Coffee for Cardioprotection and Longevity

Coffee and tea: perks for health and longevity?

PURPOSE OF REVIEW Tea and coffee, after water, are the most commonly consumed beverages in the world and are the top sources of caffeine and antioxidant polyphenols in the American diet. The purpose of this review is to assess the health effects of chronic tea and/or coffee consumption. RECENT FINDINGS Tea consumption, especially green tea, is associated with significantly reduced risks for s...

Sir-viving cardiac stress: cardioprotection mediated by a longevity gene.

Over the last decade, a number of genetic modifiers of yeast and animal lifespan have been discovered and studied in some detail. Many of these genes lie on or impinge on the evolutionarily conserved insulin signaling pathway.1 In fact, one of the first genes discovered that was linked to lifespan regulation in Caenorhabditis elegans was DAF2, the product of which is highly related to mammalian...

Calorie Restriction, Longevity and Cognitive Function

Perspectives in innate and acquired cardioprotection: cardioprotection acquired through exercise.

Emerging evidence indicates that exercise training can provide significant protection against myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury. In this brief review, we provide a synthesis of current literature in the field and summarize the findings to date. Our intent is to identify the unique elements of cardioprotection acquired by exercise, and to illustrate what distinguishes this physiological acq...

passivity in waiting for godot and endgame: a psychoanalytic reading

this study intends to investigate samuel beckett’s waiting for godot and endgame under the lacanian psychoanalysis. it begins by explaining the most important concepts of lacanian psychoanalysis. the beckettian characters are studied regarding their state of unconscious, and not the state of consciousness as is common in most beckett studies. according to lacan, language plays the sole role in ...