READ THIS NEXT: Taking These Medications for Even a Short Time Spikes Your Dementia Risk. According to a 2011 study published in the journal Neurology, becoming severely overweight or obese during midlife significantly raises your risk of later developing dementia. Analyzing data from the Swedish Twin Registry, a databank of 8,534 twin individuals over the age of 65, the research team looked at possible risk factors related to dementia, including height, weight, health history, and more....

Knowing the risk factors and symptoms is another helpful tactic (especially since some symptoms of diabetes aren’t commonly known). And then there’s one particular lifestyle choice that can reduce your symptoms of the disease and may even reverse diabetes in some patients. Read on to find out what it is.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb READ THIS NEXT: If You Notice This in the Bathroom, Get Checked for Diabetes, Experts Say. There are two main types of diabetes—and although they sound similar, they are “different diseases with unique causes,” explains Healthline....

RELATED: White House Warns Vaccinated People Over 50 Need to Do This Right Now. In an interview with the Tennessean, Fauci commented on the state of the pandemic, noting that there is no clear “end” for the virus. “There’s no chance we’re going to eliminate SARS-CoV-2,” Fauci told the newspaper. “We’ve only eliminated one viral human pathogen in history—smallpox. And then there are the ones we’ve eliminated in this country, which are polio and measles....

RELATED: Dr. Fauci Just Issued a New Warning to All Americans—Even If They’re Boosted. Masks have once again become an important topic of conversation as the highly transmissible Omicron variant is circulating throughout the U.S. Many virus experts have been warning since the Delta variant that cloth masks are not protective enough against more contagious variants of COVID. And in a new interview with CNN, Fauci confirmed that wearing the right type of mask is important right now....

RELATED: If You Take Medication for This, You May Still Need a Mask, CDC Says. According to Fauci, there are three places he’s fairly confident will end up requiring people to be vaccinated to enter—colleges, airlines, and cruises. “You’re going to have at, a local, independent-level, things that the federal government is not going to be mandating,” but individual business still may, he explained. “There are organizations, particularly universities and colleges who are saying, notwithstanding what the federal government is requiring, if you want to come into campus and be in in-person learning, you’re going to have to show proof of vaccination,” the infectious disease expert said during the Bloomberg Businessweek conference on May 20, Business Insider reports....

The U.S. employees affected by the cut are from Disney’s parks, experiences, and consumer products division, which accounts for 37 percent of Disney’s $69.6 billion in total revenue, per CNBC. According to CNN, the Disney parks and resorts division alone is responsible for employing over 100,000 people in the U.S. As a result of forced park closures due to COVID, the company’s profits dropped by 91 percent in the first three months of 2020, CNN reports....

READ THIS NEXT: This Is the No. 1 Colon Cancer Symptom People Ignore, Doctors Warn. Nitrates are compounds found in our food that are made up of nitrogen and oxygen. They come from two main sources within our diets, explains Lindsay Delk, RD/RDN, a dietician with over 20 years experience: “added nitrates in processed meats and naturally occurring nitrates in plants.” Depending on their origin, these two types of nitrates “behave differently in the body,” she says, with added nitrates posing a threat to our health....

RELATED: Eating This for 2 Months Can Add Years to Your Life, New Study Finds. A study published on Aug. 4 in the journal Nutrients found that a few handfuls of walnuts a week can help you live longer. The research, out of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, found that eating five or more servings of walnuts per week (with one serving being one ounce) helped people extend their life 1....

The conceit of Back to the Future is that Marty McFly (played by a young Michael J. Fox) has traveled back in time to his own parents’ adolescence and must engineer their meeting, or risk being erased from the future himself. To command his sci-fi obsessed father to ask his future mother out, Marty dresses as an alien and pays McFly senior a late-night visit. To prove his futuristic credential, he blasts his fathers’ ears with a Sony Walkman loaded with a cassette marked “Edward Van Halen....

READ THIS NEXT: 26 Celebrities You Didn’t Know Were Scientologists. The Church of Scientology was founded by science fiction author L. Ron Hubbard, and is notorious outside of the group for a few things. For one, there’s a definite Hollywood connection, with Tom Cruise, John Travolta, and Moss among the religion’s high-profile practicing members. For another, many believe that Scientology is abusive, punitive, and otherwise problematic. Some ex-members claim to have faced retaliation for leaving or speaking out against the church, as well as maintain that members are forced to “disconnect” from friends and family who are not supportive of their involvement....

