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RELATED: Eating This Popular Food Can Lead to Dementia, Study Says. Lithium is a mood stabilizer used to treat mania in patients with bipolar disorder, and while it is not approved by the Federal Drug Administration for treatment of depression, it is often prescribed “off-label,” according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Findings recently published in PLOS Medicine found an association between lithium use and a decreased risk of developing dementia in people over the age of 50, after controlling for sociodemographic factors that could also affect diagnosis....

RELATED: This Common Medication Could Be Hurting Your Brain, New Study Says. According to a Stanford Medicine news article, nearly 80 percent of patients with TRD were helped by a treatment called neuromodulation therapy. “The treatment, known as Stanford Accelerated Intelligent Neuromodulation Therapy (SAINT) or simply Stanford neuromodulation therapy, is an intensive, individualized form of transcranial magnetic stimulation,” the article explains. Transcranial magnetic stimulation is a form of brain stimulation which is non-invasive and uses a device to send powerful magnetic energy to activate neurons that are underactive in the brain....

RELATED: The CDC Head Just Made This Dire Prediction About Omicron in the U.S. Preliminary data from a South African study conducted by Discovery Health—the country’s largest private health insurer—has begun to shed light on how the latest version of the virus behaves differently from its predecessors. Analysis of more than 211,000 patients who tested positive for COVID—including roughly 78,000 who were confirmed to have been infected with the Omicron variant—found that having a scratchy throat as opposed to a sore throat was among the most commonly reported symptoms, Ryan Noach, MD, CEO of Discovery Health, explained during a news briefing....

Read the original article on Best Life. “I was no longer able to work in the toxic environment that was created on American Housewife,” the statement reads, per Deadline. “I made the decision to leave to protect myself from that type of discrimination. As a Black woman in entertainment, I feel the responsibility to stand up for what I deserve, what we all deserve—to be treated equally. I wish the show well, and I am excited for a new chapter and to be able to pursue the opportunities ahead....

READ THIS NEXT: Delta CEO Says You’re “Never Again Gonna See” These Flights. For most travelers, getting to the airport with time to spare can mean fighting off the urge to splurge on expensive terminal food and pre-flight cocktails. But for some premium ticket holders and frequent flyers, the first move after clearing security is to make a beeline for a lounge to kill time before takeoff. It’s no wonder why they remain a popular perk: Most of the spaces provide plenty of comfortable seating, complimentary food and beverages, fast WiFi, and power ports for charging....

RELATED: The One Type of Jeopardy! Contestant Alex Trebek Hated the Most. On June 19, Nicky posted a picture to Instagram of Alex Trebek sitting in a chair with his children around him. The photo features 31-year-old Matthew Trebek, Nicky, and 28-year-old Emily Trebek. “Seems like a minute ago,” Nicky captioned the family photo. Alex and his first wife, Elaine Trebek, adopted Nicky together. He then went on to have Matthew and Emily with his second wife, Jean Trebek....

READ THIS NEXT: Delta Just Made This Permanent Change for All Passengers, Starting Now. Despite lingering obstacles such as labor negotiations and spiking fuel prices, major carriers have expressed confidence that their fortunes have finally improved. During the J.P. Morgan Industrials Conference on March 15, American Airlines CEO Doug Parker said “demand is higher than it’s ever been” for domestic travel and ticket sales were “incredibly strong,” citing that the company had seen three record-breaking days for bookings, per USA Today....

RELATED: McKayla Maroney Became an Olympic Icon a Decade Ago. See Her Now. Dutch Olympic skateboarder Candy Jacobs was placed in quarantine after testing positive for COVID on July 21. Sadly, she had to miss the street skateboarding event, a sport that’s debuting at the Olympics this year. As The Guardian reported, Jacobs shared a video where she detailed the experience in her quarantine room with no windows that opened....

1 Request For Papal Visit Rebuffed The incident happened around lunchtime in the Museo Chiaramonti, which is part of the Vatican Museums. It holds about 1,000 works of ancient statuary and Roman portraits. The man demanded to see the pope, the newspaper Il Messaggero reported. When he was told he couldn’t, he allegedly hurled one Roman bust to the floor, then ran off, knocking another statue to the ground on his way....

