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Do cocoa flavanols influence heart and fatty liver risk factors?
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: A new review explores how cocoa flavanols may influence cardiovascular and hepatic risk pathways, while highlighting the limitations of current clinical evidence. Review: Beyond Taste: The Impact of Chocolate on Cardiovascular and Steatotic Liver Disease Risk…
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GHMC division issue reaches HC, notices issued to government
Hyderabad: The division of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) into three separate corporations has reached the Telangana High Court. On Monday, February 16, the court issued notices to the State government while hearing two writ petitions that challenge the division. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh and Justice G.M. Mohiuddin directed the government to submit counter…
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Chinese zodiac predictions: What’s in store for 2026 as we enter the Year of the Fire Horse
Hong Kong — If there’s one common theme to emerge from the many Lunar New Year rituals attached to the annual celebration, from the food we eat to the activities we join, it’s the collective hope that we’re ushering in luck, prosperity and good vibes for ourselves and everyone around us. This year, the world rings in the Year of…
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The Oldest Minerals on Earth Are Rewriting the Planet’s Origin Story
New chemical evidence preserved in some of Earth’s oldest minerals is challenging long-held ideas about the planet’s earliest geological state. Analyses of ancient zircons suggest that parts of the Hadean Earth may have hosted early forms of subduction and continental crust, rather than being dominated by a single, rigid tectonic regime. Credit: Stock Tiny zircon crystals are revealing that Earth’s…
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Blog – Ambient Intelligence as a Public Good in Healthcare: What Public Health Ethics Can Teach Us
This editorial appears in the February Issue of the American Journal of Bioethics Ambient intelligence (AMI) promises to transform healthcare across the continuum by embedding continuous sensing and interpretation into physical spaces where patients receive care. Ambient intelligence systems (AIS) use multimodal sensors to monitor and interpret activity in real time, offering more data, better predictions, and improved patient outcomes…
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The 10 Greatest Robert Duvall Movies
Robert Duvall, the prolific actor better known for playing the Corleone crime family’s consigliere, Tom Hagen, in the first two installments of The Godfather trilogy, has sadly passed away. Duvall was 95 at the time of his death (on Feb. 15, 2026) and will forever be remembered as one of Hollywood’s most talented and decorated stars. During his career, he…
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India’s world agenda role crucial: UN chief
United Nations: India’s permanent contribution to the agenda of the international community and that of the UN is of “enormous importance for us”, the UN chief has said, as he pointed to a “positive mega trend” of the increasingly enhanced roles of developing economies like India in the world. These remarks were made by Secretary General Antonio Guterres, who will…
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Iran tensions: US increases military pressure ahead of high-stakes talks
The US military is continuing a significant buildup of air and naval assets in the Middle East ahead of planned talks with Iran in Geneva on Tuesday. The pieces are being moved into place both to intimidate Tehran and to have options to strike inside the country should negotiations over its nuclear program fail, multiple sources familiar with the matter…
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Frederick Wiseman, Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker, dies at 96
NEW YORK (AP) — Frederick Wiseman, the celebrated director of “Titicut Follies” and dozens of other documentaries whose in-depth, unadorned movies comprised a unique and revelatory history of American institutions, died Monday at age 96. READ MORE: Robert Duvall, Oscar-winning actor and ‘Godfather’ mainstay, dies at 95 The death was announced in a joint statement from his family and from his…
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Fear grips Mexican towns after abduction of mine workers
CONCORDIA, Mexico (AP) — Deep in the coastal mountains above the sparkling Pacific resort of Mazatlan, towns spaced along a twisting road appear nearly deserted, the quiet broken only by the occasional passing truck. It was near one of these towns, Panuco, that 10 employees of a Canadian-owned silver and gold mine were abducted in late January. The bodies of…
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