Woodstock Wire: NewsTidBits

Life -- Kitchn - The two winning classic options might surprise you.

Life -- WebMD - A recent study suggests that "maintenance therapy" with a targeted cancer drug may add years to some patients' lives.

Life -- Stat - The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved Biogen's new Alzheimer's drug, a decision with far-reaching implications for patients, clinicians, and others. Here's a rundown on some basic questions and answers about the drug, known as Aduhelm.

Who...

Life -- Psychology Today - Many grandparents wanting to help with the new baby find themselves in an alien world: new technologies, new philosophies, new rules. It can be harder than you expect.

Life -- Phys.org - More people around the world are falling ill and dying from dementia than they used to. Between 2000 and 2019, the rate of dementia increased by 86%, while deaths from the cognitive disorder more than doubled. Longer life spans and aging populations...

Life -- Stat - The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved the first new treatment for Alzheimer's disease in nearly two decades, a landmark decision that has been eagerly awaited by millions of Americans diagnosed with the condition but that will be...

Life -- Phys.org - Early in the morning on Dec. 13, 1941, the citizens of Huaraz, Peru, heard a terrifying rumble echo across the valley. Within minutes, a torrent of water, ice and rocks had poured over the city, destroying a third of it and killing at least...

Life -- Phys.org - It's been 30 years since Nasa last visited Venus, with the Magellan orbiter in 1990. Now, two new missions have been selected to explore the deadly atmosphere, crushing pressures and volcanic landscape.

Life -- Phys.org - Cancer patients who are undergoing targeted therapy can look forward to a new blood test that could tell their doctors whether the treatment is working, within one day after the start of the treatment. This will significantly speed up the evaluation...

Justmeans -- Intel, AWS and Megh Computing collaborate to close the digital divide in an underserved community.



As part of its Pandemic Response Technology Initiative and ongoing efforts to close the #digitaldivide, @intel teamed...

FastCompany -- Here's why you need to talk about how you're feeling-and what to say.

If you're feeling burned out, you're not alone. Working remotely has put many of us on a "work, eat, sleep, repeat" cycle, with family responsibilities thrown in to make things interesting....

Life -- EurekAlert - Frequent caffeine intake could more than triple risk of glaucoma for those genetically predisposed to higher eye pressure.

Life -- Psychology Today - Ditch retirement dread. Embrace the who, what, and why that can lead to the most meaningful, connected years of your life.

Infosec -- Malwarebytes Unpacked - Amazon smart device owners only have until June 8 to opt out of a new program that will group their Echo speakers and Ring doorbells into a shared wireless network with their neighbors, a new feature that the shopping giant claims...

Life -- New England Today - Please note that many establishments throughout New England have modified their hours and/or operations in response to COVID-19. Please check with individual businesses and organizations for the latest information before making travel...

Life -- Live Science - There are a few possibilities for why small dogs can be so menacing.

Life -- EurekAlert - Rates of Kawasaki disease -- a condition that creates inflammation in blood vessels in the heart and is more common in children of Asian/Pacific Island descent -- have substantially decreased in South Korea during the COVID-19 pandemic.The...

Life -- Kiplinger - Investment properties have the potential to generate monthly income and appreciation as part of a diversified portfolio. But you don't have to be a hands-on landlord. You can make passive real estate investments and avoid the 3 a.m. calls...

Life -- Gallup Headlines - Fewer Americans report they are isolating from non-household members, and more are going to stores and restaurants.

Life -- ESA-Hubble POW - This image, taken with Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3), features the spiral galaxy NGC 4680. At 2 o'clock and 7 o'clock two other galaxies can be seen flanking NGC 4680. NGC 4680 enjoyed a wave of attention in 1997, as it played host...

Life -- Astronomy Picture of the Day - Yes, but have you ever seen a sunrise like this?

Life -- Psychology Today - It often amazes me that all marriages don't fly apart by the baby's first birthday.

Media -- The Next Web - How many days off have you taken in the last 12 months? Can you count those days on your fingers? Do you even remember the last time you took a proper break? When I started writing this article I double-checked how many days' holiday I'd...

Enterprise -- The Register - Coincidentally, it's the 32nd anniversary of the 1989 massacre in Beijing

Thirty-two years ago, on June 4, 1989, Chinese troops killed and arrested thousands of pro-democracy protesters in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, putting an end to demonstrations...

