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People with dementia and those who care for them should be screened for loneliness, so providers can find ways to keep them socially connected, according to experts at UC San Francisco and Harvard, who made the recommendations after finding that both groups experienced declines in social well-being as the disease progressed.

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An Ohio woman has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after her toddler died when she left her at home to go on a 10-day vacation last summer. Kristel Candelario, aged 32, pleaded guilty to the aggravated murder of her 16-month-old daughter, Jailyn. Prosecutors revealed that she abandoned the toddler …

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