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☆ This is a healthy brain on psilocybin
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-17 | by ( Sandee Lamotte | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

It wasn’t until his brain morphed into a computer, however, that he knew for sure he was on a psychedelic trip. “We found that psilocybin desynchronizes the brain,” said co-senior author Ginger Nichols of the study published Wednesday in the journal Nature. “When psilocybin is on board, the brain is disconnecting from its typical pathways and reconnecting to different parts of the brain,” said Nichols, an associate professor of psychiatry at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. “Science doesn’t fully understand the brain yet, but I felt as if I suddenly knew exactly how the brain works. Sara Moser/Washington University School of MedicineA window for changeScans showed that in the days after the psilocybin trip, most brain networks returned to normal.

Persons: Dr, Nico Dosenbach wasn’t, he’d, it’s, ”, Dosenbach, St . Louis, “, ” Dosenbach, Ginger Nichols, Nichols, ” Nichols, psychotherapists, Petros Petridis, ” Petridis, Sara Moser Organizations: CNN, Washington University School of Medicine, US Food and Drug Administration, NYU Langone Center, Psychedelic Medicine, Washington University School of Locations: “, St ., Oregon, New York City, reconnection

☆ Huma, a London-based healthcare startup, just raised $80 million to offer new AI services using this 11-slide pitch deck
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-16 | by ( Callum Burroughs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Read previewHuma, an AI digital healthcare company, has raised $80 million in Series D funding. "AI is core to how we build scalable digital health solutions," Huma CEO Dan Vahdat, told Business Insider. "It is a challenging environment for digital health companies in general, particularly with the public markets being down," Vahdat added. The company's $80 million Series D funding round was raised by new and existing investors such as AstraZeneca, Hat Technology Fund 4 by HAT SGR, HV Fund by Hitachi Ventures, and Leaps by Bayer. Check out Huma's 11-slide Series D pitch deck below:

Persons: —, Dan Vahdat, Huma, Sifted, Vahdat Organizations: Service, Business, Bayer, AstraZeneca, Hat Technology, HAT, Hitachi Ventures Locations: Swedish

☆ Trea Ellinger: A Baltimore man died after being sedated and restrained by medics. His mom wants answers
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-16 | by ( Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

BALTIMORE AP —When Trea Ellinger left a Baltimore drug rehab facility last summer, he assured his anxious mother that everything was fine. His mother, Lori Ellinger, questions the autopsy’s findings and wants to know why paramedics decided to use an injectable sedative. “As long as he’s not lying face down, that would be great,” one of the medics says. Four minutes later, the medics discussed getting Ellinger repositioned, but they didn’t act immediately. Ellinger was unhandcuffed and placed on his back as medics began performing chest compressions, according to the report.

Persons: Trea Ellinger, —, Ellinger, Lori Ellinger, ”, hasn’t, handcuffing Ellinger, flailing, Eric Jaeger, ” Jaeger, midazolam, Gail Van Norman, ” Ellinger, Lori Ellinger’s, “ Organizations: BALTIMORE AP, The Associated Press, ”, Baltimore City Fire Department, Police, anesthesiology, University of Washington Locations: Baltimore, Ellinger, overdosing, Maryland, New Hampshire

☆ Brain implant patient says OpenAI's tech helps him communicate with family
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-16 | by ( Ashley Capoot | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Mark using Synchron's BCI Courtesy: SynchronA 64-year-old named Mark has spent the last year learning how to control devices like his laptop and phone using a brain implant. Mark, who asked CNBC not to use his last name for privacy reasons, was implanted with Synchron's BCI in August 2023. H/O: Synchron's AI-Powered chat feature Courtesy: SynchronMark has been testing Synchron's new chat feature intermittently over the last two months. For instance, Mark can use the chat feature to schedule an appointment with his doctor and keep up with his daughters. Oxley said Synchron is still working to roll out the new chat feature, but Mark has helped pioneer it.

