Americans eat an estimated 280 eggs per person per year, a significant rise from a decade ago. And our habits got the blessing of the U.S. Dietary Guidelines in 2016 when they dropped a long-standing recommended limit on dietary cholesterol.
But now a new study finds a risk to heart health in eating two or more eggs a day. This conflicts with earlier studies that gave eggs the green light.
Many of us have had moments when the sound of someone chewing their food is intensely irritating for no good reason. But for some people, sounds like chewing and lip smacking trigger a much stronger reaction:
"My heart starts to pound. I either start to cry or I just get really intensely angry. It's really intense. I mean, it's as if you're going to die," says 18-year-old high school senior Ellie Rapp, one person who suffers from what's known as misophonia, rare health condition that causes feelings akin to a panic attack.
In the U.S., older people with dementia are usually told they have Alzheimer's disease. But a range of other brain diseases can also impair thinking, memory and judgment. These include strokes, a form of Parkinson's disease and frontotemporal dementia -- and may account for 20 percent to 40 percent of the nation's 5.8 million dementia patients.
It’s important that families get the right diagnosis in order to get the best care and plan for the future.
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