Woodstock Wire: NewsTidBits

Life -- GearMoose - Nobody ever wants to wear something that's imperfect - unless, of course, it's deliberate like the kind of "mistakes" you get with the perfectly imperfect slub cotton tee.

Life -- The Penny Hoarder - Do you ever wonder why it's so hard to save money - even when you've cut the cable and the meals out, and you've never even had a latte habit?

One reason it's so hard to save is that your fixed expenses - the ones that stay the same...

Life -- Gallup Headlines - Eight percent of U.S. adults choose cryptocurrency as the best long-term investment among six options, well behind real estate (45%), stocks (18%) and gold (15%).

Life -- Kiplinger - Ah, retirement. Picture long, blissful walks on the beach. Or you're watching the sunset from the balcony of your cruise ship and thinking: This is it - the way life should be. Then you casually check your smartphone to see how your investment...

Life -- Gallup Headlines - As inflation in Turkey hits sky-high levels, Turks rate their lives worse than ever, and the majority find it hard to get by. Turks' struggles have rocked their confidence in the national government, now at a record-low 37%.

Life -- Neuroscience News - Researchers have designed a new method of converting non-neural cells into functioning neurons that are able to form synapses, dispense dopamine, and restore the function of neurons undermined by Parkinson's associated destruction...

Life -- Neuroscience News - INSR, a protein essential for insulin activity, plays a critical role in stem cell longevity. Additionally, inactivating INSR in glioblastoma brain cancer stem cells inhibits the growth of primitive tumor forming cells.

Life -- Neuroscience News - Amotivation and anhedonia rather than expressive dysfunction play a critical role in determining social functioning in those with schizophrenia.

Life -- Neuroscience News - Middle-aged people who consume blueberries every day may have a reduced risk of developing dementia, a new study reports.

Life -- Kiplinger - When Eileen Roehr's husband, Casey, was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2018, she went looking for helpful resources. High on her to-do list was finding an adult day center for him. "The two most valuable things to keep people with dementia...

Life -- Phys.org - Occupational therapy researchers find women living with and beyond breast cancer in Ireland are not aware of their employment entitlements and in response to findings have developed the occupational therapy-led "Work and Cancer" program that...

Life -- Phys.org - Ribonucleic acids (RNAs), which decode the genetic code stored in DNA and produce proteins, fold into diverse structures to govern fundamental biological processes in all life forms, including humans. Targeting disease-associated RNA structures...

Life -- The Penny Hoarder - Think you need to work long hours to qualify for company-backed retirement plans, tuition reimbursements and affordable health insurance?

Actually, you don't have to have to be a full-time employee to get those perks. There are many...

Life -- Kiplinger - For many people, retirement planning is a rather nebulous concept. They stash money away - sometimes thoughtfully, sometimes without true goals in mind - all with a vague idea that someday they will reach retirement, whatever that might mean.

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Life -- Neuroscience News - Study reports an overlap between genetic architecture and co-morbid mental health diagnosis. Researchers found 70% of the genetic signals associated with schizophrenia were also linked to bipolar disorder. Anorexia and OCD have a strong,...

Life -- Neuroscience News - Cognitive tests that rely on vision-dependent tasks may skew results for up to 25% of adults over 50 with undiagnosed visual problems such as AMD and cataracts. This may lead to a misdiagnosis of mild cognitive impairment in older...

Life -- WebMD - A new study claims colonoscopies in younger women can significantly cut their risk of colon cancer.

Life -- Gallup Headlines - A Gallup-2U study of graduates of 2U tech boot camps shows graduates reported earning salaries one year after graduation and ended up in STEM jobs, regardless of their race or ethnicity, gender or age.

Life -- Kiplinger - Imagine you're standing on the bank of a river. The bank you're standing on represents your current financial status, and the opposite bank is the amount of wealth you need for retirement. The river itself is the difference between how much...

Media -- USATODAY - News Top Stories - The past two hurricane seasons have been busier than normal with more rapidly intensifying hurricanes, which means people should prepare even earlier

Tech -- About Chromebooks - Previously, we've seen the $499.99 Lenovo Duet 5 Chromebook discounted by $100. And now this 13.3-inch detachable Chrome OS tablet with removable keyboard costs even less. You can snag this excellent 2-in-1 for $120 under the full...

Life -- Stat - Widely used physician guidelines that ignore patients' race and ethnicity could be doing more harm than good when it comes to catching diabetes in people of color. New research, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine on Monday, suggests that...

Life -- Neuroscience News - Researchers have developed a set of tests that can quantify cognitive changes in aging dogs and accurately detect canine cognitive dysfunction syndrome, a disorder with similar pathology and outcomes as Alzheimer's disease in humans....