Persons: Mark, OpenAI, it's, Synchron, I've, Thomas Oxley, Oxley Organizations: BCI, CNBC, Synchron's BCI

☆ A YouTuber recreated a recipe for 3,800-year-old beer. Here's how you can do it too.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-16 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

AdvertisementThe basic ingredients for an ancient beerMax Miller relied on a hymn and expert research to try and create an ancient beer. To make his version, Miller used water, barley, barley flour, a sourdough starter, coriander, cardamom, date syrup, and brewer's yeast. Some experts aren't sure if ancient beer was even alcoholic at all. Ancient beer is different from today's alesDon't expect your hymn-inspired homebrew to resemble anything you can buy at the store. There's also no evidence that ancient beer makers used hops, which is a ubiquitous ingredient today.

Persons: —, Max Miller, Miller, Patty, Riker, Miller isn't, Tate, Paulette, There's Organizations: Service, YouTube, Business, Archaeologists, Beers Locations: Utah, Mesopotamia, Israel, cheesecloth, aromatics

☆ Wendy's CEO got ripped for pushing dynamic pricing. It could be coming to a store near you.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-15 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

With digital price tags, big retailers, in theory, could do the same. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has said that type of dynamic pricing is "incredibly important in our economy." AdvertisementSome experts agree, saying dynamic pricing practices could benefit consumers who are able to gain some understanding of the system and shop around. After customers complained online that those changes would surge prices, a spokesperson announced the company did not intend to implement surge pricing. How does dynamic pricing impact you?

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☆ A personal trainer at a longevity clinic says you should care about 3 fitness markers if you want to live a long, youthful life
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-15 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Your VO2 max can help assess heart health, while muscle mass and balance are key to staying active. VO2 max is a measure of how much oxygen your body can use during exercise. Research suggests that the higher your VO2 max, the better your endurance and odds of living longer. "VO2 max is one of our best indicators of life expectancy." Sports-medicine experts suggest mixing steady cardio work at a conversational pace and interval workouts with short bursts of high-intensity exercise to improve VO2 max.

Persons: —, Caitlin Donato, " Donato, It's, Donato, glutes Organizations: Healthcare, Service Locations: Miami

☆ The AI-driven iPhone upgrade cycle will be huge. Two more Wall Street firms agree
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-15 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Analysts at Morgan Stanley designated Apple their top pick, raised their price target to $273 a share and reiterated their buy-equivalent rating. Apple Intelligence, however, represents an entirely new technology with the potential change how we all interact with our devices. And notably, replacement cycles are at an all-time high of 4.8 years, Morgan Stanley estimated. So, the reason to upgrade is going to be Apple Intelligence, a better camera, plus whatever other incremental upgrades we learn about later this year. Both Loop and Morgan Stanley said the AI-driven replacement cycle will lead to an increase in the average selling price of iPhones.

Persons: Morgan Stanley, there's, Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Jim, Jakub Porzycki Organizations: Apple, Capital, Apple Intelligence, Loop, FactSet, Club, . Apple Intelligence, Vision Pro, CNBC, Nurphoto, Getty Locations: U.S

☆ A Team USA weightlifter on course for gold at the Olympics takes a relaxed approach to training. She balances rest, work, and longevity.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-15 | by ( Kim Schewitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

But at 21, the Team USA athlete is heading to Paris and is tipped to win gold in women's weightlifting. Reeves started weightlifting at age 12 and has trained four times a week ever since. She just set an American women's weightlifting record of 597 pounds total at the 2024 USA Weightlifting's National Championships Week in June. Reeves lifted 265 pounds in the snatch category at the 2024 USA Weightlifting Championships. Visualizing successTo ease her nerves, Reeves is trying to see the Olympics as the same as any other weightlifting competition.

Persons: Olivia Reeves, visualizes, —, Reeves, Steve Fauer, he's, We're, Fauer, that's Organizations: Olympic, Service, Team USA, International, Federation, University of Tennessee, BI, Paris Games Locations: Paris, Doha, Qatar, American, Chattanooga, Austin

☆ Copa America final kick-off delayed after fans struggle to enter stadium in Miami
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-14 | by ( Laura Williamson | Jack Lang | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

Follow the latest from the Copa America final between Argentina and ColombiaThe kick-off for the Copa America final was delayed after chaotic and dangerous scenes saw thousands of supporters prevented from entering Hard Rock Stadium in Miami for the game. “We have had several incidents prior to the gates opening at Hard Rock Stadium for the Copa America final game,” it read. “We are asking everyone to be patient, and abide by the rules set by our officers and Hard Rock Stadium personnel. We are actively working with Hard Rock Stadium to ensure a safe environment for all those attending. AdvertisementHard Rock Stadium is set to host seven matches at the 2026 World Cup including a quarterfinal and the third-place play-off.

