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☆ Bones discovered in Spanish cave likely belong to famed priest who created popular pilgrimage
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-14 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Remains found in a tomb in northwestern Spain are likely to belong to a ninth-century bishop believed to have helped create the Camino de Santiago, one of Christianity’s most popular pilgrimages, a new study has found. News of the discovery reached King Alfonso II of the neighboring region of Asturias, who marched with his court from Oviedo to Santiago. The 90 mile royal pilgrimage established what is today known as the “Primitive Way”, the oldest path used by pilgrims of the Camino, or Way of St. James. Theodomir’s existence had been hotly debated until 1955, when Spanish archaeologist Manuel Chamoso Lamas discovered a tombstone underneath Santiago de Compostela’s cathedral inscribed with his name. Perez-Ramallo told El Pais newspaper that there was a “98% likelihood of it being Theodomir.”

Persons: Bishop Theodomir, Theodomir, James the, King Alfonso II, James, Manuel Chamoso Lamas, Patxi Perez, Perez, Ramallo, ” Organizations: Norwegian University of Science, Technology, El Pais Locations: Spain, Santiago, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Asturias, Oviedo, Spanish

☆ The Trump trade: how a red wave could impact stocks, bonds, and commodities
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( Laila Maidan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Read previewAs we near the November elections, investors are increasingly focused on what a Donald Trump win would mean for global markets and economies. The charts below show how stock sectors moved in the 24 hours after the debate and how a Trump administration might impact sectors with varying regulatory burdens. If Trump wins, investors will need to cut through the noise and at least understand how he might impact different parts of the economy. Where monetary policy is concerned, leading economist Christophe Barraud believes a Trump administration could pressure the Federal Reserve to be very accommodative on rates, in other words, steeper or sooner cuts. It expects a Trump Administration to allow LNG export permits after the Biden Administration attempted to halt them.

Persons: —, Donald Trump, Goldman Sachs, Joe Biden, Trump, Solita, Samantha Lamas, Goldman, Goldman's Jan Hatzius, Christophe Barraud, Bloomberg Businessweek Trump, Morgan Stanely, Morgan Stanley Organizations: Service, Trump, Business, Trump Media, Technology, UBS, Americas Global Wealth Management, Morningstar, Federal Reserve, Bloomberg Businessweek, Korea, Asia Pacific's, Republican, Trump Administration, Biden Locations: Predictit, Mexico, Canada, China, Japan, Germany, Asia, Goldman Sachs, Washington

☆ How Much Is the Health of Biden and Trump Our Business? - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Daniela J. Lamas | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Among the most fraught questions about this election is the health of the aging candidates themselves. President Biden is 81 and former President Donald Trump is 78; the major presidential parties have never before put forth candidates who are as old. Both men have been seen as showing signs of cognitive decline, leading to calls for greater disclosure about the health of our presidential candidates. It is natural to assume that physicians might have a better understanding than other voters of how healthy either Mr. Trump or Mr. Biden is. But they are even more pressing today, as social media amplifies questions about the health and fitness of public officials.

Persons: Biden, Donald Trump, Trump, it’s, Franklin Roosevelt, John Fetterman of, Trump’s Locations: John Fetterman of Pennsylvania

☆ Opinion | Talking (or Not) About Your Cancer
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-01 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

However, she has the unique opportunity to alert and educate many people regarding symptoms and treatments. And by speaking calmly and frankly, she has the additional opportunity to help remove the fear and stigma of a cancer diagnosis. Barbara MutterperlNew YorkTo the Editor:My mother was diagnosed with breast cancer when I was 12 years old and she was 33. In the 1960s breast cancer was often fatal, and cancer was not discussed publicly. I am 75 and had early stage breast cancer four years ago.

