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Researchers have identified a protein that may prevent age-related macular degeneration (AMD), according to a new study published in the Developmental Cell on Oct. 2. AMD is the leading cause of vision loss among older adults, affecting nearly 20 million Americans. As the population ages, this number is expected to rise significantly. Currently, there are no treatments that can stop AMD’s progression. “I think we identified something that can target early-stage disease. … That’s a big deal,” the study’s lead author Ruchira Singh, an associate professor of ophthalmology at the University of Rochester in New York, told The Epoch Times. The study used human stem cells rather than animal models, which may give a more accurate depiction of what is happening in AMD, according to the researchers. “Older research methods have been limited in their ability to capture important aspects of either healthy or diseased human cells,” Singh noted. Researchers Identify the Protein Driving AMD The researchers extracted human stem cells from healthy people and AMD patients and programmed them into cells lining the retina. Compared to healthy people, AMD patients’ retinal cells overproduced a type of protein called tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 3 (TIMP3), which leads to a buildup of fats and […]
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Many CEOs, like Apple’s Tim Cook and Pepsi’s Indra Nooyi, boast about their hardcore morning routines. Not Jeff Bezos. The Amazon founder is famous for dedicating the first hours of the day to … puttering? Bezos’s no-screen morning routine Back in 2018, Bezos laid out his usual morning routine in a speech at the Economic Club of Washington. It includes reading the paper, drinking coffee, and having breakfast with his family. You know what his “puttering time” does not include? Looking at his phone. In a recent interview with People, Bezos’s fiancée, Lauren Sanchez, confirmed her partner remains committed to slow mornings, adding, “We don’t get on our phones. That’s one of the rules.” Why has Bezos banned screen time for the first hour after waking? It’s likely that his one-hour rule is partly about personal preference. We’re all wired differently when it comes to our fluctuating energy levels and tolerance for stimulation, and experts insist we do better when our routines honor our particular rhythms rather than fighting them. But Bezos claims his puttering doesn’t just help him enjoy life more. In the same 2018 speech, he insisted his slow-burn, phone-free mornings improve his energy levels and decision-making abilities all day long. The latest neuroscience suggests he’s on to something with this claim. Less […]
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Though “Diversity is Our Strength” is a cornerstone mantra of woke leftist ideology, it’s been steadily crumbling as people across the West observe the many real-world downsides of uncontrolled migration. Health officials in the United Kingdom have just hit that cornerstone with another sledgehammer, reporting that HIV cases in the UK soared by 51% last year to a 15-year high. According to a new report from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), the UK counted just over 6,000 new cases in 2023. Notably, for the first time, more than half of them (53%) were attributed to people who were originally diagnosed outside the UK. Of that set, 75% of the carriers are African. The migrants are also spreading the disease amongst each other after arriving — 253 diagnoses were attributed to people who’d been in England less than two years. “The rise in HIV testing together with a higher and sustained positivity in black African heterosexuals may be suggestive of ongoing transmission. However, this number could also be affected by changing patterns of migration with a recent rise in people diagnosed with HIV abroad arriving in England.” – UKHSA The sudden surge in HIV cases may have doomed health agencies’ […]
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Gold stores at a main market in the Saudi port city of Jeddah are believed to have suffered heavy losses after a fire had swept through the site earlier this week. It is extremely difficult to tally the amounts of gold that were burnt inside stores at the market because of the blaze, according to a jewellery expert. “They were exposed to high temperatures that might have melted them,“ said expert Ahmed Al Amudi. “However, it is possible to rehabilitate the non-molten or damaged quantities by cleaning them,” he told local sources. Estimating heavy losses wreaked from the fire, he added that the market had nearly 100 gold stores, making the site a major destination in Jeddah for gold hunters. “The overlap of stores hampers the process of counting the quantities, especially the unique types of diamonds and the so-called antiques, which are expensive. Some of them may reach millions of riyals in value,” he explained. The expert also expected that some gold, kept inside safes at the time of the fire, probably survived damage or melting, but its amount may be small. “Moreover, a large number of gold stores do not have insurance due to difficult requirements,” Al Amudi […]
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Dubai will host the AccessAbilities Expo 2024 from October 7 to 9 at the Dubai World Trade Centre (Halls 6, 7 & 8), with the participation of around 250 international exhibitors, brands and rehabilitation centres from 50 countries worldwide. The global platform serves more than 50 million People with Disabilities in the region who can benefit from the latest assistive technologies and explore best practices in their rehabilitation and healthcare. The sixth AccessAbilities Expo, the largest-ever in its history this year, will feature numerous conferences, activities, and workshops that aim to launch the largest awareness campaign to educate families on the best practices for supporting children with autism spectrum disorder during travel, as well as discussing the top practices in education, rehabilitation, healthcare, and accessible travel and tourism. Among the key events is a workshop organised by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) whose members account for over 80 per cent of the global air traffic, on “Innovations in Air Travel Accessibility”, outlining the newest standards and procedures it adopted for the member-airlines to provide accessible travel for People with Disabilities. The one-day workshop on October 9 will focus on Assistive technology to support passengers with disabilities. The AccessAbilities Expo […]