Persons: “, — Jack Lang, Megan Briggs, Darwin Nunez, Marcelo Bielsa, Paul Tenorio, Felipe Cardenas Organizations: Copa America, 9.22pm, America, Copa, Dade Fire Rescue, The Athletic, CONMEBOL, Miami - Dade Police, Athletic, Hard Rock, ”, Security, Getty, Uruguayan, Wembley, UEFA, League, Stade de France, Liverpool Locations: Argentina, Colombia, Miami, Uruguay, Liverpool, England, Italy, Paris

☆ Richard Simmons, fitness personality and TV host, dead at 76
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-13 | by ( Dan Heching | Zoe Sottile | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Richard Simmons, the perennial 1980s workout personality who was defined by his uplifting spirit, has died, according to his longtime publicist Tom Estey. From 1980 to 1984, Simmons hosted the “Richard Simmons Show,” which had a focus on personal health and fitness. In 2003, Simmons told CNN that his experience as an overweight child eventually put him on a path toward fitness. Recent celebrationFor his birthday, Simmons wrote on X on Friday, “Thank you…I never got so many messages about my birthday in my life! I am grateful that I’m here, that I am alive for another day,” Simmons said at the time.

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☆ Inside the $43 million Veterans Affairs simulation hospital where doctors are piloting new tech
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-13 | by ( Ashley Capoot | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

An operating room at SimVET Courtesy: SimVETInside a sprawling $43 million Veterans Affairs facility equipped with operating rooms, intensive care units and an outpatient clinic, there are no patients. The SimVET facility in Orlando, Florida Courtesy: SimVETThe Veterans Health Administration services 9 million veterans in 172 medical centers across the U.S. Each medical center has a simulation program, and some have a dedicated space on site. "We have two fully staffed operating rooms, all the equipment you would normally use: lights, booms, real anesthesia machines. A mannequin at the SimVET facility Courtesy: SimVETBeyond its unusual patients, SimVET is home to many familiar-looking health-care scenes. Fluorescent lights line a long hallway full of exam rooms, and operating rooms stuffed with machinery look like they were plucked straight from a nearby hospital.

Persons: it's, Scott Wiltz, SimVET, Wiltz, SimVET Wiltz, Amanda Borchers, Borchers Organizations: Veterans Affairs, Orlando International Airport, National Center, CNBC, Veterans Health Administration, U.S, Research Network, SimVET, Medical Locations: Florida, SimVET, Orlando , Florida, Orlando, Lexington, Kentucky

☆ Opinion | Caring for Pet Companions
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-13 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

shelter and started a group called No Kill Lehigh Valley, now known as the Fund for Veterinary Care. Our mission is to raise money to pay for veterinary care for animals whose families cannot afford it. While at the shelter, I witnessed people dropping off beloved pets for relinquishment because they were sick or injured and the family could not afford veterinary care. Fifteen years later the need for our services has grown as the cost of veterinary care has increased. Their pet is part of their family, or the only family they have.

Organizations: Fund for Veterinary Care Locations: Lehigh Valley

☆ I dropped out of college with $25,000 in loans and did a tech apprenticeship instead. I have a great job now, but I wish I left sooner.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Jamie Killin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. I decided to try community collegeI started working 40 hours a week at Chick-fil-A, and a few months later, I enrolled in a community college as a political science major again because I still wanted to make college work. I went back and forth for eight years in that cycle and ultimately took out $25,000 in student loans but didn't graduate. College is not the only optionI wish I had known when I graduated from high school that apprenticeships were an option. I don't think I retained much of the classroom knowledge I learned in college, and I wish I had pursued an apprenticeship earlier.