Life -- Lifehacker - Think about the tech in your life. Your phone, full of messages and photos; your computer, a perfectly balanced chaos of work and entertainment; your game console, with half-played games maxing out the internal storage. Your tech is well-used,...

Life -- WebMD - Researchers have explored using medically trained dogs to sniff out cancer. Now French scientists say ants can do the job, too -- only faster and cheaper.

Life -- Psychology Today - A recent study provides evidence that people with a history of psychiatric disorders are at increased risk for developing dementia later in life.

Life -- NASA Image of the day - NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins floats in the space station's cupola, a direct nadir viewing window from which Earth and celestial objects are visible.

Life -- Phys.org - Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). It was the leading cause of human death due to a single pathogen before the emergence of SARS-CoV-2. In elephants, infections and deaths from TB have been...

Life -- SeniorPlanet - The Secure Act changed the rules for non-spousal inherited retirement accounts; some upfront planning spares your inheritors a big tax bill.

Life -- Gallup Headlines - Americans are worrying more than they did a year ago about paying their bills and maintaining their standard of living, among increases in financial worries. Low-income adults are affected far more than others.

Life -- ESA-Hubble POW - This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the tattered remnant of a supernova - a titanic explosion marking the end of the life of a dying star. This object - known as DEM L249 - is thought to have been created by a Type...

Life -- Kitchn - You won't believe it's made entirely from LEGOs.

Life -- Kitchn - No more wasting berries!

Life -- Live Science - A surprising new photo from the GOES East satellite has revealed what appears to be the word "Go" written in the clouds as seen from space.

Think -- HBR.org - If you interview at Accenture, there's one question you must be able to answer.

Tech -- The Verge - Volkswagen's CEO, Herbert Diess, says that the company is "basically sold out on electric vehicles in Europe and in the United States" for the year, according to a report from the Financial Times. This means that...

Tech -- Digital Trends - The iPhone 11 and iPhone XR remain two great Apple smartphones, even if they're no longer current-gen. We find out which one is the best in this head-to-head.

Life -- Neuroscience News - Elevated levels of PHGDH in the blood could signal the earliest stages of Alzheimer's disease. Researchers caution older adults against using "brain-boosting" supplements that contain serine due to its link to PHGDH. As PHGDH is a...

Life -- Kiplinger - Here's my simple explanation of required minimum distributions (RMDs): At age 72, Uncle Sam knocks on your door and asks you to pay taxes on your tax-deferred investments. You've gone perhaps years without paying taxes on these accounts, and...

Life -- Neuroscience News - Using artificial intelligence technology, researchers have identified both risk and protective factors for depression in middle-aged to older adults. Social isolation, the study found, was the biggest risk factor for depression, followed...

Life -- Neuroscience News - Study reveals a new mechanism that appears to reverse the build-up of protein aggregates by refolding them, rather than removing them.

Life -- WebMD - An analysis of multiple studies finds going vegan may help people with diabetes lose weight and lower blood sugar -- even better than following the Mediterranean diet.

Life -- The Penny Hoarder - It's no surprise that weddings are expensive. But what might shock you is just how much they actually cost. In 2021, the average couple spent nearly $30k (or $34,000 if you count the engagement ring) on their nuptials, with over $500...

Life -- The Penny Hoarder - Google can be a powerful tool to explore the web, but what happens when your personal information ends up in search results? It is possible for personal information, such as your Social Security Number (SSN), bank account info, secure...

Life -- Neuroscience News - People with higher levels of the antioxidants lutein, zeaxanthin, and beta-cryptoxanthin may have a lower risk of developing dementia, researchers report.

Life -- WebMD - New research shows that a small portion of takotsubo syndrome or "broken heart" heart failure patients actually have "happy heart syndrome," occurring after joyful life events.

Life -- Lifehack - Are daily stressors draining your vital energy levels? Do you know deep down that meditation could help you out, yet on some level, you repeatedly tell yourself you don't have the time or don't know how to meditate? Well, you're going to get...

Life -- Stat - A rare but aggressive kind of uterine cancer appears to be driving an increase in U.S. deaths from the disease, particularly among Black women, researchers reported Thursday.

Over eight years, deaths from the aggressive type rose by 2.7% per year,...

Life -- Psychology Today - Dealing with difficult behaviors in dementia? Try the 4Rs: Reassure, reconsider, redirect, and relax.

Life -- Kiplinger - Often, the decision to take a pension annuity option over an available lump sum option rests on which option provides the greatest income. And that makes perfect sense if all of the other factors relating to this decision are excluded from...