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Any boozing can cause your blood pressure to go up, a new study shows. Even slight increases in alcohol consumption are associated with higher blood pressure, researchers reported Wednesday in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Stopping drinking, or even cutting back, might lead to reductions in blood pressure that would lower a person’s risk of stroke or …

A 2025 study published in BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine found that any amount of alcohol increases dementia risk, even light drinking of one to three drinks a week. Researchers from Oxford, Yale, and Cambridge analyzed data from more than 500,000 adults and found that alcohol exposure promotes inflammation, oxidative stress, and neurotoxicity—all linked to cognitive decline. Experts stress that there is …

The COLA Increase 2026 for Social Security and SSI beneficiaries will see a 2.7% increase, offering a moderate boost to monthly income. The change, beginning January 2026, is intended to cushion against inflation, keeping recipients’ purchasing power intact. For SSI beneficiaries, the boost should start even sooner on December 31, 2024. In the wake of the benefit increase, a new …

Cola Boost for All in 2026: Check Amount, Eligibility & Payout Dates  theboronewspaper.com Will the government shutdown impact Social Security payments?  Austin American-Statesman Shutdown stalls adjustments for Social Security payments, leaving many seniors waiting  Scripps News Social Security Warning Issued Over COLA—’Only Going to Get Worse’  Newsweek Seniors, mark your calendars! 2026 Social Security COLA announcement finally has a date  USA Today Source link

In an age when brain fog, forgetfulness, and digital overload are common, science keeps pointing to one simple, powerful medicine, exercise. Beyond building muscles or burning calories, regular movement can physically reshape the brain and sharpen memory. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), over 1 in 4 adults globally are not active enough, leading not only to physical but …

Pinterest is rolling out a tool that allows users to “dial down the AI” in their feed, the company says. Users can select which categories they want populated with more or less AI-generated content. But Pinterest stops short of promising a feed that’s completely free of AI: the tool will work only on “eligible image Pins” in categories prone to …

Following backlash over an increase in “AI slop” taking over users’ feeds, Pinterest on Thursday added new tools that let users limit how much AI-generated content they see on the platform. Users can now personalize their feeds to restrict generative AI imagery in select categories, and the company said it will make its existing GenAI content labels more noticeable in …

No amount of alcohol is safe, at least for dementia risk  The Washington Post The four ages when alcohol really harms your health (and the decade we’re best at handling it)  The Telegraph Alcohol: Bad for Heart, Brain, and Cognition?  Medscape Moderate drinking dementia risk. Genetic proof  Holistic News If you drink more than eight alcoholic drinks per week, researchers say you could have …

You may have heard of dark matter before. It’s the strange, invisible, undetected stuff that makes more than a quarter of all the matter in the Universe. It can’t be seen, but astronomers know it’s there because it’s acting like a sort of gravitational glue, holding galaxies together. More mind-blowing science Credit: Daniel Megias / iStock / Getty Images Plus …

Saimon Oliveira had a major malfunction at the scale ahead of UFC Rio. The Brazilian bantamweight didn’t come close to hitting the 135-pound limit at the official weigh-ins for Saturday’s event in Rio de Janeiro, coming in at 144 pounds, eight pounds over even with a one-pound allowance for a non-title contest. His opponent Luan Lacerda successfully made weight at …