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    New BrainStorm episodes drop on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of each month. Sign up here to get notified when new BrainStorm podcast episodes go live! NEW BRAINSTORM EPISODE: Dr. Flavio Rasetto shares how the health of our mouths may be connected to the health of our brains and the everyday steps we can take to protect both. We’re excited to share a new episode of BrainStorm , featuring Dr. Flavio Rasetto , a Washington, DC-based board-certified prosthodontist affiliated with the University of Maryland School of Dentistry. Together with host Meryl Comer , he explores the emerging science connecting oral health, inflammation, and cognitive decline.   The conversation examines how bacteria associated with periodontal disease can enter the bloodstream and potentially contribute to neuroinflammation, as well as the warning signs of oral disease that are too often overlooked. Dr. Rasetto also shares practical guidance for caregivers helping loved ones living with Alzheimer’s ...

  Article Originally Posted August 2026 Today Virtual CRR Inc. is releasing something the fire service has never had before. The True Cost of Fire Calculator. A free, publicly available calculator that quantifies what a fire actually costs a community — not just what it costs to fight, but what it costs the homeowner, the city, the displaced family, the closed business, the neighbors whose property values declined, and the tax base that stopped generating revenue the day the building stopped standing. The true cost of fire. The True Cost of Fire Calculator is available right now at virtualcrr.com/true-cost-of-fire-calculator. The true cost of fire calculator is free. It is built on published national data from the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) , the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) , RS Means, and the United States Census Bureau . It takes local inputs specific to your community and produces a F...