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Is it possible to reset our biological clock?

Our guest today says aging is far more reversible than we thought.

This is the People's Pharmacy with Terry and Joe Grayden. Dr David Sinclair told the New York Times that cells can clean themselves up.

They can get rid of old proteins.

They can rejuvenate if you turn on the youthful genes through this

reset process. What does Dr. Sinclair do to maximize his chances for a long and healthy life. We'll also learn how experiences early in life

shape the epigenome and alter our biological cloth. Coming up on the people Pharmacy, we'll try to find-19 infections appear to shrink certain areas of the brain.

Researchers in England utilized brain scan data already in the UK Biobank.

Nearly 400 COVID-19 survivors were invited to undergo a second brain scan after they recovered.

The investigators also scanned a comparable group who had not been infected.

Survivors showed a marked reduction in gray matter in the parts of the brain that

processed the senses of smell and taste. In addition, the virus also impacted areas of the

brain that are important for memory.

According to the authors, the loss of gray matter in memory related regions of the brain

may in turn increase the risk of these patients of developing dementia in the longer term.

There's growing concern about the rapid spread of the Delta variant of SARS COV2.

Two weeks ago it accounted for 6% of U.S. COVID cases.

Last week it had risen to 10%.

Now, public health authorities estimate that the delta variant accounts for 20% of

U.S. cases. That's a dramatic increase in a short time.

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