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The findings highlight the urgent need for action to mitigate global warming.The relentless heat and humidity are taking their toll on every living thing on Earth. Wild animals seek out shade and water sources, and crops continue to wither under the relentless sun. This is affecting ecosystems, agriculture, and human health around the world.Climate change is not a new problem, but extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and intense, exacerbating already-ongoing environmental degradation and making it urgent to curb global warming.Extreme heat with high humidity can be deadly, and its incidence is increasing due to global warming. The body…

CancerNetwork® spoke with Yoshie Umemura, MD, PhD, about her institution’s ongoing research efforts in the field of brain tumors.Umemura, Chief Medical Officer, Division Chief of Neuro-Oncology at the Ivy Brain Tumor Center, and William and Joan Shapiro Professor of Neuro-Oncology at the Barrow Neurological Institute, highlighted the Phase 3 GlioFocus trial (NCT06388733), in which he and his collaborators are evaluating treatment with niraparib (Zejula) for patients with newly diagnosed MGMT-unmethylated glioblastoma. He further explained how the institution’s staff is leveraging certain multidisciplinary collaborations at the Ivy Brain Tumor Center to more quickly advance clinical trial efforts across phases compared to…

Key Takeaways The Panthers benched Bryce Young after 18 games due to performance concerns. Young joins a list of quarterbacks who struggled early in their careers, including players like Drew Brees and Kurt Warner, who were able to revive their careers after spending some time on the bench. 18 games. That’s how long it took the Carolina Panthers to decide that Bryce Young, their No. 1 draft pick just a year and a half ago, wasn’t ready to be a starting quarterback in the NFL. Head coach Dave Canales was hired by the Panthers this offseason with the hopes of…

Emily Harron, American Heart Association NewsAssociated PressCHARLOTTE, N.C. — Paul Dunwell was attending a town council meeting when he started to feel ill, had trouble breathing and couldn’t concentrate on the conversation.He shook it off that night, not thinking it was anything serious, but over the next few weeks the symptoms continued to worsen. His strength declined rapidly. He struggled to walk the 1.5 mile commute to work, a distance he’d made without issue for years.Dunwell was the fire chief in Shallotte, North Carolina. As a trained paramedic who served in the fire department for over 30 years, Dunwell knew…

Chelsea’s 3-0 victory over West Ham United at the London Stadium on Saturday was briefly overshadowed by concerns over the early substitution of French defender Wesley Fofana, who started at right-back in the game.Speaking at the post-match press conference, Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca was quick to address speculation about Fofana’s condition, offering reassurance to anxious Chelsea supporters.”No, no, no (it’s nothing serious). The reason we changed him was to try and protect him a little.”Maresca detailed the tactical reasoning behind the substitution, revealing that West Ham had moved Mohamed Kudus to Fofana’s side in the second half, potentially exposing the…

As we enter the beginning of fall, the spread of respiratory viruses such as influenza, RSV and COVID is expected to continue as temperatures drop and more people gather indoors. Fortunately, there are vaccines in stock to help prevent respiratory viruses from becoming severe: In addition to the flu vaccine for the general public and the RSV vaccine for seniors and pregnant women, new COVID vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and Novavax are available this season to reduce the risk of hospitalization. This means that adults can choose which COVID vaccine they receive: the Moderna or Pfizer mRNA vaccines, or Novavax,…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Niger has become the latest West African country to begin rolling out a malaria vaccine in a bid to eradicate the deadly disease, official sources told AFP on Friday. Niamey launched a mass vaccination campaign on Thursday with the first doses administered in the southwestern city of Gaya, a hotspot for the mosquito-borne disease, Health Minister Garba Hakimi said. According to data from the World Health Organization (WHO), malaria will kill more than 600,000 people worldwide in 2022, 95 percent of whom will be in Africa and 80 percent of whom will be children under the…

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Worldwide, patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) may experience metabolic disorders affecting nucleotide metabolism, lipid, carbohydrate, amino acid, vitamin and cofactor regulation. Although the metabolic homeostasis status of this population requires further investigation, N-acetylneuraminic acid may be a potential treatment to counteract these effects in SMA. These findings are based on a case-control study recently published in the Italian Journal of Pediatrics.1SMA has previously been associated with multiple metabolic and nutritional issues | Image credit: alionaprof -stock.adobe.com Metabolic and nutritional issues have been previously documented to be outcomes observed in SMA patients, with metabolic abnormalities related to lipids, glucose, and…

It’s hard to pinpoint exactly when everyone from your favorite celebs to people you know, literally or indirectly, became a Pilates girl. (For me, it was the 2022 Met Gala, when Lori Harvey credited Pilates for her perfectly toned abs.) The workout’s cultural impact was unparalleled, and for a while, it seemed like nothing could ever replace it.But take a quick scroll through Instagram or TikTok and you’ll see a flurry of newer, hotter Pilates videos that just might take the top spot on your fitness journey. We wouldn’t necessarily call this a replacement; rather, think of it as an…