July 28, 2015

Could childhood stress be responsible for how you tip the scales? A study found that women who as children experienced economic hardship, divorce, or never knowing their father gained weight more rapidly as adults.  Stressful events that occurred after age 16 did not have the same effect, and men did not show a connection between childhood stress and weight gain. Source Link
 
A good night’s sleep can keep your mind sharp tomorrow and maybe a lot longer. New research suggests poor sleep may increase people's risk of Alzheimer's disease. Sleep works to clear out a sticky protein in the brain that’s associated with Alzheimer’s, and those toxic proteins affect the deep sleep that's important for memory formation. Source Link
 
Think of it as a digital trail of breadcrumbs. A new feature of Google Maps can give you a listing of everywhere you’ve been recently using GPS tracking and location services from your Android smartphone. If that seems a bit creepy, you can delete anything from the timeline or turn it off entirely. Source Link