Month: September 2024
The flooding wascatastrophic because of a weakened Helene
North Carolina recorded a record 48-hour rainfall of 29.58 inches on Friday, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). It said that Busick received 29.58 inches of rainfall and Mount Mitchell received 24.20 inches of rainfall in just over an hour. The Georgia Climate Office said that the area has seen more rain than any other place in recorded history.
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There is a new drug that promises to have fewer side effects
Bristol-Myers Squibb has approved its drug Cobenfy for the treatment of schizophrenia. It aims to reduce the negative symptoms like apathy and lack of motivation. It will be available from October at $1,850 a month, according to the company. Cobenfy is a monoclonal antibody that binds to muscarinic receptors, a group of receptors found in the gut and the brain.
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Is science able to cure plastic addiction?
A UK laboratory’s Carbon Neutral Laboratory has suggested scientists to reduce their use of toxic solvents, which have been part of standard protocols for decades. It said scientists should use only 20 litres of solvent or 20 tips instead of 20 litres. Research laboratories account for at least 60% of the energy and water use at a typical university.
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There is a power to non-pharmaceutical interventions
Amira Quevedo, an obstetrician-gynecologist at US’ University of Florida, has claimed that manipulating the gut microbiome could provide relief for endometriosis andFibromyalgia. “There’s hope that manipulating the gut microbiome could provide relief for certain conditions because of new research linking chronic pain to the composition of the gut,” she added. Amira runs endometriosis clinical trials at University of Florida.
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How a piece of technology could be used to improve treatments
A study conducted by researchers in Germany found that a model using only facial expressions and brain activity signals was more effective than other approaches, like a more limited subset of indicators. It found that a model using only facial expressions and brain activity signals was more effective than other approaches, like a more limited subset of indicators.
Read MoreIsrael warned people to leave as it strikes southern Lebanon
The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah on Monday said that it had launched dozens of Fadi 1 and Fadi 2 missiles into northern Israel. This comes after Israeli airstrikes on Friday killed a top Hezbollah military commander and more than a dozen fighters, as well as civilians, including women and children. Israel’s Magen David Adom rescue service said it treated four people for shrapnel wounds.
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Tensions were running high after the Israeli strike in Lebanon
Israel has carried out a series of assassinations of senior leaders of Iranian proxy forces including Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran-backed forces in the past year. The assassinations have come at the same time as Israel’s military offensive in Gaza. Four people linked to Iran’s nuclear program were killed by hit men on motorcycles.
Read MoreAll of the attention in Georgia is on the turnout of young voters
A veteran auditor who voted for Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris during the 2016/2020 presidential debate said he’s still going to vote down-ballot. Thiago said his son, who was 5 then, essentially cast his ballot for Joe Biden because he wanted to vote for him. He also doesn’t trust Kamala Harris because of her changed positions on things like fracking.
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The pioneers of obesity-drugs win the Lasker Award for medical science
Oprah Winfrey, Dr Zhijian Chen and Richard Di Marchi have won the Lasker Award for their research on GLP-1, a hormone that helps regulate blood- sugar levels and controls appetite. The trio, recognised with a Lasker in the clinical-research category, will share a US$250,000 prize. “It’s a brain disease,” a renowned obesity doctor said about the drugs.
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The research says that young kids should not take the new drugs
A new study has found that people aged 14 years and older who are morbidly obese are more susceptible to weight gain when they take anti-obesity drugs. The research, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, also suggested that the use of these drugs in this age group could have a negative impact on their body mass index (BMI).
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