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Eating spinach like Popeye won't just make you stronger — it may protect you from dementia, a study suggests. People with high levels of three key antioxidants in their blood are less likely to get the memory-robbing disorder, researchers found. Two of the compounds — lutein and zeaxanthin — are abundant in leafy green veg, as well as peas. Oranges and papaya are major sources of the other, beta-cryptoxanthin. Lead researcher Dr May Beydoun, an expert in aging from the US National Institutes of Health, said: 'Extending people's cognitive function is an important public health challenge. 'Antioxidants may help protect the brain from oxidative stress, which can cause cell damage.' But she added that more studies are needed to test whether the antioxidants really 'can help protect the brain ...

A white flag with a memorial written on it is one of the thousands of white flags representing Americans who have died of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) placed over 20 acres of the National Mall in Washington, September 26, 2021. Joshua Roberts | Reuters The United States on Wednesday surpassed 1 million Covid-19 deaths, according to data compiled by NBC News — a once unthinkable scale of loss even for the country with the world's highest recorded toll from the virus. The number — equivalent to the population of San Jose, California, the 10th largest city in the U.S. — was reached at stunning speed: 27 months after the country confirmed its first case of the virus.  "Each of those people touched hundreds of other people," said Diana Ordonez, whose husban...

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South Dakota is now probing a case of child hepatitis, becoming the twelfth state to report the disease — after a child in Wisconsin died from the condition. Health chiefs in the state said the patient was less than 10 years old and lived in Brown County, on the North Dakota border. It takes the U.S. total to at least 32 confirmed or suspected cases of unexplained hepatitis, including five liver transplants and one death. Four children are thought to have died from the disease globally, after Indonesia said it was investigating three fatalities. More than 220 cases have been spotted to date — most in the UK — and there have been 18 liver transplants, but experts warn this could be just the 'tip of the iceberg'.  Scientists are puzzled by the spate of cases because none of the affected chi...

As COVID-19 case rates tick up across the Bay Area and California, San Francisco and Santa Cruz counties reported the highest rates of coronavirus infections in California so far this week. The Bay Area saw a 167% increase in coronavirus infections in April, the same month that California dropped most of its COVID mitigation measures, like mask requirements on public transit. U.S. Secretary of State tests positive for COVID-19 after press dinner: Secretary of State Antony Blinken tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday, the State Department said. Blinken, who is vaccinated and boosted, was in attendance at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington on Saturday, where several other guests were reportedly infected. He is experiencing mild symptoms. President Biden ...