WE DON'T FEAR COVID- 19 ANYMORE, EVEN THOUGH 400 PEOPLE A DAY ARE STILL DYING FROM IT IN THE UNITED STATES.  THAT'S THE LATEST FROM A NEW AXIOS IPSOS POLL ON OUR ATTITUDES ABOUT COVID. THIS SURVEY FOUND ONLY ABOUT SIX IN TEN OF US ( 57%) ARE CONCERNED ABOUT GETTING THE VIRUS RIGHT NOW   (63%) NEARLY TWO IN THREE OF US SAY WE DON'T WEAR MASKS ANYMORE. (88%) AND NINE IN TEN OF US SAY COVID- 19 HAS CHANGED OUR LIVES FOREVER.  (90%) MOST OF US ALSO DESCRIBE OUR LIVES AS GOOD --  WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE AREA, WHICH IS OUR MONEY.  IT RANKED AS THE LOWEST HAPPY POINT OF OUR LIVES RIGHT NOW.

ACCORDING TO A RECENT STUDY FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA -- DAILY BRUSHING IS ASSOCIATED WITH A LOWER RISK OF DEVELOPING DEMENTIA LATER IN LIFE. THE STUDY WAS PUBLISHED IN THE "JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY".   IT INCLUDED MORE THAN FIVE- THOUSAND PEOPLE WITH AN AVERAGE AGE OF 81.
THEY WERE STUDIED FOR 18- YEARS. DURING THAT PERIOD, MORE THAN 11- HUNDRED OF THEM DEVELOPED DEMENTIA. RESEARCHERS FOUND WOMEN WHO DID NOT BRUSH THEIR TEETH EVERY DAY HAD A 65- PERCENT GREATER CHANCE OF DEVELOPING DEMENTIA THAN THOSE WHO DID. MEN WHO DID NOT BRUSH EVERY DAY HAD A 22- PERCENT GREATER CHANCE OF DEVELOPING DEMENTIA.BUT RESEARCHERS SAY IT REMAINS UNCLEAR EXACTLY HOW BRUSHING YOUR TEETH PREVENTS DEMENTIA.