• Legendary entertainer Elaine Stritch captured the hearts of audiences to the very end0

    Elaine Stritch was perhaps best known to audiences today for her role as Alec Baldwin’s one-of-a kind mom in the hit TV show 30 Rock. But the legendary actress, comedienne and singer had a career that spanned decades–taking her from theater to movies to television. As Joe Dziemianowicz wrote in the NY Daily News: “She left a showbiz legacy that no one can match.” He described the legendary entertainer, who died July 17th, as “feisty, fearless and relentlessly frank.”

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  • ‘Boyhood’: A journey of poignant growth0

    It isn’t everyday that you read such a glowing review as the one USA Today movie critic, Claudia Puig, gives to director Richard Linklater’s Boyhood. She describes it this way: “One of the most extraordinary films in decades, this family drama is also one of the most ambitious in scope, having taken more than a decade to shoot.” Puig goes on to call Boyhood “an epic masterpiece.”

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  • Reclaiming Our (Real) Lives From Social Media0

    Nick Bilton, a columnist and reporter for The New York Times began thinking about how much time he was devoting each day to social media. He writes that what started out as “exciting and novel” began to take over his life and “consume every hour of my day.” So he asked himself: “At the end of the day, what do I have to show for it? Am I more enriched as a human being after a couple of hours spent on Facebook? More fulfilled from Pinterest? A deeper person from Instagram?”

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  • Eye test may be able to detect Alzheimer’s decades before onset0

    Could an eye exam one day be used to determine who is at risk for Alzheimer’s? Beta amyloid proteins are usually found in the brain and can be an indicator of the disease, but a new study discovered that they also show up as bright dots during an eye exam.

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  • Shorter sleep may speed brain aging0

    Are you getting enough sleep? A new study once again shows just how important sleep is for your memory and cognitive functioning. Lack of sleep can actually cause structural changes in the brain, which may accelerate a little faster with age.

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  • A Web Design Entrepreneur Has a Hit with Health Care Consumers0

    Imagine being on the operating table and about to drift off from the anesthesia, when you hear your surgeon comment: “I’m excited I get to do this operation. I don’t get to do many of them.” It’s not exactly a confidence inducing moment. But that’s exactly what happened to Mitch Rothschild when he went in for surgery on his Achilles tendon.

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