband 28 Counseling Corner Keeping Alcohol Under Control During the Holidays Columns 30 Traveltizers Small Towns Celebrate In Every Issue Christmas in Big Ways 36 What’s Cooking? Entertaining with ease 32 Page by Page Review of "The Sun & the 38 Get Up & Go! Moon & the Rolling Stones" 40 Our Famous Puzzle Pages On the Cover: Pearl Harbor, 34 Tinseltown Talks Hawaii on December 7, 1941. 50 Years On, "Dark Shadows" 43 Parting Shots (U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Still Looms Large National Archives) The Best Of Times December 2016 3 tHe best of times December 2016 l Vol. 25, No. 12 Founded 1992 as Senior Scene News Radio ISSN Library of Congress #1551-4366 HouR A monthly publication from: Hosted by TBT Multimedia, LLC aRy alliGas P.O. Box 19510 G C Shreveport, LA 71149 Proudly Presented by: (318) 636-5510 www.TheBestOfTimesNews.com Publisher Gary L. 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Oh and you Pose Risk for Alzheimer’s Stress May Undo Our can relax and stop watching how High blood pressure in middle age many “likes” you get: That doesn’t can lead to impaired cognition and is Healthy Food Choices seem to correlate at all. The study, a potential risk factor for Alzheimer’s Healthy eating is important, but a which the researchers emphasize disease, according to a statement from new study published in Molecular Psy- is an association study and can- the American Heart Association. An esti- chology suggests that stress can have not identify causation, was led by mated 80 million people in the U.S. have a negative impact on the health food University of California San Diego hypertension, and the brain is among choices you make. The results are researchers, collaborating with col- the organs most affected. Except for age, preliminary, but they add to previous leagues at Facebook and Yale. The hypertension is the most important risk research that shows how stress can research confirms what scientists factor for vascular problems in the brain affect weight gain and overall health. have known for a long time: People that lead to stroke and dementia. There The researchers found that when the who have stronger social networks is consistent evidence that chronic high participants were more stressed, their live longer. Researchers noted that blood pressure during middle age (40 to bodies responded to the healthier interacting online seems to be 64) is associated with altered cognitive meal as if it were an unhealthy meal. healthy when the online activity function in both middle age and late The findings provide more evidence is moderate and complements in- life (65 to 84). Cognitive abilities that that stress has a strong impact on teractions offline. It is only on the are affected include memory, speed of your health. There is still a lot to be extreme end, spending a lot of time processing and executive function (ability learned, but in the meantime, strate- online with little evidence of being to organize thoughts, manage time, make gies such as exercising, socializing, or connected to people otherwise, decisions, etc.) meditating can help reduce stress. that a negative association is seen. Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Can Turn Holiday Fun Into a Nightmare Traveling long distances on a plane or in the car for holiday fun can turn into a nightmare very quickly thanks to deep vein thrombosis. DVT is a condition where blood clots form in the deep vein of the lower legs and thighs. Sitting for long periods of time, can limit circulation in the legs, leading to a blood clot forming in the vein. The clot can travel un- noticed through the blood stream and lodge in the brain, lungs, heart and other areas causing severe damage to organs, and in some cases, death. The good news is that you can avoid the problem very easily. “If you plan to travel overseas or cross country, make sure you get up and walk around at least every two hours, and try not to sleep more than four hours at a time,” said Alan Lumsden, M.D., chief of cardiovascular sur- gery at Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center. “Drink plenty of water or juices, wear loose-fitting clothing, eat light meals and limit alcohol consumption.” Lumsden adds it would not be a bad idea, especially for people with circulation problems or the elderly, to wear compression stockings that help prevent clots from forming in the deep veins. If you do not have a chance to get up every couple of hours, extend both legs and move both feet back and forth in a circular motion.