Read on to see what Heche had to say about her ex. And for more on their relationship, check out ’90s Celebrity Couples You May Have Forgotten About. In Heche’s TikTok video, titled “Rating My Iconic Red Carpet Looks,” she goes through six of her past ensembles and rates them on a scale of 1 to 10 while sharing some commentary about each outfit. All of the looks are either pretty eccentric or revealing, except for one that shows her on a red carpet with DeGeneres....

“Omg they stopped the entire NYE party for this guy to propose and the girl was NOT HAVING IT,” an eyewitness wrote on a TikTok post which has since gone viral. Here’s what the (excruciating) footage of the incident shows. 1 Bad Idea Proposing on New Year’s Eve in front of a bunch of strangers—what could possibly go wrong? One man learned the hard way that if you’re not 100% sure she’s going to say yes, be very careful when, where, and how you pop the question....

READ THIS NEXT: Bath & Body Works Is Under Fire From Shoppers for Doing This: “At a Loss for Words.” While Bath & Body Works has managed to cultivate cult followings for things like its three-wick candles, the company is best known for its plethora of body products. Bath & Body Works offers hundreds of different scents for items like shower gel and perfumes. But the retailer isn’t just pushing a smell-good campaign....

On Mar. 17, the artist posted what looks like a bathroom selfie to her Instagram feed. “Pinch me,” Eilish captioned the photo, which features a drastic change to the bright green roots she’s been sporting since 2019. The singer offered no further comment about her shaggy, yellow-blonde coif in the post, letting the image speak for itself. But friends and fans were quick to reply to her hair transformation. Rapper Megan Thee Stallion, who Eilish praised in her Grammy acceptance speech for Record of the Year, commented with a string of heart eye emojis....

1 Is This The First Sentient Artificial Brain? BBC News reported that the “mini-brain” created by the researchers can sense and respond to its environment. In the journal Neuron, Dr. Brett Kagan says his team has created the first “sentient” brain grown in a lab. “We could find no better term to describe the device,” said Kagan. “It is able to take in information from an external source, process it and then respond to it in real time....

1 Burmese Python vs. Water Moccasin Miami Zoo posted a photo of the x-ray on their official Instagram account. “You may have heard in the news about the bobcat that was documented stealing and consuming eggs from an invasive Burmese python in the Everglades,” Miami Zoo captioned the post. “But, that isn’t the only native species that is fighting back! A python that had its tracking transmitter implanted by surgeons at Zoo Miami was recently found to be consumed by another snake; a native cottonmouth, also known as a water moccasin....

1 Monkey At the Wheel According to reports, the monkey boarded the bus with other passengers and refused to sit anywhere but at the front of the vehicle. The driver, known as Mr. Prakesh, let the monkey “help” him to drive. Video footage shows the langur monkey sitting on the steering wheel, with the driver keeping at least one hand on the wheel at all times. Keep reading to learn more and see the video....

While some have argued that the rise in cases is a direct result of increased testing, that doesn’t tell the entire story. A great number of medical and public health experts point to the increase in the percentage of positive tests as a more concerning figure. Since a lockdown was instituted in almost every state in late March, a national rallying cry to “flatten the curve” seemed to inspire most citizens to follow the White House guidelines of sheltering at home, social distancing, and wearing masks....

READ THIS NEXT: If You Have Any of These Popular Peanut Butters, Get Rid of Them Now.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb The latest wave of cereal complaints joins a slew of others connected with Lucky Charms cereal. Back in April, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it was investigating why hundreds of people said they became sick after eating it, according to a report in The New York Post. The agency’s investigation involved testing samples of the cereal as well as visiting manufacturing facilities....

A new study recommends cutting down on salt and sodium-laden processed foods, which they say could be sabotaging your serenity. Read on to find out how your diet could be undermining your mental health—and what to eat instead. READ THIS NEXT: Eating This Type of Cereal for Breakfast Can Slash Diabetes Risk, Experts Say. According to experts from Harvard Health Publishing, your diet and your stress levels are linked: Eating a poor diet can lead to more stress, and stress can in turn lead to poor diet....

READ THIS NEXT: Walgreens and CVS Are Closing Pharmacies and Cutting Back on Hours. If you’re headed to your local CVS or Walgreens to alleviate the symptoms of a cold or flu, you may be leaving empty-handed. People across the country have been reporting difficulty securing these OTC meds at multiple pharmacies.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb “There’s no cold medicine [right now] at CVS,” one person tweeted on Nov. 30. And they’re not alone....