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- Common vitamin may influence brain aging in ways scientists didn’t expect
Higher levels of vitamin C were linked to healthier brain structure in older adults, suggesting a potential role for nutrition in brain aging.That’s according to new research from Japan, published in the journal PLOS ONE.The observational study included 2,044 participants living in Hirosaki City, Japan, who were originally included in a study exploring dementia and heart disease risk. The average age was 69, and 61% of them were female.SKIP THE MULTIVITAMIN: 5 NUTRIENT-RICH FOODS RECOMMENDED BY DOCTORS INSTEADThe researchers measured the participants’ vitamin C levels using blood samples and performed MRI scans to calculate the volume of gray matter and white matter in their brains.Even after accounting for external factors like age, smoking habits, diabetes and other lifestyle behaviors, they found that those with lower vitamin C levels appeared to have lower brain tissue volumes and weaker structural network patterns."Our study demonstrates that older adults with higher blood levels of vitamin C tend to have better-preserved brain structure (gray matter) and stronger connections within the default mode network (DMN), a crucial brain network involved in memory and cognitive function," Tomohiro Shintaku, MD, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Radiology Graduate School of Medicine at Hirosaki University, told Fox News Digital.BRAIN AGING MAY SLOW WITH GREEN TEA, WALNUTS AND TINY SWAMP PLANT, STUDY FINDS"While diets rich in vitamin C are known to lower the risk of cognitive decline, our study is the very first to demonstrate a direct association between actual blood plasma vitamin C levels and the structural connectivity of the DMN," he added.This network is often affected by conditions such as Alzheimer's disease and depression, according to the researchers.The vitamin C measurement was more accurate than studies that relied on dietary estimates, the researchers noted."What I found most fascinating is that we could detect such clear associations between a single nutritional factor (vitamin C) and large-scale brain networks in a robust cohort of over 2,000 older adults," Shintaku said. "It highlights how significantly our everyday dietary habits might impact brain structure."BRAIN HEALTH WARNING SIGN COULD BE HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT, SAY RESEARCHERSThe study underscores the importance of obtaining vitamin C from the daily diet, as humans cannot synthesize it on their own, the researchers noted.CLICK HERE FOR MORE HEALTH STORIES"Our findings suggest that maintaining optimal vitamin C levels through a healthy diet — rich in citrus fruits, berries, tomatoes and green leafy vegetables — could be a simple… [TheTopNews] Read More.4 days ago - The Iran War’s Biggest Loser? Definitely Netanyahu
Donald Trump’s war of choice against Iran has been a strategic failure. Assassinating the 86-year-old Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and elevating his son Mojtaba did not produce regime change but, as described in a recent New York Times report, a “military junta dominated by the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps,” with “a younger, more brazen generation in power.” That brazenness paid off for Iran when it seized the Strait of Hormuz, slashing Washington’s negotiating leverage by exposing America’s sensitivity to high gas prices. Iran returned to the negotiating table after Operation Epic Fury, but it was already at the table the day the operation began, making similar offers. The president’s art-of-the-deal reputation, already frayed after his tariff madness, is now in tatters. He tore up Barack Obama’s comprehensive deal with Iran, brokered with the permanent five members of the U.N. Security Council plus Germany and the European Union. It wasn’t perfect, but it subjected Iran’s nuclear program to strict limits and intrusive inspections. Exactly what Trump and Iran’s negotiators have agreed on to reopen the Strait is unknown, as no text has been released and both sides are giving differing accounts. But Trump’s unwillingness to give a direct answer posed by the Times—regarding whether his agreement matches Obama’s terms on uranium enrichment levels—strongly suggests his hastily cobbled together deal has not improved upon the meticulously crafted containment program forged by his predecessor. But Trump’s humiliation pales in comparison to Benjamin Netanyahu’s. Prime Minister for most of the last 17 years, “Bibi” bet his legacy on three intertwined gambits. The Israeli government should break with its historically bipartisan approach to U.S. relations and tilt toward the Republicans, abandon the Palestinian peace process and its goal of a two-state solution, and scuttle arms control and diplomacy with Iran in favor of vanquishing it militarily. In Trump, Netanyahu saw a Republican who could fulfill his ambitions of war against Iran and was susceptible to arguments that presidents from Bill Clinton to George W. Bush to Joe Biden chose to ignore. But almost everyone who hitches their wagon to Trump eventually learns that the now-octogenarian president cares only about himself. He does not share your goals and will cut you loose once you’re no longer helpful to him. That the two didn’t perfectly align was evident after Trump’s first term. While Trump proposed a peace deal on terms heavily favorable to Israel,… [TheTopNews] Read More.4 days ago - How Local News Reduces Loneliness
