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As Shani Elhiani, LMFT, explains, a word like “always” leads to overgeneralizing where you’re “coming to a general conclusion based on a single event or one piece of evidence.” So, it doesn’t give the people around you the opportunity to grow and make mistakes. “No one is ‘always’ anything,” says licensed psychologist Kelly Rabenstein-Donohoe, PsyD. “Even things we love about others aren’t present 100 percent of the time. The word ‘always’ leaves the other person no choice but to stand in the opposite corner, therefore your point is likely to be lost and communication fails....

It’s a stark contrast from three months ago when New York was considered the global epicenter of the pandemic. Medical experts cite multiple reasons for the COVID surge in California, which came after the Golden State was able to bring down its initial outbreak numbers. “You know, we opened up too soon. We didn’t have the virus totally under control,” Anne Rimoin, PhD, an epidemiology professor at the University of California Los Angeles, told CNN....

RELATED: This Could Be Your First Sign of Dementia Years Before Diagnosis, Study Says.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb A 2020 study published in the journal Gut found that inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) doubles your risk of developing dementia. According to the study’s findings, 5.5 percent of participants with IBD, which includes the common conditions ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease, developed dementia, compared to 1.5 percent of participants without IBD. However, after accounting for other potential influential factors, including age and underlying conditions, those with IBD were 2....

Using an artificial intelligence platform designed to identify possible drugs that could be repurposed to fight COVID-19, the researchers sifted through data from the Cleveland Clinic’s COVID-19 registry. They found that those patients that routinely took melatonin were 30 percent less likely to test positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Notably, the risk reduction was even more stark among African Americans: their chances of contracting coronavirus were lowered by 52 percent compared with the general patient pool....

READ THIS NEXT: If You See This at the Grocery Store, Report It Immediately, Police Warn. Scammers are always trying to find new ways to trick people—and as schemes evolve over time, authorities do their best to sound the alarm. Back in May, police in Connecticut and North Carolina started warning residents that they had been receiving reports about scammers using a spoofing technique to impersonate police officers on phone calls....

Some of the famous pairs on this list are still together today, but many of these relationships simply couldn’t hack it when it came to the pressures of stardom (and all the other drama that happens between two people in love, of course). Some of these names might be a total blast from the past, because honestly, so much has happened since then that it’s easy to forget that many of these stars even dated each other in the first place....

Haddish shared her feelings about the situation with the Recording Academy during a Dec. 9 interview with Variety. The actor made it known that she was appalled by the lack of compensation, and the Recording Academy responded. To see what each side had to say about the controversy, read on, and for more Grammy Awards drama, This May Be Why The Weeknd Was Shut Out of the 2021 Grammy Race....

In his 2021 documentary, Val, Kilmer explained that he purposely kept Cruise at arm’s length while they were making the 1986 film as a way to make his character more realistic. The actor has also shared how Cruise didn’t fit in with the rest of the “party boys” on set. Read on to find out more about the relationship between the real life Iceman and Maverick. READ THIS NEXT: The Worst Tom Cruise Movie of All Time, According to Critics....

READ THIS NEXT: Vaccinated People Are “Extraordinarily Vulnerable” to This, New Study Finds.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb The high number of daily COVID cases right now likely includes a fair amount of breakthrough infections and reinfections, as Omicron and its subvariants are more likely to bypass the protection afforded by our current COVID vaccines and prior infection. With that in mind, vaccine manufacturers have been working over the past six months on new and revised COVID vaccine formulas....

READ THIS NEXT: The 6 Words You Should “Never Ever Ever” Say to Your Partner, According to a Therapist. If you’re familiar with basic relationship psychology, you’re probably familiar with “bids.” If you’ve never heard this term used outside of an auction house, rest assured that the principle is quite similar—except in this case, your partner is raising their paddle by asking (verbally or nonverbally) to connect with you. These can be subtle, like letting out an “exasperating sigh,” or more direct, like asking you to go on a romantic date....