Life -- Psychology Today - It is a seeming human paradox that novel stimuli attract us, yet also fosters suspicion and dread.

Life -- Psychology Today - Is the economic and psychological impact of being trapped in the vortex of unemployment feeling intractable? Try these six strategies.

U.S. News -- If you knew you could cut your risk of cancer - any cancer - in half, wouldn't you do it?

U.S. News -- Walmart Inc said on Thursday it would give nearly half its U.S. employees free Samsung phones by the end of the...

Tech -- GeekWire - TerraPower's lab tests the equipment and processes for next-generation nuclear reactors. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota)TerraPower, PacifiCorp and Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon announced plans on Wednesday to build a next-generation nuclear power...

Life -- WebMD - One in eight men get prostate cancer during their lifetime. But often, they find it hard to talk about their diagnosis. Find out how you can make that easier.

Life -- EurekAlert - Increasing a protein concentrated in brown fat appears to lower blood sugar, promote insulin sensitivity, and protect against fatty liver disease by remodeling white fat to a healthier state, a new study led by UT Southwestern scientists...

Life -- GearMoose - No two dads are exactly alike, so if you're looking for a gift-worthy dram to give your old man on his holiday, not just any whiskey will do. But that doesn't mean you have to get the most expensive, rare, and hard to find spirits - quite...

Life -- Stat - Merck said Thursday that giving its drug Keytruda immediately after surgery significantly reduced the risk of relapse of kidney cancer in patients who had their tumors removed.

The new clinical trial results make Keytruda the first immunotherapy...

Life -- Stat - Lynparza, a cancer-fighting pill marketed by AstraZeneca and Merck, reduced the risk that breast cancer would return in an invasive form when it was given for a year to patients who carried cancer-causing variants of the BRCA gene.

The companies...

Life -- WebMD - Over 15 years, patients who the treatment had significant improvement in motor symptoms and less need for medication.

Life -- EurekAlert - Nearly three-quarters of breast cancer patients (73%) report using at least one type of complementary medicine after cancer diagnosis, while oncologists believe that less than half (43%) of patients are using these approaches during cancer...

Life -- GearMoose - Whether you're working from home or back to commuting on a daily basis, your life is probably as hectic as always, which just might mean that stuff starts slipping through the cracks. Our busy, modern lifestyle barely leaves time to breathe,...

Life -- EurekAlert - New research into Alzheimer's disease (AD) suggests that secondary infections and new inflammatory events amplify the brain's immune response and affect memory in mice and in humans -- even when these secondary events occur outside the brain.

Life -- EurekAlert - A new West Health/Gallup survey finds nearly all Democrats (97%) and the majority of Republicans (61%) support empowering the federal government to negotiate lower prices of brand-name prescription drugs covered by Medicare.

Life -- WebMD - Prostate cancer happens when cells begin to grow and develop quicker than normally in your prostate. Find out what others want you to know about this condition.

Life -- WebMD - A sensor measures blood sugar in sweat which may mean far fewer finger pricks for the millions of people with diabetes.

Life -- Psychology Today - I know there are millions of people who are grateful for their retirement, but it is just not for me. Luckily, I found a gig where you hopefully only get better as you get older.

Life -- Neuroscience News - Adults over 80 who maintained a healthy lifestyle, including exercise and diet, had a lower risk of cognitive decline, even if they had genetic risk factors for dementia.

Life -- Neuroscience News - The connection between brain activity during sleep and cerebrospinal fluid flow was reduced in those with risk factors for dementia and those with Alzheimer's disease than in the healthy control group.

Business Wire -- License enables drug discovery: Harvard researchers had demonstrated novel methods of culturing human fat cells to model a diseased state in vitro.

U.S. News -- These tips can help you become a millionaire by age 65.

U.S. News -- An aggressive weight-loss program not only achieves remission of type...

Media -- USATODAY - News Top Stories - Walmart store hours are increasing for the first time in 2021 after being cut amid COVID-19. Starting June 5, stores will open at 6 a.m. local time.

Think -- Big Think - A ranger working for a San Francisco water utility discovers a massive petrified forest and its ancient residents.The forest dates from the Miocene era 10 million years ago.Mastodons, horses, and rhinoceroses lived there.As we go about our...

Tech -- Chrome Unboxed - Google Messages has been a part of the overall Chromebook experience for quite some time now. If you've not set it up, I'd urge you to give it a try. The process is simple, the usability is very good, and it is nice to be able to fully...