When thinking about the harms caused by the collapse of local news, our minds might first turn to the practical: Less local news means more corruption, more government waste, and meager knowledge of candidates for local office. More recent research has also found that the local news crisis exacerbates polarization and misinformation. When community news contracts, the vacuum is filled by national media (more partisan) and social media (optimized for anger, misinformation-friendly). That got Danny Hayes, a professor of political science at The George Washington University, wondering: If local news influences communal feelings, could it also influence personal feelings? His recent study is stunning. He and researcher Anusha Trivedi compared levels of individual loneliness in comparable communities, some with robust local news and others without. They found that those with less community news had higher levels of loneliness, especially in rural areas. In a state that is half rural, a 10-point increase in the share of the state’s low-news counties leads to a 1.4-point increase in loneliness. Then they examined local news consumption in a nationally representative sample and found a similar pattern. Those who consume more local news were less lonely than those who didn’t. Then, Rebuild Local News and Muckrack, as part of its annual Local Journalist index released this week, explored the data from a different angle. The study focuses on the number of journalists rather than the number of outlets, and found an 82 percent drop in the number of Local Journalist Equivalents since 2002. Looking at matched pairs of states with similar rural populations, those with more journalists per 100,000 residents also had lower loneliness rates. For example, Nevada and Massachusetts have nearly identical rural populations, around five to eight percent, but Nevada has roughly half the journalist density and the highest loneliness rate. Local Journalist Equivalents per 100,000 residents Percent of adults experiencing loneliness 6% rural Nevada 6.8 40.8% Massachusetts 14.4 33.3% 9% rural Utah 6.2 37.4% Rhode Island 12.9 34.2% 12% rural Connecticut 4.5 39.2% New York 10.3 35.4% 35% rural Kentucky 5 40.5% South Dakota 10.2 35.8% 43% rural Oklahoma 4.9 37.4% Wyoming 13.3 33.9% Why would this be? The mechanism may be the same as why we have more polarization: With less local news, people are more likely to turn to social media and their phones, which has, by itself, been shown to increase loneliness. But Hayes and Trivedi suggest two other possibilities. First, local news, when done well, provides information about events and places that draw people together. If you don’t know about the crafts fair or the community theater’s latest production of… [TheTopNews] Read More.4 days ago - Rope Jumper Falls to Her Death After Operators Fail to Secure Harness
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Now a successful TV presenter, Briony May Williams said she started stress-baking when she became ill. [TheTopNews] Read More.4 days ago
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Higher levels of vitamin C were linked to healthier brain structure in older adults, suggesting a potential role for nutrition in brain aging.That’s according to new research from Japan, published in the journal PLOS ONE.The observational study included 2,044 participants living in Hirosaki City, Japan, who were originally included in a study exploring dementia and heart disease risk. The average age was 69, and 61% of them were female.SKIP THE MULTIVITAMIN: 5 NUTRIENT-RICH FOODS RECOMMENDED BY DOCTORS INSTEADThe researchers measured the participants’ vitamin C levels using blood samples and performed MRI scans to calculate the volume of gray matter and white matter in their brains.Even after accounting for external factors like age, smoking habits, diabetes and other lifestyle behaviors, they found that those with lower vitamin C levels appeared to have lower brain tissue volumes and weaker structural network patterns."Our study demonstrates that older adults with higher blood levels of vitamin C tend to have better-preserved brain structure (gray matter) and stronger connections within the default mode network (DMN), a crucial brain network involved in memory and cognitive function," Tomohiro Shintaku, MD, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Radiology Graduate School of Medicine at Hirosaki University, told Fox News Digital.BRAIN AGING MAY SLOW WITH GREEN TEA, WALNUTS AND TINY SWAMP PLANT, STUDY FINDS"While diets rich in vitamin C are known to lower the risk of cognitive decline, our study is the very first to demonstrate a direct association between actual blood plasma vitamin C levels and the structural connectivity of the DMN," he added.This network is often affected by conditions such as Alzheimer's disease and depression, according to the researchers.The vitamin C measurement was more accurate than studies that relied on dietary estimates, the researchers noted."What I found most fascinating is that we could detect such clear associations between a single nutritional factor (vitamin C) and large-scale brain networks in a robust cohort of over 2,000 older adults," Shintaku said. "It highlights how significantly our everyday dietary habits might impact brain structure."BRAIN HEALTH WARNING SIGN COULD BE HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT, SAY RESEARCHERSThe study underscores the importance of obtaining vitamin C from the daily diet, as humans cannot synthesize it on their own, the researchers noted.CLICK HERE FOR MORE HEALTH STORIES"Our findings suggest that maintaining optimal vitamin C levels through a healthy diet — rich in citrus fruits, berries, tomatoes and green leafy vegetables — could be a simple… [TheTopNews] Read More.
