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## [What Is a Ruptured Testicle? An MLB Player's Painful Injury, Explained](https://time.com/article/2026/07/22/what-happens-when-you-rupture-a-testicle-joshua-kuroda-grauer/)  
by Angela Haupt
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## [Is Mushroom Coffee Healthy? Here's What to Know](https://time.com/article/2026/07/22/what-is-mushroom-coffee-is-it-healthy/)  
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## [What Food Safety Experts Are Eating During the Cyclospora Outbreak](https://time.com/article/2026/07/22/cyclospora-outbreak-food-safety-experts-lettuce/)  
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## [What Is a Ruptured Testicle? An MLB Player's Painful Injury, Explained](https://time.com/article/2026/07/22/what-happens-when-you-rupture-a-testicle-joshua-kuroda-grauer/)

by Angela Haupt

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## [What Food Safety Experts Are Eating During the Cyclospora Outbreak](https://time.com/article/2026/07/22/cyclospora-outbreak-food-safety-experts-lettuce/)

by Angela Haupt

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## [Is Mushroom Coffee Healthy? Here's What to Know](https://time.com/article/2026/07/22/what-is-mushroom-coffee-is-it-healthy/)

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## [How to Support Someone Without Giving Advice](https://time.com/article/2026/07/22/how-to-support-someone-without-giving-advice/)  
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## [Is Lettuce Safe to Eat? The Latest on the Cyclosporiasis Outbreak](https://time.com/article/2026/07/21/is-lettuce-safe-to-eat-cyclosporiasis-diarrhea-outbreak/)  
by Dominique Mosbergen  
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## [Why You Should Start a Brag Folder](https://time.com/article/2026/07/21/brag-folder-remember-your-wins/)  
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## [6 Dementia Risk Factors You Can Change](https://time.com/article/2026/07/21/dementia-risk-factors-you-can-change/)  
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