2003 December

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How about you? Have you dodged the bullet so far? If so, it’s not too late to start doing yourself a favor today that might help keep you cold-free through these winter months.

Now a new study from the U.S. Department of Agriculture indicates that a regular intake of concord grape juice may help the brain forestall the process of brain aging by inhibiting a specific protein that responds to oxidative stress.

Hats off to David Willman, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winning reporter for the Los Angeles Times, who recently concluded a five-year investigation of the inner workings of the NIH.

But a member named J.W. is feeling the pinch in another way; he’s having trouble finding farm-fresh eggs, so he sometimes has to buy them at the grocery store.