Persons: Daniela J, Lamas, Catherine , Princess of, Barbara Mutterperl Locations: Catherine , Princess of Wales, Barbara Mutterperl New York

☆ Kate Middleton’s Cancer Announcement Was Never Going to Be Easy - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-26 | by ( Daniela J. Lamas | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

I found myself thinking about this on Friday, when Catherine, Princess of Wales, made her cancer diagnosis public in a video. She did not share the type of cancer she had, nor the nature of the abdominal surgery she underwent in January after which the cancer was diagnosed. She spoke broadly of cancer, of the chemotherapy she was now being treated with and of her family. There are many medical questions here, some of which we can answer and many of which we cannot. Maybe that is one reason I found myself wanting to learn more, even if the medical questions can’t be answered right now.

Persons: Catherine , Princess of, Catherine, can’t Locations: Catherine , Princess of Wales

☆ A Doctor Approaches Covid Differently, Four Years After the Pandemic Began - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-10 | by ( Daniela J. Lamas | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Walking through the intensive care unit is often a lesson in how much there is to fear. But now I am no longer afraid that the virus will leave me seriously ill, and the pandemic is a receding memory. Nearly four years after the World Health Organization’s declaration of a pandemic, the coronavirus is still with us. There is also the persistent threat of long Covid, the debilitating symptoms that can persist after an initial infection. On March 1, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began recommending that Americans with Covid no longer need to remain isolated for five days after falling sick.

Persons: Covid Organizations: Health, Centers for Disease Control, Prevention

☆ Who Gets Left Behind When Gene Therapy Cures a Disease? - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-31 | by ( Daniela J. Lamas | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

But if he were born today with access to gene therapy for spinal muscular atrophy, he might have been able to walk without assistance. He might have been able to live a life without fear of impending medical catastrophe. The way Mr. Parish sees it, the life he has lived will one day become something of a historical curiosity. His experience of S.M.A., with all the suffering it has entailed, will likely be rendered extinct. Gene therapy has seen remarkable and highly publicized success in recent months, from the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of what amounts to cures for sickle cell disease to the news that a boy with congenital deafness could hear for the first time in his life following gene therapy.

Persons: Tyler Parish, Parish Organizations: Food Locations: Boston

☆ Having too many options can paralyze investors. Here's how you can overcome 'choice overload'
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Greg Iacurci | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Humans get overwhelmed by too many options, a behavioral finance concept known as "choice overload." How investors encounter choice overloadChristopher Ames | E+ | Getty ImagesIt's not just investing: The choice paradox can extend to things like ice cream flavors and apparel, for example. Given these behavioral biases, retailers and others have evolved, making it less likely consumers will experience choice overload "in the wild" today, said Dan Egan, vice president of behavioral finance and investing at Betterment. Do-it-yourselfers may have about one to two dozen investment options, at most, from which to choose, reducing the choice friction. If you don't give people an easy choice, "it's really hard for them," Blanchett said.

Persons: Philip Chao, Brian Scholl, David Blanchett, Samantha Lamas, Christopher Ames, Sheena Iyengar, Mark Lepper, Dan Egan, Egan, that's, Blanchett Organizations: Sdi, U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, Investor, Morningstar, Finance Locations: John , Maryland

☆ Opinion | How New Motherhood Changed Me as a Doctor
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-26 | by ( Daniela J. Lamas | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The family looked toward me, curious, clearly eager for a story that had nothing to do with illness. Babies don’t need to eat sweet potato fries. They should just eat the entire potato. When I arrived home, my daughter was already in the bath, splashing about and babbling with her bath toys. I washed my hands, scrubbing away the layers of the day, and then I scooped her up from her bath, warm and beautiful and gentle in her baby bath towel.

Persons: Fries

☆ An Epic Pilgrimage Across Three Great Religions
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Aatish Taseer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +111 min

Before there was tourism, there was pilgrimage: a trip of endurance, hardship and ecstasy in celebration of one’s faith. On an epic pilgrimage of his own, one writer ventures into the heart of three great religions in Bolivia, Mongolia and Iraq. The Imam Hussein shrine in Karbala the day after Ashura. “They’re poor, but they come thousands of kilometers for the love of Imam Hussein.” PILGRIMAGE WAS A great equalizer. “Labaik ya Hussein,” came the solemn chorus of surrounding voices.

