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Europe · StockholmThis year’s Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine has been awarded to Swedish scientist Svante Paabo for his discoveries on human evolution.The prize, arguably among the most prestigious in the scientific world, is worth 10 million Swedish crowns ($900,357).
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Nobel prize in medicine awarded for research on evolution
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US & Canada · Los AngelesColdplay was to perform eight shows between Oct. 11 and Oct. 22 in Brazil. The band says frontman Chris Martin is recovering from a "serious lung infection" "We're working as fast as possible to lock in the new dates," the band says. The group kicked off the Music of the Spheres tour in March.See the Story
Coldplay postpone shows as Chris Martin battles 'serious lung infection'
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Google · WashingtonThe omicron-specific bivalent COVID-19 boosters could potentially prevent tens of thousands of deaths in the U.S. and save billions of dollars in healthcare costs if a successful immunization campaign is carried out, according to new research. New projections released by the Commonwealth Fund on Wednesday showed that roughly 90,000 deaths due to the coronavirus could be prevented if 80 percent of eligible people receive the updated booster by the end of this year.See the Story
COVID boosters could save 90,000 lives, $56.5 billion
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Business · BooneThe benefit would accrue if all medium- and heavy-duty trucks sold have zero emissions by 2050. The electricity they use comes from noncombustion renewable energy, not fossil fuels. Air pollution from trucks has been linked to poor birth outcomes, reduced lung and brain development, chronic respiratory and heart diseases.See the Story
Report: Switching to zero-emission trucks could save 66,000 lives
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Breast Cancer · O'NeillBoth proportions and odds of pathologic complete response (pCR) to neoadjuvant chemotherapy are numerically lower. The analysis included 385 men and 68,065 women with BC treated with NAC. Women had twice the odds of pCR than men with BC (adjusted odds ratio, 2.0)See the Story
Response to neoadjuvant chemo for breast cancer varies by sex
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Medical · O'NeillOne in nine people with wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) are skipping appointments for sight-saving eye injections, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, held from Sept. 30 to Oct. 3 in Chicago.See the Story
American Academy of Ophthalmology: One in nine patients with wet age-related macular degeneration skip follow-up
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Medical · O'NeillHigh Framingham risk score (FRS) categories are seen among women with a history of migraine. But not for those with active migraine at baseline or during follow-up. Researchers used data from a cohort study of 27,539 female health professionals. Several authors disclosed financial ties to the pharmaceutical industry.See the Story
High Framingham risk score seen for women with history of migraine
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US & Canada · BillingsAll emergency departments should understand the unique safety issues related to children, according to a policy statement and accompanying technical report released by the American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Emergency Physicians, and Emergency Nurses Association and published online Oct. 3 in Pediatrics.See the Story
Policy statement addresses safety for children in emergency care settings
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US & Canada · BillingsMore patients with POMS are free of new or newly enlarging lesions with dimethyl fumarate. The annualized relapse rate is lower with DMF, according to a study in JAMA. Suicide risk is highest in the first three months after the dementia diagnosis.See the Story
Treatments compared for pediatric-onset multiple sclerosis
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Medical · O'NeillFor treatment-naive children with enuresis, diagnosis is inconsistent. Questionnaires and voiding diaries are used for diagnosis. With each method, almost 30 percent of the children had a different diagnosis. A high correlation was seen for both methods in identifying MNE, but not non-MNE.See the Story
Voiding diaries, questionnaires inconsistent for diagnosing enuresis
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US & Canada · HelenaThe average woman probably does not post Instagram "postpartum body" shots. Those who do post may give Instagram users a skewed version of what a postpartum figure is supposed to look like. More than a third (37%) of the women in the photos had low body fat levels.See the Story
Instagram 'post-baby' body shots don't reflect average women
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