Two new studies found that statins, the most prescribed class of drugs to treat high cholesterol, are protective for high-risk groups who haven’t yet had a heart attack or stroke but could be at risk of one, according to Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women’s Hospital. The results provide additional context to a longstanding debate among the […]
Read & Discuss »Wearable devices that measure daily patterns of circadian rest-activity rhythms may be able to predict frailty-related health risks more than six years before an incidence occurs, according to a new study out of Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women’s Hospital. The results are published in Nature Communications. Frailty, or age-related decline in physiological function, is a common condition […]
Read & Discuss »Massachusetts General Hospital dermatologist Shadi Kourosh learned early in her career that some tattoos serve as a kind of covert branding, marking gang members or sex-trafficking victims. In 2014, Kourosh founded the Radiance Clinic, a laser tattoo-removal program to erase those enduring reminders on individuals seeking to forge a new life and escape past traumas. […]
Read & Discuss »By combining noninvasive imaging techniques, investigators have created a comprehensive cellular atlas of a region of the human brain known as Broca’s area — an area critical for producing language. The new technology will provide insights into the presence and spread of pathologic changes that occur in neurodegenerative illnesses — such as epilepsy, autism, and […]
Read & Discuss »Heirloom Carbon Technologies, a direct air capture (DAC) company, opened the first commercial DAC facility in the United States in Tracy, California on November 9, 2023. The facility is fully powered by renewable energy and is expected to capture up to 1,000 tons of CO2 per year, which will be permanently sequestered in concrete through […]
Read & Discuss »The partnership marks the ocean exploration nonprofit’s latest effort to collaborate with global entities to advance ocean protection and preservation benchmarks worldwide Global ocean exploration nonprofit OceanX has signed a historic letter of cooperation with the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC/UNESCO) in a monumental effort to support and encourage the implementation of the United […]
Read & Discuss »When I heard that the writers’ strike is over, I wondered what might happen if some of the great SNL writers and casts of the past confronted the issues of today. What I found was an overlooked danger brewing. (harp music plays) *Sharp knock Vanessa Bayer: Who is it? Voice: Amazon. Vanessa: Just leave it […]
Read & Discuss »HSBC Holdings, one of the world’s largest banks, has announced plans to allocate $1 billion in financing to support climate-tech startup companies around the world. The financing is expected to support start-ups in a variety of sectors, including EV charging, battery storage, sustainable food and agriculture, and carbon removal technologies. “Access to finance is critical […]
Read & Discuss »Zurich Resilience Solutions, the commercial risk advisory and services unit of Zurich Insurance Group (Zurich), and KPMG Switzerland, a leading professional services firm, have formed a strategic collaboration to offer advisory services to address physical and transition risks, respectively, associated with climate change. The offering is initially available in Switzerland and later in other markets […]
Read & Discuss »Group makes decisive progress in its four industry-leading technology platforms and further expands sustainable mobility business Architecture: The Group will introduce the latest generation of e-mobility platforms with the new Premium Platform Electric (PPE) from 2024; this will be followed in 2025 by the improved Modular Electric Drive Matrix MEB+ with longer range, shorter charging […]
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