Dementia Risk Rises After Severe Infection

Dementia Risk Rises After Severe Infection

Hospital-treated infections like cystitis were associated with higher dementia risk, regardless of other comorbidities, observational data indicated. The link between severe infection and dementia was consistent across sex and education subgroups. Infections occurred on average 5 to 6 years before dementia diagnosis. Dementia risk rose after older adults had severe infection and the risk was…

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OpenAI Just Killed Sora | Lifehacker

OpenAI Just Killed Sora | Lifehacker

It’s the end of an (albeit short) era: OpenAI is reportedly shutting down Sora, the company’s once-viral AI video generation app. The Wall Street Journal was the first to break the story, and reports that the company is shuttering the app as part of a grander plan to streamline OpenAI ahead of a potential IPO…

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US public health groups urge firing of EPA boss Zeldin, saying he ‘brazenly betrayed’ agency | US Environmental Protection Agency

US public health groups urge firing of EPA boss Zeldin, saying he ‘brazenly betrayed’ agency | US Environmental Protection Agency

More than 160 environmental and public health organizations on Tuesday called for Lee Zeldin, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator, to resign or be fired. “No [EPA] administrator in history – Democratic or Republican – has so brazenly betrayed the agency’s core mission,” the groups wrote in an open letter. “EPA’s foremost purpose is to…

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