Regardless of whether you like to travel light or are an unabashed heavy packer, there’s still one suitcase solution you should always remember if you’d like to avoid getting slowed down at the airport. Read on to see how to pack like a pro every time you board a plane. RELATED: If You Hear This on Your Plane, It Might Be an Emergency, Flight Attendant Warns. As your carrying case for everything you need while you’re on the road, your luggage acts as a way to make your home temporarily portable....

Let’s start from the beginning: According to a June 2020 study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, people with type A blood have a 45 percent greater risk of contracting coronavirus, whereas people with type O blood were 65 percent less likely to become infected compared to other blood types. Despite that research, however, the reality is quite different. If you have type O blood, you’re far from immune to the virus....

According to one excerpt from the book shared by The Daily Mail, Couric wrote that she was never particularly warm to women in her business because she felt the need to “protect” her “turf.” Instead, she often gave them the cold shoulder because she worried that “someone younger and cuter was always around the corner.” She seemed to take aim in particular at one former up-and-comer at NBC News, who fired back in a series of interviews this week, saying she believes Couric may have “derailed” her career....

As summer approaches, kids and parents alike are eager for summer camp to kick off. In anticipation of the season, the CDC updated its guidance for attendance on April 24. These new CDC guidelines maintain that children ages two and up should wear masks the entire time, even when outdoors. The only exception to this rule is when people are eating, drinking, or swimming. According to the guidance, masks must also be worn by vaccinated staff and campers....

But picking up their new purchase turned out to be more complicated than the company planned. Read on to find out what happened and why—far from being an isolated incident—there has been a small epidemic of planes getting stuck under bridges. RELATED: 10 Most Embarrassing Ways People Have Gone Viral This Year 1 Detour Is Source of Trouble The decommissioned plane was to be transported from the New Delhi airport to Hyderabad, about a 10-hour drive....

RELATED: The One Thing Every Major Department Store Is Starting to Ban. On June 17, Kroger pledged to stop selling products from the coconut milk brand Chaokoh, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) told USA Today. The supermarket chain said it will drop all products from the brand once it finishes selling through its existing inventory. Per the news outlet, this is a major move because Kroger is the nation’s largest grocery chain, with regional supermarket chains in 35 states, including Fred Meyer, Harris Teeter, Ralphs, Mariano’s, Fry’s, Smith’s, King Soopers, and QFC....

“Harry and Meghan have always done things their way, and that applies to what they want for their children,” an insider told Best Life. “While both Archie and Lilibet were born royal, their earliest months have been quite different.” That includes an important royal tradition Harry and Meghan reportedly plan to break with Lilibet soon, which could further distance them from the rest of the Royal Family. Read on to find out what it is....

The study, published in the Jan. 20 issue of the journal Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids, found that, among a group of 100 individuals hospitalized with COVID, those with the highest levels of omega-3 fatty acids in their blood were at a reduced risk of dying from COVID. In fact, they were 75 percent less likely to die than patients with lower circulating omega-3 levels. Overall, patients with lower omega-3 levels in their bloodstream were four times likelier to die than those with higher omega-3 levels....

“Because Catherine made a near-seamless entry into the Royal Family, people assume she faced no difficulties. But during the early years, particularly before the royal couple announced their engagement, the duchess faced hurtful and invasive coverage by the media but never publicly spoke about it,” a royal insider told Best Life. However, Kate and Prince William very much believe the royals’ ethos of “never complain, never explain.” Read on to hear what they endured at the hands of the media and how they handled it, and for the latest royals news, check out Why Meghan Won’t Make the Same Mistakes as Princess Diana in Her Tell-All....

During a Feb. 25 interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live, host Jimmy Kimmel asked Harvey the hard questions about his daughter’s dating life. Lori and Jordan were first spotted together in Nov. 2020, but they didn’t confirm their relationship until Jan. 2021, according to Insider.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb The good news is, this family’s not feuding. “He is a nice guy, yeah, but he is not the sexiest man alive to me at all,” Harvey said....