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To make matters worse, experts say that this condition appears in nearly all cases of severe CKD. “The disorder is almost always found in the more than 785,000 Americans who have kidney failure and are either on dialysis or had a kidney transplant,” writes the National Institute of Health (NIH). However, it can also appear in the earlier stages of the disease. Read on to find out which symptom to look out for, and why you should always let your doctor know if you have pain or weakness in this area....

California continues on a cycle of setting and then breaking the record for the number of new daily cases reported. On Dec. 17, the state reported almost 106,000 new cases over the course of just two days, according to The Guardian.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb “If California were a country, it would be among the world leaders in new coronavirus cases, ahead of India, Germany, and Britain,” The Washington Post reported. And for more up-to-date information, sign up for our daily newsletter....

On June 28, the CDC issued specific recommendations for bank employees in light of the coronavirus pandemic, including wearing masks, disinfecting high-touch surfaces, and adding protective barriers, like transparent shields, to work stations whenever possible. So, what about working in a bank puts employees at particular risk for coronavirus transmission?ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb RELATED: For more up-to-date information, sign up for our daily newsletter. The CDC identified social distancing as one of the major obstacles in terms of keeping bank employees safe amid coronavirus....

1 Telomere Trouble ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb Researchers discovered the baby lizards were born with damage to their telomeres—the caps found on the end of each strand of DNA. Telomeres are responsible for protecting the DNA strand, but naturally wear down through the natural aging process, or, as in the case of the lizards, through stress. 2 What’s Damaging the Lizard DNA? According to the findings published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, lizards in hotter parts of France were born with shorter telomeres, suggesting the heat is causing accelerated aging damage via climate stressors....

RELATED: See Jennifer Grey’s Teen Daughter, Who Looks Just Like Her. Britton knew when she adopted her son, Yoby, who was born in Ethiopia, that she was going to be a single mother. But the adoption came through when she was also experiencing a huge change in her life by moving to Tennessee to start filming the ABC series Nashville. According to People, there was a three-year wait between when Britton decided she wanted to adopt and when she welcomed Yoby, pictured here in an Instagram post in January....

RELATED: Dr. Fauci Says He Would Take This COVID Precaution “In a Second.” Ashish K. Jha, MD, dean of Brown’s School of Public Health, recently took to Twitter to advise that one COVID precaution is not being used as widely as it should be. According to the virus expert, there has been progress among older U.S. adults getting their booster shots, but it is still “not enough.” Per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), only around 31....

A three-month-long study commissioned by Otis Worldwide and conducted by researchers at Purdue University examined how airflow affected the risk factors of everyday activities such as grocery shopping, exercising, dining at a restaurant, and riding in an elevator. When simple mitigation efforts such as air purification systems and the use of face masks were factored into each situation, results showed that almost all situations became safer. Beyond that, the length of time spent in some places also makes them riskier....

Despite being one of the largest retailers in the country, Walmart is one of the beloved stores not requiring customers to wear face masks. They are requiring that associates wear face coverings while at work, but their website says they are only “encouraging customers to wear face coverings” when they shop in stores. Patrick Casteel, a resident from Fredonia, New York, told a WKBW reporter that he was “so disgusted and worried” by how many people were not wearing masks inside his local Walmart that he’s decided not to revisit the store during the pandemic....

As more and more people receive second doses of the Moderna and Pfizer COVID vaccines, there are increasing reports of more notable side effects following the second dose—which both vaccines require. These reactions may worry those who haven’t been vaccinated yet, but doctors are warning people not to wait for a different vaccine, like Johnson & Johnson’s one-dose COVID vaccine, in the hope that it produces fewer side effects.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb “We certainly expect that you’re going to get this normal vaccine reaction with whatever vaccine you get, and it’s way better than getting COVID,” Roger Shapiro, MD, an assistant professor of immunology and infectious disease at the Harvard School of Public Health, told Boston 25 News....

The study—which was published in the Science Advances journal on Dec. 4—was conducted by a team of Brown University researchers who used computer models to simulate airflow inside a car that was loosely based on a Toyota Prius with various combinations of windows opened and closed. They found that the combination that led to the highest COVID risk was having all four windows closed. “Driving around with the windows up and the air conditioning or heat on is definitely the worst scenario, according to our computer simulations,” Asimanshu Das, the study’s co-lead author and a graduate student at Brown University, said in a statement....