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Donald Trump’s war of choice against Iran has been a strategic failure. Assassinating the 86-year-old Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and elevating his son Mojtaba did not produce regime change but, as described in a recent New York Times report, a “military junta dominated by the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps,” with “a younger, more brazen generation in power.” That brazenness paid off for Iran when it seized the Strait of Hormuz, slashing Washington’s negotiating leverage by exposing America’s sensitivity to high gas prices. Iran returned to the negotiating table after Operation Epic Fury, but it was already at the table the day the operation began, making similar offers. The president’s art-of-the-deal reputation, already frayed after his tariff madness, is now in tatters. He tore up Barack Obama’s comprehensive deal with Iran, brokered with the permanent five members of the U.N. Security Council plus Germany and the European Union. It wasn’t perfect, but it subjected Iran’s nuclear program to strict limits and intrusive inspections. Exactly what Trump and Iran’s negotiators have agreed on to reopen the Strait is unknown, as no text has been released and both sides are giving differing accounts. But Trump’s unwillingness to give a direct answer posed by the Times—regarding whether his agreement matches Obama’s terms on uranium enrichment levels—strongly suggests his hastily cobbled together deal has not improved upon the meticulously crafted containment program forged by his predecessor. But Trump’s humiliation pales in comparison to Benjamin Netanyahu’s. Prime Minister for most of the last 17 years, “Bibi” bet his legacy on three intertwined gambits. The Israeli government should break with its historically bipartisan approach to U.S. relations and tilt toward the Republicans, abandon the Palestinian peace process and its goal of a two-state solution, and scuttle arms control and diplomacy with Iran in favor of vanquishing it militarily. In Trump, Netanyahu saw a Republican who could fulfill his ambitions of war against Iran and was susceptible to arguments that presidents from Bill Clinton to George W. Bush to Joe Biden chose to ignore. But almost everyone who hitches their wagon to Trump eventually learns that the now-octogenarian president cares only about himself. He does not share your goals and will cut you loose once you’re no longer helpful to him. That the two didn’t perfectly align was evident after Trump’s first term. While Trump proposed a peace deal on terms heavily favorable to Israel,… [TheTopNews] Read More.
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When thinking about the harms caused by the collapse of local news, our minds might first turn to the practical: Less local news means more corruption, more government waste, and meager knowledge of candidates for local office. More recent research has also found that the local news crisis exacerbates polarization and misinformation. When community news contracts, the vacuum is filled by national media (more partisan) and social media (optimized for anger, misinformation-friendly). That got Danny Hayes, a professor of political science at The George Washington University, wondering: If local news influences communal feelings, could it also influence personal feelings? His recent study is stunning. He and researcher Anusha Trivedi compared levels of individual loneliness in comparable communities, some with robust local news and others without. They found that those with less community news had higher levels of loneliness, especially in rural areas. In a state that is half rural, a 10-point increase in the share of the state’s low-news counties leads to a 1.4-point increase in loneliness. Then they examined local news consumption in a nationally representative sample and found a similar pattern. Those who consume more local news were less lonely than those who didn’t. Then, Rebuild Local News and Muckrack, as part of its annual Local Journalist index released this week, explored the data from a different angle. The study focuses on the number of journalists rather than the number of outlets, and found an 82 percent drop in the number of Local Journalist Equivalents since 2002. Looking at matched pairs of states with similar rural populations, those with more journalists per 100,000 residents also had lower loneliness rates. For example, Nevada and Massachusetts have nearly identical rural populations, around five to eight percent, but Nevada has roughly half the journalist density and the highest loneliness rate. Local Journalist Equivalents per 100,000 residents Percent of adults experiencing loneliness 6% rural Nevada 6.8 40.8% Massachusetts 14.4 33.3% 9% rural Utah 6.2 37.4% Rhode Island 12.9 34.2% 12% rural Connecticut 4.5 39.2% New York 10.3 35.4% 35% rural Kentucky 5 40.5% South Dakota 10.2 35.8% 43% rural Oklahoma 4.9 37.4% Wyoming 13.3 33.9% Why would this be? The mechanism may be the same as why we have more polarization: With less local news, people are more likely to turn to social media and their phones, which has, by itself, been shown to increase loneliness. But Hayes and Trivedi suggest two other possibilities. First, local news, when done well, provides information about events and places that draw people together. If you don’t know about the crafts fair or the community theater’s latest production of… [TheTopNews] Read More.
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Harrowing videos of the incident in Brazil showed the woman lifted over the heads of two instructors, her arms spread like wings, as they threw her off a bridge. [TheTopNews] Read More.
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Now a successful TV presenter, Briony May Williams said she started stress-baking when she became ill. [TheTopNews] Read More.
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