‘Smart’ fiber-optic cables on the sea floor will detect earthquakes, tsunamis, and global warming
Everybody in Portugal knows the date: 1 November 1755. It was All Saints’ Day, with candles lit in homes to honor ancestors. Then the earthquake struck, cracking the streets of Lisbon open and sparking a firestorm. A tsunami engulfed the port, and tens of thousands died. Even now people are aware of the threat— from a nearby seafloor junction where the grinding tectonic plates of North America, Eurasia, and Africa meet—says José Barros, who retired recently from a senior role at ANACOM, Portugal’s telecom regulator. “We are always having those thoughts—and fears.” Soon Lisbonites may be able to count o...
Source: ScienceNOW - March 13, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news

Everything the palace has said about Kate Middleton's photo scandal
Since Sunday, the royal family has found itself at the center of another scandal, with the Princess of Wales criticized for editing her first official portrait since her abdominal surgery in January. Kate Middleton's absence from the public eye brought speculation and conspiracy theories over the…#katemiddleton #kensingtonpalace #pressassociation #princelouis #princewilliam #windsorcastle #jamescrawfordsmith #jrcrawfordsmith #charlesiii #meghan (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

My son's bizarre symptom turned out to be liver cancer which doctors said would kill him but now he's beat ultra-rare diagnosis
Scans found a 'mass' on Jaxon Barnes' liver and he was diagnosed with hepatoblastoma, a form of liver cancer affecting around two million children globally. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Scan your receipt to exit? Loblaw facing backlash as it tests receipt scanners at self-checkout
In an attempt to combat theft at its stores, Loblaw is testing receipt scanners at four of its locations, the grocery giant told CBC News. Customers who go through self-checkout must use the device to scan their receipt's barcode — confirming that they paid something — which opens a metal gate,…#loblaw #cbcnews #zehrs #ontario #paulzemaitis #woodstock #jonathanhayes #catherinethomas #danieltsai #sainsbury (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Worldcoin attracts millions of eyeballs and regulatory heat
In the last seven months, more than four million people from Berlin to Nairobi have queued up to have their eyes scanned by a metallic orb. In return, Worldcoin, the startup co-founded by OpenAi’s Sam Altman, has given the volunteers cryptocurrency tokens called WLD. In the past month, the token’s…#berlin #nairobi #worldcoin #openai #samaltman #wld #kenya #hongkong #worldapp #cambridge (Source: Reuters: Health)
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Ministers to quash convictions of hundreds of post office operators
Ministers will publish legislation to quash the convictions of hundreds of post office operators who were prosecuted during the Horizon scandal, marking a significant victory for victims after decades of campaigning. The legislation on Wednesday will automatically overturn convictions of theft,…#horizon #postoffice #wales #postofficeshorizon #hss #businessdepartment #northeast #capture #jamesarbuthnot #tory (Source: Reuters: Health)
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Post office scandal victims law'important step '
It is expected to come in to effect by the end of July and will apply to convictions in England and Wales. The law is expected to clear the majority of victims. There will also be "enhanced" financial redress for sub-postmasters who, while not convicted or part of legal action against the Post…#wales #postoffice #horizon #neilhudgell #inyourownwords (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Nanox highlights study results
Nano-X Imaging (Nanox) and its deep learning medical imaging analytics subsidiary Nanox AI are touting early findings from the AI-enabled Detection of OsteoPorosis for Treatment (ADOPT) study. The study uses the Nanox.AI software HealthVCF to review routine CT scans and has identified up to six times more patients with vertebral compression fracture than the national average at National Health Services (NHS) hospitals in the U.K., Nanox highlighted. The company also said that the Nanox.AI algorithm has identified over 2,400 patients with vertebral compression fracture from routine CT scans that were not known to the NHS ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 12, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news

Why You Shouldn ’ t Wear Makeup When Exercising
Working out is great for your skin. It increases blood flow to all your organs—skin included—delivering oxygen and nutrients along with it. But if you exercise in a full face of makeup, you might be hurting your skin health, not helping it. To find out what makeup does to skin during exercise, researchers applied a drug-store-brand cream foundation to the foreheads and under-eye areas of 43 university students. They left the bottom halves of everyone’s faces makeup-free. All of the students then ran on a treadmill for 20 minutes. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] “Our hypothesis wa...
Source: TIME: Health - March 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

Out of sight: the hidden scandal of vision rehabilitation services across England
This report highlights that 26 per cent of local authorities leave blind and partially sighted people waiting more than a year for a vision rehabilitation assessment and subsequent support. These delays to the support people with sight loss are legally entitled to also leaves them at increased risk of physical accidents and injuries, as well as mental health crises. Amongst its recommendations, the RNIB is calling for vision rehabilitation services to be subjected to the same regulation and monitoring as other adult social care services, and commissioning of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to develop ...
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - March 12, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Patient involvement, experience and feedback Public health and health inequalities Source Type: news

‘You don’t want to get better’: the outdated treatment of ME/CFS patients is a national scandal | George Monbiot
From harmful ‘therapies’ to social services referrals, the notion that this illness is psychosomatic is having devastating effectsIt ’s the greatest medical scandal of the 21st century. For decades, patients with ME/CFS (myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome) have been told they can make themselves better by changing their attitudes. This devastating condition, which afflicts about250,000 people in the UK, was psychologised by many doctors and scientists, adding to the burden of a terrible physiological illness.Long after this approach was debunked in scientific literature, clinicians who championed it h...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 12, 2024 Category: Science Authors: George Monbiot Tags: ME / Chronic fatigue syndrome Health National Institute for Health and Care Excellence Society Mental health Science Freedom of information NHS Psychology UK news Source Type: news

Right-wing outlets facing 2020 election defamation lawsuits may have found a key defense overseas
An alleged bribery scheme in the Philippines has thrown a potential lifeline to Fox News and other right-wing media outlets that are battling massive defamation lawsuits from the voting technology company Smartmatic for their promotion of 2020 election lies. The overseas scandal washed ashore last…#philippines #smartmatic #justicedepartment #newsmax #oan #donaldtrump #philippine #andresbautista #venezuela #nicolasmaduroled (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 11, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Cannabis may influence bowel motility
Physicians, health care providers, and medical staff caring for patients who use cannabis should be familiar with the effects of the drug on gut motility and thus nuclear medicine imaging, a recent report advises. “Understanding the effects of cannabis and weight loss drugs on gut motility – that is the movement of food throughout the body – is essential for nuclear medicine providers,” said Rutger Gunther, MD, in a March 5 news release from the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. Gunther, a radiologist at UT Health San Antonio, and colleagues penned an article published in the March issue of the J...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 11, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Subspecialties Nuclear Medicine Nuclear Radiology Source Type: news

Lori Loughlin Parodies College Admissions Scandal on ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm,’ Playing Herself as a Liar and Golf Cheater
Lori Loughlin cheats at golf and flexes a bogus handicap permit in the latest episode of “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” which features a hilarious cameo from the “Full House” star poking fun at her role in the 2019 college admissions scandal, for which she served a two-month prison sentence. Loughlin…#loriloughlin #curbyourenthusiasm #fullhouse #varsityblues #mossimogiannulli #ricksinger #gettysburgaddress #teddanson #larrydavid #oceanviewcountryclub (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 11, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Patients exposed to excess radiation by out-of-date MRI scanner
Patients are being exposed to radiation doses at the “upper limit of safe” because a hospital is relying on an MRI scanner three years after its “end of life” with a substandard second-hand part. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - March 11, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news