READ THIS NEXT: Walmart, Dollar General, and Family Dollar Are All Under Fire for Overcharging Shoppers. On Dec. 9, the North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services (NCDA&CS) announced that 28 Dollar General locations were being fined as a result of price scanner errors that resulted in customers being overcharged. Stores were slapped with over $80,000 in penalties—already a steep price to pay—but in Ohio, officials are taking things a step further....

RELATED: Dollar General Is Under Fire for This “Serious Hazard” in Stores. Dollar Tree has faced a substantial amount of controversy in 2022. Back in January, a Family Dollar distribution facility in West Memphis, Arkansas, was investigated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), revealing a number of unsanitary conditions that included a major rodent infestation where more than 1,100 dead rodents were uncovered following a fumigation. This prompted the temporary closure of more than 400 Family Dollar stores throughout six states and a massive recall of products distributed to these locations....

RELATED: Never Buy This One Item at Dollar Tree, Employees Warn. On April 14, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced that Dollar Tree and its co-owned sibling store Family Dollar had issued a recall of Crafter’s Square Glue Guns. The bargain retailers sold just over one million units of the product at its stores across the U.S. The affected products are made of black plastic with an orange trigger and tip....

On Nov. 2, Cyrus did an interview with Scandinavian talk show Skavlan where she tackled serious subjects like the pandemic and her recent divorce, but also gave insight into her godmother, Parton. Cyrus recalled how Parton had called her out for not visiting her even before the pandemic, doing so via a fax. “She only faxes, by the way,” Cyrus told the interviewer. “When someone kind of goes in on you in a text, it’s one thing....

In a Sept. 10 interview with actor Jennifer Garner on Instagram Live, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) said that he gets the flu vaccine in mid- to late October, and recommended that others follow suit. “You really should get a flu shot,” Fauci said. “I wouldn’t necessarily get it now, in September, because there is evidence that, in fact, the immunity might wear off when you get to February and early March....

The new meta-analysis was published in BMJ Open by researchers in the Department of Urology at Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University. They suggest that coffee’s benefit lies in it containing chemicals with anti-carcinogenic properties, including the ability to suppress an enzyme responsible for tumor formation. The team looked at 16 different studies that examined coffee consumption, noting that those people who drank more joe had a 7 percent lower risk of localized prostate cancer, and around 15 percent lower risk of advanced cancer....

RELATED: If You Notice This When You Cough, It May Be a Sign of Heart Failure. Energy drinks like Red Bull, Monster, and Rockstar are some of the most popular packed drinks in the U.S., and their sales are only poised to increase. But the Mayo Clinic warns that these beverages can have serious side effects—even after drinking just one 16-ounce can. Mayo Clinic researchers recruited 25 healthy volunteers with an average age of 29 to participate in a double-blind, placebo-controlled study....

The study, which was published in the journal Aging in April, included 43 healthy adult men between 50 and 72 years old; 21 of them followed the diet, exercise, sleep, stress management, and supplement regimen and 22 acted as the control group. Lead author Kara Fitzgerald, ND, explained in a statement that the program “was designed to target a specific biological mechanism called DNA methylation and in particular the DNA methylation patterns that have been identified as highly predictive of biological age....

RELATED: Target Just Banned the Purchase of This One Thing at All Its Stores. According to a new “Adult Items Policy” page located on eBay’s website, the Adult Only category will no longer be available for new listings, effective July 15. The revised guidelines on adult items were posted on May 13, according to Adult Video News, which was the first outlet to report the updated policy. This means eBay is banning all adult content from being sold on the marketplace, including DVDs, movies, magazines, video games, and domain names....

RELATED: If You’re Unvaccinated, the White House Is Implementing This New Rule. Several countries, Sweden, Bulgaria, and Norway, have now banned all travelers from the U.S., regardless of vaccination status. In Sweden, “there is a ban on non-essential travel … directly from countries outside the EU/EEA. The ban applies to foreign nationals from countries outside the EU/EEA and will remain in effect until 31 October 2021,” which includes Americans. Bulgaria’s restrictions note that “U....