Two Buck Chuck, Too?

And now for some good news from the Reuters Newswire:

Red wine might work to protect the brain from damage after a stroke and drinking a couple of glasses a day might provide that protection ahead of time, U.S. researchers reported on Sunday.

In an effort to better understand how red wine works, the scientists from Johns Hopkins University fed mice a moderate dose of a compound found in red grape skins and seeds before inducing stroke-like damage.

They discovered that the animals suffered less brain damage than similarly damaged mice who were not treated with the compound, which is called resveratrol.

And for those who don't get the "two buck chuck" reference, it refers to the $2-a-bottle wine produced by the Charles Shaw winery in California a few years ago. One lady I heard on Air America Radio today said it was now going for $3 a bottle in her neighborhood.