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High Amounts of TV Watching for Middle-aged Adults Could Cause Cognitive Decline
How often do you watch T.V. each week? Each day? It turns out, the amount of T.V. you watch as a middle-aged adult could have an effect on your brain health in the future.
According to 3 studies presented at the American Heart Association’s Epidemiology, Prevention, Lifestyle & Cardiometabolic Health Conference (2021), “moderate to high amounts” of T.V. watching can cause problems for your brain’s health down the road. Specifically, research suggests it can lead to cognitive decline, evidenced by lower “gray matter” volumes in the brain.
The Birmingham Times
1871 –City of Birmingham founded; now the state’s most populous city, Birmingham was founded at the crossing of two rail lines near one of the world’s richest deposits of minerals.
1873 Birmingham becomes seat of Jefferson County.
–First Colored Baptist Church founded. Birmingham particularly hard hit by cholera due to the lack of urban infrastructure and the poor housing conditions. At least 128 people died from cholera, which struck in the height of summer and persisted for several weeks. The outbreak caused about half of Birmingham’s 4,000 residents to flee.
1874 – Birmingham Iron Age newspaper in publication.
Sloss Furnaces. (Birmingham, Ala. Public Library Archives)
One in an occasional series about Birmingham’s 150th anniversary
From a very rough beginning 150 years ago, Birmingham smoothed out and became a world-class city.
Founded on June 1, 1871, by real estate promoters who sold lots near the planned crossing of the Alabama and Chattanooga and South and North railroads, Birmingham was incorporated on Dec. 19, 1871.
The site of the railroad crossing was notable for the nearby deposits of iron ore, coal, and limestone the three principal raw materials used in making steel. Birmingham is the only place worldwide where significant amounts of all three minerals can be found in such close proximity.