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In celebration of World Heart Day, observed annually on September 29, Dubai Health on Sunday announced the launch of the 2024 edition of the ‘Nabadat’ campaign for providing life-saving heart treatments for a total of 50 patients with congenital heart defects who cannot afford treatment. Now under Dubai Health, the campaign has expanded to include adults. Driven by the Al Jalila Foundation, which leads Dubai Health’s giving mission, and in partnership with The Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Humanitarian and Charity Establishment, this year the campaign aims to provide life-saving treatment for 50 patients in need of cardiac care. Specialised medical teams in Dubai Health Hospitals will perform critical cardiac surgeries and catheterisations for children and adults. Since the campaign’s inception, Nabadat has delivered over 2,500 free surgeries, 6,000 medical screenings, and “compassionate care” across 45 treatment campaigns in nine countries with the support of over 300 healthcare professionals. Salih Zahir Al Mazrouei, Director-General of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Humanitarian and Charity Establishment, said: “This campaign is a practical embodiment of our wise leadership’s directives in providing essential treatment for children suffering from congenital heart defects worldwide. Nabadat was launched in Dubai as a charitable and compassionate campaign […]
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The Ministry of Health has fined three airlines for failing to comply with health surveillance regulations at Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Madinah. According to the Saudi Press Agency, the violations included not implementing proper disease vector control measures, such as spraying aircraft with insecticides. These breaches of the Health Surveillance Law at entry points pose a risk to public health. The Ministry has taken disciplinary action against the airlines to enforce compliance and prevent future violations. Health Ministry Fines Three Airlines for Violating Health Surveillance Regulations at Entry Points.https://t.co/d66vMqzE7o#SPAGOV pic.twitter.com/Rndh5x2vPm — SPAENG (@Spa_Eng) September 29, 2024 This incident highlights the Ministry’s commitment to maintaining strict health surveillance at airports and border crossings, ensuring the safety of citizens, residents, and visitors to Saudi Arabia.
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A morning cup of coffee may do more than just perk you up, according to new research. Moderate amounts of caffeine intake — defined as one to three cups of coffee or tea a day — were associated with a lower risk of developing cardiometabolic multimorbidity, said the study’s lead author, Dr. Chaofu Ke, associate professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at Soochow University in Suzhou, China. Cardiometabolic multimorbidity, or CM, is the coexistence of at least two cardiometabolic diseases such as heart disease, stroke, diabetes and high blood pressure. “Coffee and caffeine consumption may play an important protective role in almost all phases of CM development,” Ke said. Researchers analyzed data from more than 360,000 people in the UK Biobank, a large biomedical database and research resource that follows people long-term. Those involved did not have cardiometabolic diseases at the outset. The information included the participants’ self-reported caffeine consumption through coffee or black or green tea and the cardiometabolic diseases they developed through their primary care data, hospital records and death certificates, according to the study published Tuesday in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Moderate caffeine consumers had a reduced risk of new onset cardiometabolic multimorbidity. The risk […]
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A Saudi medical regulator has imposed fines totaling SR678,400 on 24 pharmacies across the kingdom for violating regulations related to the availability of medicines and reporting potential shortages. The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) stated that these pharmacies failed to ensure the availability of medicines registered for the local market, notify the authorities through an electronic tracking system for medicine accessibility, or inform the SFDA of anticipated shortages or discontinuations of registered supplies. During field inspections in August, SFDA inspectors found nine pharmacies that did not make registered pharmaceutical products available to the public, nine others that failed to report expected shortages of medicinal supplies, five that neglected to notify the SFDA about the status of their dealings, and one store that did not maintain the required six-month stock of all registered medicines. According to Saudi pharmaceutical regulations, pharmacies are required to maintain a six-month stock and notify the SFDA of any expected shortages or discontinuations at least six months in advance. They are also required to propose solutions to mitigate the shortage. Violations of this law can result in fines up to SR5 million, temporary closures for up to 180 days, or the revocation of operational licenses. Saudi […]
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Early January of 2024, Americans learned about the publication of an article from Elsevier’s Journal of Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy overseen by Dr. Danyelle Townsend, a professor at the University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy’s Department of Drug Discovery and Biomedical Sciences. As Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Townsend reviewed, approved, and published the article titled: “Deaths induced by compassionate use of hydroxychloroquine during the first COVID-19 wave: An estimate.” The article was always a hypothesized estimate of people that might have died, but now even that estimate has been retracted. The reason for the retraction was that the Belgian dataset that was one of the bases for the piece was found to be “unreliable” (but in reality was fraudulent). The article also repeatedly referenced the New England Journal of Medicine’s 2020 RECOVERY trial. The RECOVERY trial is well known to be a deeply flawed study which, in addition to implementing late treatment in severely ill Covid patients, used extremely high doses of HCQ. The now retracted publication authors were all French or Canadian, with the primary author a pharmacist by the name of Alexiane Pradelle. According to a rudimentary internet search, Dr. Pradelle had never published before. Subsequently, listed authors were degreed as physicians, pharmacists, and/or professors of their respective disciplines. The main, corresponding author, Jean-Christophe Lega, runs the Evaluation and Modeling of Therapeutic Effects team at the University […]
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