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Lisa Rinna's daughter Delilah Hamlin reveals accidental prescription drug overdose: 'My body got dependent'

The eldest daughter of Lisa Rinna and Harry Hamlin confessed her health this past year became "scary" as she was battling multiple illnesses including Lyme disease, Epstein-Barr virus, encephalitis, and PANDAS.

Alzheimer’s: Study reveals how disease progresses in the brain

New research has tracked the replication and spread of the protein tau for the first time. Aggregates of tau and the protein beta-amyloid are involved in the development of Alzheimer's disease.

Teen screen time more than doubled during COVID-19 pandemic, study says

The average total daily screen use among adolescents more than doubled during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a group of international researchers. 

Western diet tied to cognitive decline, neurodegeneration in mouse study

Researchers announced earlier this month that they had found a link between a western diet and cognitive decline and neurodegeneration in a study using mice.

Stress from COVID-19 pandemic causing millennials to struggle with decision-making: survey

Stress related to the COVID-19 pandemic has made it harder for Americans to make basic decisions, according to a survey. 

​Boston-area sheriff plans to move homeless from tent encampment into former ICE detention facility

Boston’s area sheriff wants to move some 100 homeless addicts from deteriorating conditions at a tent encampment into a nearby empty jail building once used for ICE detainees within the next three weeks, as he rushes to finalize plans for a controversial “mobile courtroom" at the facility.

Los Angeles man pleads guilty to supplying Mac Miller with fentanyl-laced pills

Stephen Walter, one of three men charged in Miller’s September 2018 overdose death, pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of fentanyl, TMZ reported Tuesday, citing court documents.

Biden admin to release new overdose prevention strategy to combat evolving 'public health crisis'

The Biden administration on Wednesday is releasing a comprehensive Overdose Prevention Strategy focusing on primary prevention, harm reduction, evidence-based treatment and recovery support to combat, what officials call, an evolving "public health crisis."

COVID-19 side effects could include memory loss, brain fog, researchers find

Memory loss and "brain fog" may be long-term side effects of COVID-19, according to researchers. 

35 states will now require area codes when making local telephone calls

Callers in 35 states and one U.S. territory will transition to 10-digit dialing starting on Sunday in order to prepare for an easier way across the country to call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.