Persons: —, Janika Cook, I'm, It's, I've, you've, it's, could've Organizations: Service, Ohio University, Business, Intermountain Locations: Cleveland, Athens

☆ My wife and I are boomers with no kids. We moved to Paris for retirement and enjoy the food and cheap travel.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Jane Ridley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

AdvertisementEllen was a member of Alliance Française, an organization centered on learning French and understanding the culture in France. It helped that we belong to the Association of American Residents Overseas, which has about 1,000 members in Paris. The food markets are phenomenalOn any given day except Monday, Paris hosts huge, open-air food markets where farmers arrive to sell their fresh produce. It's a walkable cityParis is the most walkable city I've ever been in. I've heard three or four French people who have spent time in either the US or Canada and then moved back to France.

Persons: —, Rick Jones, Ellen Bryson, who've, Ellen, I'd, Jones, It's, who's, Bryson, We'll, I've, don't, Macron Organizations: Service, Navy SEAL, Business, Left Bank, Association of American Residents Overseas, Paris, Vitesse, Global, Equality Locations: Buenos Aires, Norfolk, Virginia, San Diego, London, Persian, France, Paris, San Francisco, Marseille, Liberty, Canada

☆ Heat-Related Emergencies Are Soaring in the U.S. Can Hospitals Keep Up?
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Noah Weiland | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

On a recent Friday in Albuquerque, as triple-digit temperatures stretched into the evening, a 69-year-old man collapsed in his home. His body temperature hit 107.7 degrees by the time emergency responders whisked him to the University of New Mexico Hospital. Workers dumped ice on his body as part of a last-ditch effort to curtail his heatstroke. Extreme heat, intensified by climate change, has blanketed much of the United States this summer, killing more than a dozen people in Oregon in recent days. Large parts of California, Nevada, Arizona and Utah have been under excessive heat warnings, which local officials believe contributed to more than 90 deaths in the West this month.

Organizations: University of New, University of New Mexico Hospital . Nurses Locations: Albuquerque, University of New Mexico, United States, Oregon, California , Nevada , Arizona, Utah

☆ What a geriatric doctor wishes you knew now for healthy aging
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Madeline Holcombe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Why should people start to think about healthy aging early? One can affect the other, but it’s really kind of the sum of the parts is greater than the whole. But home-cooked meals — cooking your own fresh fruit and vegetables, thinking about having these types of meals — is really, really important and nutritious. Batsis: Healthy aging can occur at any stage of life. The definition of what constitutes healthy aging may differ, and it’s really about asking what does it mean to you?

Persons: John Batsis, —, it’s, It’s Organizations: CNN, Department of Health, Human Services, University of North, UNC’s School of Medicine, Gillings School of Global Public Health Locations: University of North Carolina, Chapel

☆ How to get a job at Apple, according to tech career experts
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

So, what can set you apart from a sea of Apple candidates? We asked an Apple employee and four tech career experts and recruiters. The interview process at Apple is "generally straightforward," Theresa Park, a former creative recruiter at the company, said. Related storiesOne Reddit user said that during a monthlong interview process as a software engineering candidate, he was asked to design a vending machine. According to posts on the anonymous employee forum Blind, some Apple recruiters might even disclose the exact questions that will be asked in an interview.

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☆ Russia would need to spend 6% of its entire 2024 budget to pay wounded soldiers and families of dead troops, 2 researchers estimate
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

That's about 6% of Russia's total budget for 2024, which is 36.6 trillion rubles, or $414 billion. They arrived at a total of 400,000 wounded or dead, including 100,000 soldiers killed. AdvertisementThe cost of the one-time payments would be a "staggering amount," they wrote. Still, it's not clear if Russia has consistently been rolling out its one-time payments to its wounded or its deceased soldiers' next-of-kin. Russia plans to spend nearly a third of its total 2024 budget on defense, or about 10.8 trillion rubles, which is $122 billion.

