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38 minutes ago
- CBS News
Bay Area duo create custom wigs for alopecia, cancer patients; form nonprofit to cover expense
Two East Bay women are bringing comfort and confidence to women who've lost hair due to cancer treatment and alopecia. Morgan Moore and her sister-in-law, Lee Hoff, put their heads together to make a difference in women's lives. Moore, a licensed cosmetologist and Hoff, an oncology nurse practitioner, started Morgan and Moore in 2022 to help women who have lost their hair regain their self-esteem. "It's important that we use the gifts we've been given by God to bless the people around us," said Moore. "I see it as a way to give them their power back and control back in a very challenging time," said Hoff. Their Vallejo-based company creates custom medical wigs and also fills a gap. While most wigs are synthetic and with straight hair, Morgan and Hoff offer a variety of human hair. "There were a huge number of women who weren't being helped, whether they had kinky, curly hair or extremely wavy hair, and with the Bay Area being so diverse, there were a lot of women not being served," said Moore. However, they also found that not everyone who needed a custom medical wig could afford it, and it's not always covered by medical insurance. So, the pair formed a nonprofit in 2024 called Inclusive Crowns, and raise money to give the wigs away. The first recipient was Kayla Betorina, a mother and special needs educator who has dealt with alopecia all her life. During her pregnancy last year, she lost all of her hair and cut herself off from the world. "I didn't leave my house last year," said Betorina. "She had canceled her wedding. She stopped taking her kids to school," said Hoff. "She was feeling embarrassed and a little bit of shame around that." A custom wig with human hair costs between $1,500 and $10,000, depending on texture and length. When Betorina's insurance would not pay, Moore and Hoff gave her a free wig. That brush of generosity changed Betorina's life. "They gave me a lot of my life back, just with that confidence," she said. "And having a lack of confidence, then having it rebuilt back really affects your life a lot." Betorina eventually rescheduled her wedding for July. So far, Inclusive Crowns has provided free medical wigs to several women in need. Hoff and Moore also find joy partnering with other nonprofits to teach women how to care for them. "To be able to offer these women the opportunity to get a piece of themselves back so they don't have to look sick, so they can feel and look better is huge," said Hoff. "It's important to us that people know that they matter on a deep level," Moore said. Inclusive Crowns takes donations of money and hair. The custom wigs are currently made in Florida, but Moore and Lee want to fund a program to train young women to start their own businesses making the wigs. So, for providing free customized wigs for women with medical hair loss, this week's CBS News Bay Area Icon Award goes to Lee Hoff and Morgan Moore.
Yahoo
2 hours ago
- Yahoo
The Pandemic May Have Made Your Brain Age Faster — Whether or Not You Got COVID
A new study found that the COVID-19 pandemic, not the disease itself, may be linked to faster brain aging. The study, published by Nature Communications on Tuesday, July 22, found that the time when the COVID-19 pandemic dominated daily life was linked to what appeared to be accelerated brain aging. However, the study emphasized, brain aging isn't necessarily linked to decreased cognitive ability, whereas actually contracting the disease does bear that link. The study examined nearly 1,000 people's brains and divided them into two groups. The "control group" underwent two MRI scans, both conducted before the pandemic gained traction in early 2020. A second group, named the "pandemic group," did one MRI scan prior to the pandemic and one after the pandemic's initial onset. Findings from both groups were then compared against an existing set of data featuring over 15,000 healthy participants' imaging. This comparison served to show the gap between predicted brain age (based on the brain's physical state) and chronological age (based on the participant's real age). Researchers found that even in subjects' brains that bore virtually no difference between predicted and chronological brain age, after the pandemic, the gap increased — regardless of COVID-19 infection. The average gap increase was 5.5 months, which was deemed statistically significant. Participants averaged an age of 63 and did not have any significant chronic conditions, "to maintain consistency in health status across all subjects," the study read. The study found that those most significantly affected by the pandemic in terms of brain age were men and elderly people, especially those who are at a socioeconomic disadvantage. Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. However, a large brain age gap isn't necessarily linked to cognitive decline, the study found — marks of impacted cognitive ability were found only in participants who were infected. "Our study highlights the pandemic's significant impact on brain health, beyond direct infection effects, emphasising the need to consider broader social and health inequalities," the study stated. Read the original article on People
Yahoo
3 hours ago
- Yahoo
This number of steps a day can reduce risk of death, diseases, analysis finds
How many steps do you need to take a day for better health? A new analysis landed on a number different than the 10,000 daily step recommendation you may have previously heard. The research, published Wednesday in The Lancet Public Health journal, looked at dozens of past studies published between Jan. 1, 2014, and Feb. 14, 2025. It found that 7,000 steps a day was associated with a 47% lower risk of death, a 38% lower risk of dementia and a 25% lower risk of heart disease, among other health benefits, when compared to people who only had about 2,000 steps a day. Risk of death from certain diseases also went down, including a 47% lower risk of death from heart disease and a 37% lower risk of death from cancer. The higher number of steps was found to have "a non-significant" 6% lower risk of getting cancer, the authors of the research said. The step count was also associated with a 14% lower risk of type 2 diabetes, a 22% lower risk of depressive symptoms and a 28% lower risk of falls. "Although 10,000 steps per day can still be a viable target for those who are more active, 7,000 steps per day is associated with clinically meaningful improvements in health outcomes and might be a more realistic and achievable target for some," the authors wrote. If 7,000 steps still seems like a lot, even a more modest step count was associated with lower risk. For example, 4,000 steps per day compared to 2,000 was associated with substantial risk reduction, including a 36% lower risk in death, according to the analysis. The bottom line? Walking — at whatever amount you can accomplish in a day — is good for your body and mind. The research did have some limitations, the authors noted, including a lack of age-specific analysis and a small number of studies available for most specific outcomes. Still, the authors say they hope the 7,000 step count can serve as a practical public health target with future studies looking closer at age-specific targets. Trump reacts to DOJ reaching out to Ghislaine Maxwell's lawyer on Jeffrey Epstein files Ozzy Osbourne, heavy metal pioneer, dies at age 76 Details on Trump's executive orders on artificial intelligence
