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10/4/2022

COVID IS OVER FOR MOST OF US – AT LEAST IN OUR MINDS

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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.

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10/4/2022

WE HAVE ANOTHER REASON TO TAKE CARE OF OUR TEETH

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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.

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10/4/2022

YOU CAN LOWER YOUR RISK FOR BREAST CANCER – BY MOVING MORE AND SITTING LESS

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A NEW STUDY SHOWS YOU DROP BREAST CANCER RISK WITH INCREASED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND AND LESS SITTING TIME.  THIS RESEACH WAS PUBLISHED IN THE "BRITISH JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE".   THE STUDY FOUND THAT GREATER ACTIVITY WAS LINKED TO A LOWER RISK FOR INVASIVE BREAST CANCERS.   IT ALSO FOUND MORE VIGOROUS EXERCISE WAS LINKED TO A LOWER RISK FOR BREAST CANCER BEFORE AND DURING MENOPAUSE. AND THE STUDY FOUND GREATER SEDENTARY TIME WAS ASSOCIATED WITH A HIGHER RISK FOR TRIPLE- NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER.

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