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A major driver in Alzheimer’s disease
In an evolving health landscape, emerging research continues to highlight concerns that could impact everyday wellbeing. Here’s the key update you should know about: Potentially more than 90% of Alzheimer’s disease cases would not occur without the contribution of a single gene (APOE), according to a new analysis led by UCL researchers. The scientists also found that close to half…
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SC to Sharmila Tagore on stray dogs case
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday, January 9, sharply criticised actor Sharmila Tagore’s statements against the uniform approach taken towards dealing with the stray dog issue, calling the submissions “devoid of reality.” A three-judge special bench comprising Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta and NV Anjaria observed that some of the arguments made before it were “far from reality” and…
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All Amanda Seyfried Movies and TV Ranked by Tomatometer
(Photo by Searchlight / Courtesy Everett Collection. THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE) “I can put my whole fist in my mouth. Wanna see?” With those immortal words as Karen Smith in Mean Girls, Academy Award nominee Amanda Seyfried broke out into one of the most versatile actors working in the film industry today. Having started her career in soap operas…
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Germany’s dying forests are losing their ability to absorb CO2. Can a new way of planting save them? | Germany
Even the intense green of late spring cannot mask the dead trees in the Harz mountains. Standing upright across the gentle peaks in northern Germany, thousands of skeletal trunks mark the remnants of a once great spruce forest. Since 2018, the region has been ravaged by a tree-killing bark beetle outbreak, made possible by successive droughts and heatwaves. It has…
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Your next primary care doctor could be online only, accessed through an AI tool : Shots
Tammy MacDonald is a director at Blue Hills Adult Education in Dedham, Mass. When she needed a new primary care doctor, she was turned away by ten practices. A few told her she could get an appointment after waiting a year and a half, or even two years. Jesse Costa/WBUR hide caption toggle caption Jesse Costa/WBUR When her doctor died…
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TGHRC slams Telangana govt over tubectomy death at Wanaparthy
Hyderabad: The Telangana Human Rights Commission (TGHRC) has held the Government of Telangana is ‘vicariously liable’ for medical negligence that led to the death of a woman following a tubectomy surgery at a government health facility in Wanaparthy district. What is the case about? In HRC No. 2355 of 2018, the Commission passed its order on January 6, in connection…
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Panhandle magnate moves to take over region’s electricity
Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. See our AI policy, and give us feedback. CANADIAN — Salem Abraham may not have memorized every utility pole in the Texas Panhandle, but he knows precisely which ones shouldn’t be there. He’s mapped them across more than 300 miles in this region of treeless grassland, plateaus and…
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Israeli strikes kill 13 in Gaza as Trump expected to announce Board of Peace
Deir al-Balah: Israeli strikes across Gaza killed at least 13 people, according to health officials, as US President Donald Trump was expected to announce the Board of Peace to oversee the fragile ceasefire. Health officials and family members said at least one child was among the dead in northern Gaza following several strikes there as well as east of Gaza…
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How SpaceX Rockets Put Passenger Planes at Risk — ProPublica
When SpaceX CEO Elon Musk chose a remote Texas outpost on the Gulf Coast to develop his company’s ambitious Starship, he put the 400-foot rocket on a collision course with the commercial airline industry. Each time SpaceX did a test run of Starship and its booster, dubbed Super Heavy, the megarocket’s flight path would take it soaring over busy Caribbean…
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Best new films of 2026: 26 movies to look forward to
Lat year gifted us with a huge range of wonderful new films – from horror hits Sinners and Weapons to genre-defying epics likes Marty Supreme and One Battle After Another – and it looks like 2026 will be stuffed with plenty more cinematic treats. As is often the case, the first couple of months will see UK fans afforded the…
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