Folks:
For those of you who may like to play "bridge", you should find this
article interesting.
In the Tulsa World newspaper datedline Aug. 7, 2005 there was an
article entitled: "Bridge Gives Support For Immune Cells". It
said this:
"A study shows that playing bridge leaves people with higher numbers of
immune cells.
"A University of California-Berkley researcher studied players in a
women's bridge club in Orinda, Calif., in 2000.
"Bridge was selected for the study because it was considered one game
most likely to stimulate an area of the brain---the dorsolateral
cortex---that might influence the immune system. Bridge players plan
ahead, they use working memory, they deal with sequencing,
initiation and numerous other higher order functions with which the
dorsolateral cortex is involved," said Marian Cleeves Diamond, a
professor of integrative biology at Berkeley, in a Reuters report.
"In blood samples taken both before and after the games, the subjects
all revealed changes in the levels of the white blood cells that patrol
the body in search of viruses and other invaders. "
"The Alzheimer's Association's "Maintain Your Brain" campaign also has
recommended bridge as a health booster, citing bridge as a game that
"requires strategy, mathematics and socializing".
Regards,
Cal
