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Supportive marriages may shape appetite control through oxytocin and the brain–gut axis
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: Study: Social bonds and health: exploring the impact of social relations on oxytocin and brain–gut communication in shaping obesity. Image Credit: PeopleImages / Shutterstock In a recent study published in the journal Gut Microbes, a group of…
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2001 Was the Worst Year for Action, and These 7 Movie Trainwrecks Prove It
2001 was not a good year for action, to put it mildly. The year’s best offer is Ridley Scott‘s Black Hawk Down, and way further in second place — if we’re being kind — there are either Rush Hour 2 or The Fast and the Furious, which both were critical hits but received middling reviews. Nevertheless, it’s not like 2001…
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Geron Corporation Presents New Data at ASH 2025 Highlighting the Relationship Between Treatment-Emergent Cytopenias and Clinical Benefit of RYTELO® (Imetelstat) in Lower-Risk MDS
Geron Corporation Oral presentation from pooled analyses of the IMerge population suggests that treatment-emergent cytopenias may reflect on-target effects associated with meaningful clinical outcomes, including hemoglobin increases and transfusion independence in lower-risk MDS Long-term follow-up analysis from IMerge supports favorable survival trends and durable clinical benefit in LR-MDS Additional analyses in myelofibrosis and advanced MDS/AML offer important context for understanding…
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Man stabs fiancé to death in Hyderabad
Representative image Hyderabad: A 19-year-old woman was stabbed to death by her fiancé in Hyderabad’s Warsiguda area on Monday, December 8, over marriage refusal. The victim, identified as Pavithra had completed her intermediate and engaged to Uma Shankar, a tile worker. Their wedding was fixed for Sankranti 2026. On December 5, Pavitra and her family had travelled to Vijayawada and…
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10 Best Epic Movies About Revenge, Ranked
Revenge movies are sometimes simple affairs, because, like, something bad happens to a person, and then that person is all like, “Argh! The people who did this are going to pay,” and then they make the people responsible pay. Revenge (2017) is this, and is upfront about it, because the movie is just called “Revenge.” It’s ultimately the style and…
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Madrassa teacher arrested for raping minor
Representational image Jammu: A madrassa teacher was arrested on Monday for allegedly raping a minor in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district, a police spokesperson said. The accused, identified as Nasir Majeed of Challer village, was arrested within three hours of receiving the complaint regarding the alleged incident at Madrassa Dar-ul-Quran in the Gandoh area, the official said. An FIR has…
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Cinema Is My Church: Rian Johnson on “Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery” | Interviews
Though by no means a filmmaker with one interest, Rian Johnson has always had faith on his mind. The director of the films “Brick,” “The Brothers Bloom,” “Looper,” “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” “Knives Out,” and “Glass Onion,” he’s long been interested in turning various genres inside out to get at deeper ideas about the people at their core. With…
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Ripple Exec Says XRP Needs a Solana-Style Playbook to Keep Up
Key takeaways: Luke Judges states that technical strength alone cannot guarantee long-term competitiveness, suggesting that XRP could benefit from Solana’s pragmatism and execution speed. Judges believes Solana’s market traction comes from practical engineering and a fast go-to-market strategy rather than protocol design alone. David Schwartz takes the opposite position, arguing that XRPL’s reliability and stability are more valuable than pursuing…
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UN aid agency says Israeli police ‘forcibly entered’ its compound
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police forcibly entered the compound of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees in east Jerusalem early Monday, escalating a campaign against the organization that has been banned from operating on Israeli territory. The U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees, or UNRWA, said in a statement that “sizable numbers” of Israeli forces, including police…
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Can Ozempic ‘heal’ ADHD and alcoholism? The alt-wellness community think so
After two or three alternative medicine podcasts, the idea that Ozempic can cure social anxiety starts to sound almost reasonable. Sandwiched between claims that Justin Bieber is a blue-eyed, blonde-haired extraterrestrial called a Pleiadian, and musings about people with purple auras instead of yellow ones, why shouldn’t a weight-loss drug also save us from loneliness? These kinds of claims are…
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