The medical profession generally discourages alcohol drinking at any age.  Basically, alcohol has caused traffic accidents, ruined family relationships and generally harmed the body of those who drink to excess.  For example,  alcohol is a factor  in about: 30% of suicides. 30% of fatal motor vehicle crashes. 40% of fatal burn injuries. 50% of fatal drownings and homicides. 65% of fatal falls. Over the past few decades, though,   research has shown that : Moderate drinking makes you 25% to 40% less likely to have a heart attack, stroke or suffer from hardening of your arteries. Turns out that "small" amounts of alcohol can raise your high density lipoprotein (HDL), which removes other forms of cholesterols from your body, thus lowering the risk of heart disease. Alcohol also increases bone density and brain health. Alcohol does enhance mood, relax you and aid in combatting insomnia. 70% of American adults drink alcohol.  Which ones are best? Red wine contains antioxidants, wh

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Rumors are becoming real about the  health of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin .  It is now confirmed that he has stomach cancer, and will be operated on later this month.  There is also conjecture he is beginning to suffer from Parkinson's: Here is a  video showing signs  of this ailment.  Worse, there are  rumors  of schizoaffective disorder, schizophrenia, hallucinations and dementia. Putin will turn 70 in October.  He has now been running Russia for 20 years.  He  was with Boris Yeltsin  at the end of 1999 who had unexpectedly resigned.  The  Soviet Union had already collapsed in 1991 . Much of the above could well be inflated.  Time will tell.  I'll keep this short today and end with a job that has to be more challenging than Putin's. -