Bert Myrin 🌈 🏝⛷

Retired from making Aspen better, not BIGGER – i.e. avoiding the snowball effect of development that makes it harder for future generations to call Aspen home

[Bert Myrin 🌈 🏝⛷ @BertMyrin]

My time on City Council became immensely less fun during the past two years as voters and City Council moved in a very different direction. Good luck to Aspen.
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[Bert Myrin 🌈 🏝⛷ @BertMyrin]

An inspiring story from someone who saw her mother grow so mean that she couldn’t help but wonder if her mother’s bizarre personality changes were genetic. #Dementia – Gift Article
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[Bert Myrin 🌈 🏝⛷ @BertMyrin]

Some studies have found DNA from herpes simplex virus 1 and 2 (the viruses that cause cold sores and genital sores) more often in the brains of individuals with Alzheimer's than in healthy people.
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[Gary Chun 💙 @garychun]

In 1893, a U.S.-backed coup destroyed Hawai‘i’s sovereign government, @AdrienneLaF writes. More than a century later, some Hawaiians want their nation back: https://t.co/1EzKScrO20

[Bert Myrin 🌈 🏝⛷ @BertMyrin]

You’re probably not sending cards to people you live with or see daily. Most go to aunts, uncles, cousins, former neighbors and colleagues, old school friends. I have a friend I haven’t seen for more than 30 years. Every year, out goes my card to him. https://t.co/c8hlnDnNRJ

[Bert Myrin 🌈 🏝⛷ @BertMyrin]

Meet Mana, Oahu's newest monk seal pup
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[Bert Myrin 🌈 🏝⛷ @BertMyrin]

How fast is your brain ageing? Proteins in blood offer clues. Brain cells in people with Alzheimer’s disease express less BCAN than do those in healthy people. https://t.co/k5yQs31QN7

[Tatiana Prowell, MD @tmprowell]

NEW A study examined #EHR records from 2009-19 for 1.2M adults in SoCal: 21% ⬆️ risk of #dementia diagnosis for every microgram per cubic meter ⬆️ in fine particulate matter (PM2.5) from local wildfire smoke, measured over 3 yrs. #AAIC24 #MedTwitter 😷

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[Bert Myrin 🌈 🏝⛷ @BertMyrin]

People who consumed about two servings of processed red meat per week had a 14 percent greater risk of developing dementia compared to those who ate fewer than three servings per month. - Gift Article https://t.co/SedZiGTnRe

[Bert Myrin 🌈 🏝⛷ @BertMyrin]

Getting too little sleep later in life is associated with an increased risk for Alzheimer’s disease. But paradoxically, so is getting too much sleep. - Gift Article https://t.co/SFFeZqVZzh

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In older adults, even mild impairment can affect the brain. But there are simple ways to reduce the harm. Gift Article https://t.co/aRvCiuNHkJ

[Bert Myrin 🌈 🏝⛷ @BertMyrin]

The Most Important Conversation to Have Before You Die. “Who do you think makes really good decisions in stressful situations?” - Gift Article https://t.co/UNKs4rXLe6

[Bert Myrin 🌈 🏝⛷ @BertMyrin]

@Shebiegirl Thanks for the FYI - Looks like it should have just been Penn State because that's the link at the bottom of the story. U of P was an error from the story and my error for just copying the text from the story.

[Bert Myrin 🌈 🏝⛷ @BertMyrin]

University of Pennsylvania (Penn State) researchers found that binge drinking as a young adult can result in permanent brain damage seen decades on in people with cognitive decline. https://t.co/d58yMaYgee

[Bert Myrin 🌈 🏝⛷ @BertMyrin]

The National Alcohol Survey has shown that middle-aged and older adults use drinking as a way to deal with stress. - Gift Article https://t.co/zBsCVCrvLq

[Bert Myrin 🌈 🏝⛷ @BertMyrin]

Costco Magazine: The world can become a scary place for a person with dementia. As words start to lose meaning, it can cause frustration, anxiety, fear and possible distrust manifesting in mood and behavioral changes, delusions and hallucinations. https://t.co/ZodRwIT1vB

[Bert Myrin 🌈 🏝⛷ @BertMyrin]

Base fares start as low as 55 cents, compared with $2.48 for a taxi driven by a human for Baidu’s $30,000 purpose-built, Level 4 autonomous robotaxi.
https://t.co/M7yoNUE9Zb

[Bert Myrin 🌈 🏝⛷ @BertMyrin]

The chatbot averaged 90% when diagnosing a medical condition from a case report and explaining its reasoning. Doctors partnering with the chatbot got averaged 76%. Doctors randomly assigned not to use the chatbot had an average score of 74%. -Gift Article https://t.co/kChDCqiC3w

[Bert Myrin 🌈 🏝⛷ @BertMyrin]

A new Scripps Research study links heavy alcohol use to accelerating the progression of Alzheimer's disease. https://t.co/mqu8mKxyfm

[Bert Myrin 🌈 🏝⛷ @BertMyrin]

Feeling lonely increases one's risk of cognitive impairment by 15% and of all-cause dementia by 31%. This suggests loneliness is as bad as sedentary behavior or smoking when it comes to dementia risk. https://t.co/V9D0izx5jn

[Bert Myrin 🌈 🏝⛷ @BertMyrin]

Excessive alcohol affects the heart muscle, leading to arrhythmias, strokes, high blood pressure, & pancreatitis. It weakens the immune system & increases cancer risks of the head & neck, the esophagus, the liver, the breast & the colorectum. Gift Article https://t.co/9p7jwpxTie