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This common "fact" about dementia isn't actually true. Shutterstock According to 2020 data published in the journal Alzheimer's & Dementia, there are currently about 5.8 million people aged 65 years or older with dementia in the United States alone. And researchers expect that number to increase to roughly 13.8 million people by 2050—more than double…

Blood vials. Photo: Getty Images/Science Photo Library As scientists around the world have raced to understand COVID-19, the general public has been inundated with a flurry of early studies and ensuing recommendations, some of which have been contradictory, leaving us with “coronavirus whiplash.” A recent source of confusion has been the relationship between the coronavirus…

“When the spores find their way to a jelly or a jam that’s not stored well, they’re really happy.” Yum? Photo: Getty Images Sqirl is a restaurant in Los Angeles that is best known as a place where beautiful California people and tourists from Brooklyn have brunch. They do sorrel pesto brown rice bowls. They…

Peet Sapsin directs clients inside custom built "Gainz Pods", during his HIIT class, (high intensity interval training), at Sapsins Inspire South Bay Fitness, Redondo Beach, California, Wednesday, June 17, 2020. Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Peet Sapsin directs clients inside…

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