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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).
Read MoreShe cured her disease but she still is in pain
A team of US researchers has claimed they’ve transplanted the first gene therapy in sickle cell disease patients with only partially matched stem cells from a parent. The study, published in the journal Blood, also found that stem cells from only partly matched donors were able to be transplanted successfully in people with sickle-cell disease who received chemotherapy before the procedure.
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Reducing action on antimicrobial resistance is doable and affordable
A WHO report has claimed that nearly 5 crore deaths a year could be caused by antimicrobial resistance, which can be caused by various bacteria, viruses and parasites. The problem is associated with five million deaths a year. People over 70 will be most at risk of death in the year 2050, the report added.
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It is possible and affordable to delay action on antimicrobial resistance
A new study has found that people in low- and middle-income countries, which often lack’second-line’ antibiotics, are much more likely to die of infections caused by resistant bacteria than are those in high-income nations. It said even a small global investment to help prevent bacterial infections and improve access to relatively inexpensive antibiotics could avert millions of deaths.
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Trump addresses the apparent assassination attempt for the first time
US President Donald Trump on Thursday said that the Secret Service “did a great job protecting him during the incident while he played golf” at his course in Florida. In June, Trump had an assassination attempt against him. Trump criticised the policies of the Biden administration, as well as Vice President Kamala Harris, as is common in his campaign appearances.
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