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☆ 5 tips from the pros that every summer athlete needs to know
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-29 | by ( Dana Santas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

“Whether you’re a professional athlete or a weekend warrior, you can’t prepare for game day on game day,” he said. This awareness helps you make better choices on game day. “For someone who has not participated in any sporting activity for quite some time, it’s crucial to start safely and effectively,” he noted, not waiting until game day to get going again. For instance, if you want to get back into playing golf, tennis or any other rotational sport, focus on mobility exercises that will improve rotation. Instead, focus on targeted strength and mobility exercises that promote control in end ranges of motion.

Persons: Dana Santas, you’re, Jason Glass, ”, Glass, Christophe Archambault, Bill Burgos, Paul Fournier, Ben White, Stuart MacFarlane, Fournier, Matt Nichol, Hendrik Organizations: Pain, CNN, PGA, Brazil, Getty, NBA, Los Angeles Dodgers, Major League Baseball, Arsenal, Los Angeles Rams, Arsenal FC, Olympic, German soccer, Borussia Dortmund, Nichol, CNN’s Locations: Nigerian, Bordeaux, France, AFP, Burgos, Thousand Oaks , California, German, Osaka, Japan

☆ Popular weight-loss and diabetes medications show promise for curbing smoking, study suggests
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-29 | by ( Deidre Mcphillips | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

But experts emphasize that much more research is needed before using the medications off-label for smoking cessation. In a study published Monday in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine, researchers tracked the medical records of more than 200,000 people who started medications to treat type 2 diabetes, including nearly 6,000 people using semaglutide medications such as Ozempic. Over the course of a year, people who started using semaglutide were significantly less likely to have medical encounters for tobacco use disorders, prescriptions for medications for smoking cessation or counseling for smoking cessation than those who started other diabetes medications such as insulin and metformin. “A signal like this one cannot be ignored, particularly because of how consequential it could be if, in fact, we can have now a new medication for treating smoking cessation,” she said. But fewer than 1 in 10 adult cigarette smokers succeed in quitting each year, according to the new study, and options for smoking cessation treatment haven’t changed much in decades.

Persons: Disha, ”, Nora Volkow, ” Volkow, Dr, Sanjay Gupta, Volkow Organizations: CNN, Internal Medicine, Endeavor Health, National Institute on Drug, Get CNN, CNN Health, US Centers for Disease Control, American Cancer Society Locations: Chicago, United States

☆ Most people don't really care about COVID anymore. That's good — and bad.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-27 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Healthcare professionals told BI that the public's more relaxed attitude toward COVID is ultimately a good thing. AdvertisementThe long COVID scareRelaxed attitudes are not necessarily a bad thing, according to doctors. On the one hand, people are generally not getting as sick as they once did when ill with COVID, medical professionals told BI. AdvertisementMedical professionals are doing their best to understand long COVID, but admit that there's still much to learn. "When I treat people with long COVID, they are always masked," Chopra said.

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☆ Early West Nile Virus activity in the United States may point to a once-in-a-decade spike infections. Here’s what survivors want you to know.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-27 | by ( Brenda Goodman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +21 min

Jule Hamrick spent years in physical therapy to learn how to walk again after a West Nile Virus infection. “So kind of like what you see with long Covid, we’ve seen that with West Nile as well, where you can get this ‘long West Nile’ kind of picture.”Watching West Nile patients struggle to recover from their infections made Murray wonder what would become of survivors over time. Brittany Yeager recently returned to the Girl Scout Camp in Idaho where she caught the West Nile virus. She went to two hospitals before a doctor tested her spinal fluid and discovered that she had West Nile virus. The CDC keeps maps of where West Nile cases have been detected in the United States.

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☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: 3M, Dexcom, Sweetgreen, Texas Roadhouse and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Dexcom — Shares plummeted more than 40% after the medical device maker missed expectations for second-quarter revenue and offered weak full-year guidance for the measure. That exceeded analysts' expectations for earnings of $3.48 per share on revenue of $808 million, per LSEG. Norfolk Southern — Shares of the railroad operator gained 10% after a second-quarter earnings beat. Texas Roadhouse — The restaurant chain climbed 4.4% after second-quarter earnings topped expectations. Texas Roadhouse earned $1.79 per share, above the $1.64 per share estimate from analysts surveyed by LSEG.

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☆ Typhoon Gaemi (Carina): Thousands stranded by floods in Philippine capital as deadly typhoon prompts calls for climate action
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Helen Regan | