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Explainer: What Members of Congress in the United States Are Arguing About as the Government Shutdown Looms
The House of Representatives, which is controlled by Republicans, and the Senate, which is controlled by Democrats, are at odds over the priorities that each chamber would like to see included in any legislation that would continue to fund the government into the new fiscal year, which begins on ...
High blood pressure while reclining down is linked to a greater hazard of heart disease.
Blood pressure is one of the most common ways that doctors and other medical professionals obtain important information about a patient's health. When getting their blood pressure checked, most people are asked to remain seated.
However, this may not provide a whole picture of a per...
France dispatches an elite police detachment to Marseille to combat a violent drug crime wave.
The CRS 8 special police unit is being deployed to combat the bloody conflict in Marseille for the control of drug trafficking. Since mid-July, the gang conflict has claimed the lives of twelve individuals.
The French government is sending an elite police unit to Marseille to combat a w...
The United States does not appear on this list of the top five countries in the world for working parents.
There should be as much support as possible for working parents. It's provided to varying degrees of quality by different nations. According to a new report from Bloomberg, which compares countries based on the quality and cost of child care for working parents, Iceland ranks among the best i...
India needs a new healthcare model to deal with high blood pressure effectively.
At age 54, with a family history of high blood pressure and other risk factors, and knowing how common the disease is, I couldn't imagine having hypertension. When I was with my father-in-law, a cardiologist told me that this silent killer had me in its grip and gave me a single dose of medic...
Germany will ease restrictions on gay blood donors.
Official criteria will be changed so that potential donors are not judged differently depending on their sexual orientation, according to Karl Lauterbach of the RND broadcaster. "Whether someone can become a blood donor is a question of behavioral risk, not sexual orientation," Lauterba...
An equal amount of money has been put into fossil fuels and green energy.
According to a research released on Tuesday, investment in cleaner energy has surpassed $1 trillion for the first time ever, putting it on the cusp of surpassing spending on fossil fuels for the first time ever. Despite this achievement, Bloomberg NEF finds that investment in energy transition te...
Different types of shows, from historical to contemporary, are scheduled for airing in February.
This February, viewers can anticipate a wide variety of shows from the drama to the comedy to the action categories. Both the historical romance "Our Blooming Youth" and the fantastical romantic comedy "The Heavenly Idol" will premiere on TvN next month. Season one of the hist...
The outage that affected Microsoft services like Outlook, Teams, and 365 has ended.
Microsoft has apparently resolved the issue, as all services are now available again. Down detector reports that a number of Microsoft services, including Teams, Outlook, Microsoft 365, OneDrive for Business, Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Graph, and Azure, are experiencing outage. The Micro...
The geneticist looked at a single drop of his blood and saw information that couldn't be gleaned from a whole vial.
Michael Snyder has an unhealthy preoccupation with his own anatomy. The geneticist from Stanford kept tabs on his own progress toward diabetes. In the current paper, he describes taking 14 blood samples per day for a week, for a grand total of 98 samples. Instead of taking vial after vial from hi...
Bans on gay German blood donors will soon be lifted
On Tuesday, the health minister of Germany announced plans to revise the country's guidelines for blood donation to ensure that all donors are treated equally regardless of their sexual orientation. Karl Lauterbach told the RND radio that the government's criteria will be changed so that ...
In spite of economic gloom and cyber threats, French start-ups are hopeful about the future
French start-ups are confident in their future despite the current economic climate, job cuts in the technology industry, and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study reveals. A report by EY and France Digitale, published on Tuesday, found that over 40% of French start-up CEOs expect thei...
Stock market predictions for 2023: Doom and gloom from investment pros
King Global investors are counting on a number of trends for 2023, including the (inevitable) decline of the dollar, a rebound in bonds, and a recovery in developing economies. How badly economies now bend, and if skyrocketing inflation and the global gut-punch of nearly 300 central bank interest...
Research Suggests Stem Cell Therapy Can Slow MS More Effectively Than Drugs
The findings provide the most up-to-date information on a novel approach to treating MS, in which patients' own blood stem cells are used to reactivate their defective immune systems. Early research suggests that this strategy may help some MS patients. New evidence suggests this may also be ...
If health disparities are taken into account, a cure for sickle cell will be affordable, a study reveals.
If health inequities linked in part to lower access to healthcare are taken into consideration, experts said at a gathering of blood-disease specialists, multimillion-dollar gene treatments being studied for sickle cell disease will be cost-effective in the United States. According to the US Cent...
Tensions rise as a possible nuclear accident in Zaporizhzhia looms
According to the International Atomic Energy Agency, the "period of relative tranquillity" at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station has come to an end.
The resumption of shelling at Europe's largest nuclear power plant over the weekend reignited fears of a nucle...
Residents of Southeast Australia have been warned to evacuate as more rain is expected.
Australian authorities warned on Tuesday that flood-affected areas in the country's southeast were due for additional rain, as emergency services issued a fresh batch of evacuation orders.
As water was released from a full dam nearby, authorities in the New South Wales (NSW) town of...
In West Bengal, a 16-year-old girl tries to buy a smartphone by selling her blood
A West Bengali teen sought to buy a smartphone with blood money.
She had Rs 9,000 to spend on a smartphone.
The girl is 16 years old.
Written by Anupam Mishra: Most of us have fantasized of flaunting an extravagant smartphone. But how far can you go to make sure that...
Authorities in Germany have concluded that algal blooms in the Oder River are the likely cause of a massive fish kill there
The widespread mortality of fish in the Oder River has been attributed by German scientists to an algal bloom brought on by an excess of salt. The environmental organization Greenpeace has more solid theories about where it's coming from.
German environmental authorities said in a r...
Women's blood pressure may be raised if they are exposed to a lot of "forever chemicals"
According to a new study, exposure to man-made chemicals found in everyday household products, as well as soil, air, food, and water, may increase the risk of high blood pressure in middle-aged women.
Middle-aged women with greater blood concentrations of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substa...