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Age is the risk factor everyone assumes is doing most of the work in dementia, the one variable nobody thinks they can do anything about. The 2024 Lancet Commission on dementia prevention, the most comprehensive review of the evidence to date, complicates that assumption considerably. Nearly half of all future dementia cases, the commission concluded, … Read more

The story has circulated online for over a decade in roughly the same form. A young man is knocked unconscious. Inside that unconsciousness, an entire life unfolds: he meets someone, marries her, has two children, grows old inside a relationship that feels, in every sensory detail, completely real. Then one day he notices something wrong … Read more

How weight-loss medication is changing relationships with alcohol BBCDurham VA joins national trial testing GLP-1 medications for alcohol use disorder ABC11 NewsSemaglutide: A New Treatment Option for AUD? MedscapeOzempic Could Fight Addiction Too – Scientists Finally Know How scitechdaily.comA New Use for a Familiar Medication? | North Shore Journal | Two Harbors, Silver Bay & … Read more

WICHITA, Kansas — A Goddard mother is fighting for her life after a spider bite at Cheney Lake turned into a life-changing medical emergency.On May 28, Britagne Miller said she and her family were at the lake enjoying a campfire when multiple spiders crawled all over her, leaving bites all over her body. After four … Read more

When Sabrina Castaldi moved in with her boyfriend, she thought she was starting an exciting new chapter.Instead, months later, she began suffering from dizziness and other unexpected health problems that she couldn’t figure out.After investigating her home, she discovered black mold hidden behind a bathroom mirror caused by a water leak.HighlightsSabrina Castaldi said hidden black … Read more

Louisiana health officials are urging residents to take precautions against a flesh-eating bacterial infection following the deaths of five people this year.The Louisiana Department of Health issued a warning about the infection, known as Vibrio vulnificus, in a press release on Thursday.The department said nine people have been infected this year and five have died. … Read more

This is a newsletter bonus question. Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here. Dear Care and Feeding, My wife “Lillian” and I live in a major metro area and have two kids, “Carter,” 1, and “Emerald,” 4. There are lots of pigeons around, and Emerald has always … Read more

You’ve probably had a standard lipid panel at a routine physical, since it’s generally recommended every four to six years for healthy adults, and more often for those with heart disease or diabetes. The blood test checks your levels of total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein or LDL (the “bad” cholesterol that can form plaque on artery … Read more

A newly approved flu vaccine that studies show is more effective than others may be in Long Island pharmacies in the coming weeks, but the mRNA technology it uses may unnecessarily scare some people away from using it, medical experts say.The Food and Drug Administration Wednesday approved Moderna’s mFlusiva for people ages 50 and older after a … Read more

Portions of a Maryland state park remain closed to visitors after two people were attacked by rabid beavers in the past two weeks.A 13-year-old boy was attacked July 26 while swimming in the lake at Cunningham Falls State Park in Frederick County, according to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. More than a week later, … Read more