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
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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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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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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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
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
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
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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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
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
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
@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.
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
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
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
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.
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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
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
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