August 16, 2013

These days, the cost of living beats the cost of schooling for many college students. A new analysis by The College Board shows that housing and food costs are more than tuition for most students who attend public universities in their home state. In the past five years, tuition costs have risen 27-percent over inflation. Source Link

Not having an eye for a famous face might help determine your risk for early onset dementia. Researchers say people who had trouble recognizing and naming pictures of well-known people such as Elvis Presley or John F. Kennedy may have been showing signs of the condition that can occur between age 40 and 65. Source Link

There may be evidence that the “near-death experience” is a real thing. Scientists who tested rats found that their brain activity increased in the moments after cardiac arrest. If the same is true for humans, it could help to explain the “bright light” and other experiences that some have described when they came back to life after clinical death. Source Link