RELATED: Delta Air Lines Just Made This Major Update for All December Travelers. For the first time ever with passengers on board, United Airlines just flew an aircraft on 100 percent sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) instead of fossil fuel, Fast Company reports. The flight took off from Chicago’s O’Hare airport and landed at Washington, D.C.’s Ronald Reagan Washington National.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb RELATED: Delta CEO Just Warned This Major Change Is Coming to Flying....

“We have a flask of solvent, and as that heats up, it’s going to evaporate. And then we’ll condense over the extractor body, which has our whole body sea lamprey, and then it will go back down onto the sea lamprey.” What’s the purpose of this macabre-seeming experiment? It’s actually to preserve a healthy ecosystem for fish in the Great Lakes. Read on to find out more. 1 “Lamprey Coffee” Creates Alarm Cues...

1 “Close Encounters of the Best Kind” Habiba Hussein was kayaking on the Hudson River, which runs along the west side of Manhattan, when she spotted dolphins arcing over the surface of the water. Leaping head over fins, they looked to be having a fine time in the summer-warmed waters. One came within a foot or two of Habiba’s kayak. “Close encounters of the best kind…BEST DAY EVER,” she wrote when posting the video to Instagram....

1 Seal Makes Clear It Wants to Play Twitter user @christoq posted video surf photographer Dave Nelson took of a dog and a seal in unlikely competition. In the footage, Nelson is seen holding a ball as a clearly intrigued seal bobs up and down in the water just offshore. “Are you curious?” Nelson asks the seal before turning the camera to his chocolate lab, who is waiting eagerly. When Nelson releases the ball, the seal arcs through the waves in pursuit....

READ THIS NEXT: Walmart Is Under Fire for Doing This to Shoppers—Look for These 3 Words. Walmart has long strived to provide its customers with more accessible ways to shop, from pick-up orders to home delivery that includes unloading items directly into your fridge. But recently, the company took a cutting-edge approach to fulfilling orders by launching a drone delivery service for select customers. After testing it in 2020 to deliver COVID-19 testing kits in select markets, Walmart has since expanded the offering to select stores in multiple cities across seven states, including Arkansas, Texas, Florida, Arizona, Virginia, North Carolina, and Utah....

RELATED: This Is the Most Hated Fast Food Chain in America. Over the past few weeks, customers have noticed a particular sauce missing from various Wendy’s locations in the U.S., Entrepreneur magazine first reported on July 19. And now, the truth is out: It’s going away for good. According to Business Insider, Wendy’s is in the process of discontinuing its creamy sriracha sauce after more than five years on the menu, although the sauce is still currently listed on Wendy’s website and available to add to some Uber Eats orders....

1 The King: Prince Charles The Prince of Wales became the King of England as soon as his mother passed away. King Charles made history as the longest-serving British monarch-in-waiting. He was just three when his mother, Elizabeth, became Queen. Another fun fact? He is the first royal heir to graduate with a university degree. 2 First in Line: Prince William Prince William, the first born son of Prince Charles and the late Princess Diana, is set to take over the throne after Charles....

Per the press release, after all state-supported testing sites close on July 30, they will not reopen until it is safe to do so, which will most likely be the morning of Aug. 5. The testing sites have freestanding structures including tents and various equipment, which won’t survive strong storm winds. Testing sites will reopen on a rolling basis as the storm passes through regions of the state, according to the press release....

When police arrived, they arrested Barbour for domestic violence after she freely admitted to the attack. Here’s what her husband had to say about the incident (it might surprise you). 1 Vacation Drama Barbour and her husband were vacationing in South Carolina and had arrived at the airport when the incident took place. It’s not clear just how she discovered the photos, but apparently, she saw “several indecent photos” on the phone, which led to a huge argument between the couple....

The survey’s findings confirm what other studies have shown: There’s a surprising gender divide in the mask-wearing debate. While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), local authorities, and certain businesses have recommended or mandated masks, multiple surveys indicate that men are less likely to do so. Gallup has been measuring U.S. adults’ face mask use since early April and in their most recent survey, published on July 13, the researchers found that 34 percent of men say they always wear masks, compared to 54 percent of women....