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The first generation that has been exposed consistently to digital technology has reached the age where symptoms of dementia tend to emerge.
Some have claimed that digital technology could negatively impact cognitive abilities, but researchers from Baylor University have discovered just the opposite.
“You can flip on the news on just about any day and you’ll see people talking about how technologies are harming us,” said study co-author Michael Scullin in a press release.
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“People often use the terms ‘brain drain’ and ‘brain rot,’ and now ‘digital dementia’ is an emerging phrase. As researchers, we wanted to know if this was true,” Scullin said.
The researchers analyzed past studies to determine the impact of technology on mental aging. Their findings, which were published in the journal Nature Human Behaviour, suggest that digital technologies can actually preserve cogniti..

New data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has revealed climbing autism rates among children.
In 2022, a surveillance program called The Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network began monitoring children aged 4 to 8 across 15 U.S. states, focusing on multiple benchmarks of autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
Among 8-year-old children, researchers found that one in 31 children — more than 3% of America's kids — had ASD.
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ASD was found to be 3.4 times more likely in boys than girls, and the prevalence was lower among non-Hispanic White children.
The CDC confirmed that ASD prevalence among 8-year-olds was higher in 2022 than the previous year, as one in 36 kids were diagnosed with autism in 2020.
By 48 months of age, identification of ASD was higher among children born in 2018 than among those born in 2014, which suggests “increased early id..

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As counterfeit Ozempic circulates in the U.S., the Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning to Americans.
In an April 14 announcement, the FDA stated that Novo Nordisk — manufacturer of Ozempic and Wegovy — notified the agency that “several hundred units of counterfeit Ozempic (semaglutide) injection 1 mg” were in the U.S. drug supply chain.
Ozempic is an injectable medication approved to treat type 2 diabetes. Wegovy, the same drug but at a higher dose, is approved to treat obesity.
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“The counterfeit products were distributed outside the Novo Nordisk authorized supply chain in the U.S.,” the FDA stated in its announcement. “FDA seized the identified counterfeit products on April 9, 2025.”
The FDA has advised patients, wholesalers, retail pharmacies and healthcare professionals to check any Ozempic products in their possession.
Any medications labeled with lot number PAR0362 and with a ser..