I’ve come across lots of interesting stuff lately.
When a Stranger Decides to Destroy Your Life
I’m including this article on all my blogs this week because it’s important that everyone with any online presence, no matter how small, read it.
LIGHTHEARTED BOOKS TO READ WHEN LIFE IS HARD
Sometimes a book like this is exactly what we need. From Book Riot’s Heather Bottoms:
When I’m feeling worn down, reading is a much-needed escape and comfort, but I need a book that is less emotionally taxing. I don’t want to be blindsided by a heart-wrenching death, intense family trauma, or weighty subject matter. What I need is a palate cleanser, lighthearted books to help me decompress a bit and provide a happy diversion. Here are some of my favorites. These lighthearted books are charming, soothing, funny, warm-hearted, and just the break you need when life is hard.
How to Get Your Intuition Back (When It’s Hijacked by Life)
I have written before about how I learned to trust my intuition, so this article naturally drew my attention. Judi Ketteler writes:
Suddenly at midlife, the gut instinct I had long relied on to make important life decisions left me. Here’s how I learned to get it back.
Through a combination of research and personal experience, she concludes that intuition depends on context, and she needs to let it catch up with her changed circumstances as she enters a new phase of her life. I find this an encouraging conclusion.
‘This is just the beginning’: Using DNA and genealogy to crack years-old cold cases
This article caught my eye because very recently this process has produced arrests in two 30-year-old cold murder cases in my hometown of Tacoma, WA. The article provides a much fuller explanation of how DNA databases are used to solve old crimes.
Alzheimer’s may be tougher to spot in women, researchers say
Current tests to detect Alzheimer’s disease rely on measures of verbal memory – the ability to learn and remember verbal information such as stories or grocery lists – which women excel at, and allows them to compensate during the disease’s early stages.
The brain may clean out Alzheimer’s plaques during sleep
If sleep deprivation puts garbage removal on the fritz, the memory-robbing disease may develop
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But while the new research is compelling, plenty of gaps remain. There’s not enough evidence yet to know the degree to which sleep might make a difference in the disease, and study results are not consistent.
© 2018 by Mary Daniels Brown
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