Persons: —, Thomas Lattanzio, Harry Stevens, Stevens, it's Organizations: Service, Johns Hopkins School, International Studies, Center, National, Business, Lattanzio, Russian Ministry of Defense, Radio Free, Independent, Carnegie Endowment, International Peace's, Eurasia Center Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Russian, Moscow, Independent Russian, International Peace's Russia

☆ Nearly half of adult cancer deaths in the US could be prevented by making lifestyle changes, study finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Deidre Mcphillips | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Smoking was the leading risk factor by far, the study found, contributing to nearly 1 in 5 cancer cases and nearly a third of cancer deaths. Other key risk factors included excess body weight, alcohol consumption, physical inactivity, diet and infections such as HPV. Overall, researchers analyzed 18 modifiable risk factors across 30 types of cancer. In 2019, these lifestyle factors were linked to more than 700,000 new cancer cases and more than 262,000 deaths, the study found. But modifiable risk factors contributed to more than half of new cases for 19 of the 30 types of cancer evaluated.

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☆ Secondhand e-cigarette aerosols expose kids to less nicotine than cigarettes, study finds, but can still be risky
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Jen Christensen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

The researchers determined children’s nicotine levels using blood samples taken between 2017 and 2020. The children in the study with the lowest nicotine levels were those who had no exposure to secondhand aerosols of any kind at home. Earlier studies have found similar nicotine exposure among children in homes with cigarette and e-cigarette users. Some of his research has shown much higher nicotine levels in e-cigarette households than in the new study. In 2020, Galiatsatos published what is believed to be the first study to document significant injury in an adult with secondhand e-cigarette exposure.

Persons: Vaping, “, Terry Gordon, ”, Gordon, Dr, Sanjay Gupta, Panagis, Galiatsatos Organizations: CNN, JAMA, National Health, Department of Medicine, CNN Health, American Lung Association

☆ I'm a grandmother and babysit my grandchildren often. Playing with them allows me to be a kid again.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Melody Wren | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

I love babysitting my grandchildren during school holidays and when their parents need a break. As a bonus, grandparents who engage with their grandchildren live longer, stay more active, and have more purpose, according to a 2016 study. I sometimes make a "choosing clock" with the activities written in a circle on a paper plate or construction paper. AdvertisementThe children love maps, and we often draw maps of our town with them, adding their school, favorite stores, where both parents work, and where other family members live. Playing with them is an escape because I play whatever they want to focus on and don't think about anything else.

Persons: Grandad Organizations: Service

☆ I'm a mom of a child with autism, and I'm done with gentle parenting
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-10 | by ( Sara Rowe Mount | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

I was raised with a style of parenting that leaned more toward authoritarian. That's why respectful and empathic gentle parenting that acknowledged a child's feelings had a real appeal to me. I looked into gentle parentingEarly in my daughter's life, I started following gentle parenting influencers. These days, I'm not sure what label I'd put on my parenting style, perhaps mostly authoritative, a parenting style that is more focused on being responsive and supportive while still setting boundaries. I am done with following gentle parenting experts and taking their advice on how to parent my child, though.

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☆ Elon Musk gives an update on Neuralink's brain-chip business. These are 5 things you can expect in the near future.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-10 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewElon Musk wants "to give people superpowers," according to a livestream Neuralink update broadcast on X Wednesday. The CEO took the moment to provide an overview of what's been done and give his future projections about the brain chip. The chip contains an array of tiny wires that fan out into the patient's brain. Neuralink's first patient, Noland Arbaugh, received the brain chip in January and has since said it improved his life. Musk started off the livestream by saying the second Neuralink patient is expected to receive an implant in the next week or so.

Persons: —, Elon, Neuralink's, Noland Arbaugh, Musk, Neuralink Organizations: Service, Business, Optimus, Bloomberg

The NATO official said they had observed “an unprecedented escalation and spread of Russia’s hybrid warfare” over the past six months, which included “physical sabotage” on the supply line of NATO weapons intended for Ukraine. “It is everything from point of production and origin, to storage, to those who are making decisions, to the actual delivery,” the senior NATO official said. Recent high-profile arrests have revealed the ad-hoc, clumsy nature of how the Kremlin’s intelligence operations have evolved since the start of the war in Ukraine. Russia is big enough to have resources to fight a war against Ukraine and also maintain its security operations against European countries… against us. There are people who take part in the war against Ukraine, and then they are rotated to some other region or area.

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