This service is by invitation only and may be held at a place of worship, a funeral home or a family home. Usually, selected relatives and a few close friends attend the funeral service. Often public visitation is held, condolences are sent, and the body is viewed.
Sept. 4, 2012 -- Blood sugar levels at the high end of what is considered normal may put the brain at risk, according to a new Australian study. Researchers in Canberra report a link between the shrinkage of two brain regions, the hippocampus and the amygdala, and normal blood sugar levels.
It's Pregnancy Hormones! And then there's hormones - ah yes, hormones. Back to the brain shrinkage information. Research indicates that a pregnant woman's brain gets smaller in the third trimester and that brain cell volume decreases during pregnancy, plumping up again after the baby is born. The researchers have speculated that it is hormones that cause the shrinkage.