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☆ A New Sickle Cell Treatment Will Change Lives — but How Many? - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Daniela J. Lamas | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

And though comprehensive sickle cell care — at dedicated centers with expert hematologists, social workers and pain management specialists — reduces hospitalizations, and is the standard for diseases like cystic fibrosis and hemophilia, which do not disproportionately affect Black people, these centers are few and far between for sickle cell. Into this complicated landscape enters the possibility of gene therapy. It’s important to note that this isn’t the first cure for sickle cell. is expected to review another gene therapy from the company Bluebird Bio that targets sickle cell disease but does not use CRISPR; this was the therapy Mr. Holmes received as part of the N.I.H. When she was 17 and hospitalized, facing the reality of her chronic illness, she told her mother that she was ready to pursue gene therapy.

Persons: Holmes, Elizabeth Ford, Ford Organizations: Vertex Pharmaceuticals, CRISPR Therapeutics, Bluebird

☆ Opinion | A Fitting Final Gift From Jimmy Carter
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Daniela J. Lamas | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

But Mr. Carter and his family were able to see it differently. After a series of short hospital stays, this winter Mr. Carter made what for so many is an impossible decision. It would have been easy for him to obfuscate the truth of his medical condition, but Mr. Carter had no interest in doing so. When it came to the transition to hospice care, Mr. Carter was no different. “This is intentional,” Mr. Alter noted.

Persons: Carter, ” Jonathan Alter, ” Mr, Alter’s, “, Carter’s, Mr, Alter, ” Organizations: White Locations: U.S

☆ How A.I. and ChatGPT May Change Medicine - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( Daniela J. Lamas | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

The bar is higher for diagnostic programs than it is for programs that write our notes. But the way we typically test advances in medicine — a rigorously designed randomized clinical trial that takes years — won’t work here. But even as he prepares to embrace new technology, Dr. Rodman wonders if something will be lost. writing our notes for us, Dr. Rodman sees a trade-off. At the same time, patients will be using these technologies, asking questions and coming to us with potential answers.

Persons: —, Adam Rodman, Beth, Rodman, “, Dr Organizations: Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, New England, of Medicine, A.I Locations: Boston

☆ Opinion | Not Every Pandemic Needs Someone to Blame
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-21 | by ( Daniela J. Lamas | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Of course, health care workers frequently care for patients who are suffering, either directly or indirectly, as a result of actions they have taken. When we see patients with lung cancer, for instance, we mention whether they had a history of cigarette smoking. That’s not to say that the medicine we offer is different, not in any way that’s measurable. Which is one reason the coronavirus was so frightening to those of us in health care. There were health care workers who railed against the idea of offering advanced and scarce resources like a lung bypass or transplantation to unvaccinated patients with life-threatening disease.

☆ The Pressure of Motherhood Is Something Else - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-13 | by ( Daniela J. Lamas | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

I have taken supplements and prescribed myself an anti-nausea medication that has the side effect of increasing the hormone responsible for milk production. And I know, rationally, that this had nothing to do with love, that supplementing with formula is more than OK. For all the pressure I have felt as a doctor or a writer, there is nothing that compares with the expectations placed on mothers. We are supposed to fall in love with our babies immediately, to experience motherhood as a transcendent state. Not exactly as I expected, nothing ever is — not family, not motherhood — but something beautiful.

☆ Women aren't investing at the same rate as men. Here's why it matters—and how the gap can be closed
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( Michelle Fox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

BNY Mellon also interviewed 100 global asset managers with $60 trillion in assets under management. One is that the investment industry isn't engaging women to the same degree as men, BNY Mellon's research found. Then there is the high hurdle of the disposable income women think they need to have before they invest. On average, women around the world believe they need $4,092 a month before they would consider investing any of it, BNY Mellon found. "Once you control for income, many of those differences between men and women and investing behaviors kind of disappear.

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