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Mediterranean diet combined with calorie reduction and exercise may reduce risk of type 2 diabetes
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A Mediterranean-style diet, in combination with reduced caloric intake, moderate physical activity, and professional support for weight loss, may cut the risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D) by 31%, according to a new study co-authored by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The study was published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. “We’re…
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500-million-year-old “squid” were actually ferocious worms
Remarkable fossils found in North Greenland have helped researchers solve a 500-million-year-old puzzle surrounding squid-like ancestors. It was previously thought ancient organisms called nectocaridids, which bear a resemblance to squid, were a type of cephalopod – marine molluscs with tentacles and a prominent head. But scientists, co-led by the University of Bristol, have now shown these creatures are actually an…
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Audio: Health Care Cuts Will Undermine RECA Expansion for New Mexicans, other Downwinders
IPS has done extensive research and analyses on the massive cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, and other vital programs that are being used to fund huge tax breaks for billionaires and the wealthy under the big, brutal GOP budget bill. There has been little to celebrate about the reconciliation bill that Congress passed in early July. As IPS New Mexico Fellow…
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Philadelphia mass transit cuts take effect as school year begins
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Commuters and students in Philadelphia woke up earlier on Monday and scrambled to avoid being late as they navigated service reductions that the region’s public transit agency has called more drastic than any undertaken by a major transit agency in the United States. The cuts that took effect on the first day of the school year…
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Buried Secrets Reveal How Humans Changed the Great Salt Lake Forever
The view of Great Salt Lake’s North Arm from Gunnison Island, which has long served as a nesting ground for pelicans. Credit: Brian Maffly, University of Utah For thousands of years, Utah’s Great Salt Lake reflected only natural shifts in climate and water flow. But fresh sediment analyses show that in just two centuries, human activity forced the lake into…
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Bitcoin Bulls Must Hold $110K Or Altseason Is Over
Key points: Bitcoin selling is mainly attributed to large sales by whales, not a chance in BTC’s market structure. Despite the sharp market correction, Ether and BNB remain strong on the charts. Bitcoin (BTC) bulls are defending the $110,530 support, but the bears have kept up the pressure. CoinShares reported $1 billion in net outflows from BTC exchange-traded products last…
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Weight-Loss Pill Matches Injections, but Experts Skeptical
GLP-1 receptor agonists are now well established as weight-loss treatments, but until recently, they have been available exclusively as injections. Lilly, headquartered in Indianapolis, announced that the oral GLP-1 receptor agonist orforglipron reduced the average body weight by 12.4% in a phase 3 trial. The effect was comparable to that seen with injectable semaglutide, and German experts remain cautious about…
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French government risks collapse after Bayrou calls high-stakes confidence vote – POLITICO
Bayrou is gambling that lawmakers can at least agree that France’s dire financial situation needs rectifying, but the odds appear stacked against the longtime centrist. Leaders from both the far-left France Unbowed and far-right National Rally, including Marine Le Pen, have already vowed to support toppling the government. To survive, the prime minister needs the Socialists to vote in…
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Snoop Dogg Questions LQBTQ+ Representation in Kid’s Movies
Snoop Dogg has questioned the increase in LGBTQ+ representation in modern animated children’s movies, asking, “We have to show that at this age?” The rapper explained his perspective on the most recent episode of the “It’s Giving” podcast hosted by Sarah Fontenot. He recalled an experience he had taking his grandson to see Disney and Pixar’s “Toy Story” spinoff “Lightyear”…
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Kondapur rave party busted, six arrested with cocaine, MDMA
Hyderabad: The Telangana government’s anti-narcotics wing, Elite Action Group for Drug Law Enforcement (EAGLE) and Cyberabad police busted a rave party at a Kondapur apartment in Hyderabad and arrested six people, including two peddlers and three consumers. Officials seized 20 grams of cocaine, eight ecstasy pills, and three grams of MDMA. The arrested peddlers are Vikram, a poultry farm businessman…
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