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To: long-gone who wrote (5759)	5/26/2000 9:14:00 AM
From: Yogizuna	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17683

Exactly right long-gone, and that is why I have so many different hobbies like chess, photography, taking care of animals, discovering new music talent, learning Japanese, etc, etc, etc! Those that just watch CNBC all day need to do other things, and sometimes turn it off! Very good advice from you. Yogi

To: long-gone who wrote (5759)	5/26/2000 9:17:00 AM
From: Mark Marcellus	Respond to of 17683

Friedland said the brains of those who spend four to six hours a day in front of the television shut down because so many images are fighting for the viewer's attention. And when irresponsible researchers get a chance to have their names in the paper, their professionalism shuts down because the images of millions of grant dollars prevail over their sense of ethics and their responsibilities to the patients in their study. Reports like this really frost me, and I'm just a layman. The real professionals must get really upset. There is an alternative hypothesis which, IMO, is even more likely, and it occurred to me even before I found it buried at the bottom of the original article. Those familiar with Alzheimer's know that it is a slowly developing disease which impairs brain function well before the symptoms become obvious. The TV watching habits of the people in the study could quite possibly have been an early manifestation of the disease, not its cause. But in order to get his name in the paper, Mr. Friedland is willing to let family members believe that the study participants did themselves in through their own slothfulness. Disgusting. IIRC, Case Western was also the institution which authored the controversial Quigley zinc study. One wonders.