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Every now and again I'll shoot around the web in search of the some informative, positive news to uplift my spirit. As I am sure we've all realized, the media loves to focus on negative stories, so I find it only appropriate to share my findings with you.

Some drink to forget..but should we actually be drinking to remember? Researchers from UCLA believe that red wine may in fact reduce the occurrence of Alzheimer’s disease, a form of degenerative brain disease. David Teplow a Professor of Neurology at UCLA working on this research claims that, "no disease-modifying treatments of Alzheimer's now exist, and initial clinical trials of a number of different candidate drugs have been disappointing.” Thus, their findings of polyphenols, which block the production of proteins that destroy brain cells, could potentially be a colossal breakthrough. Researchers experimented with mice, treating the proteins that killed their nerve cells with grape seeds. This could ultimately lead to a huge advancement in the work of Alzheimer’s research, they plan on performing human clinical trials soon. Grab a glass and drink up!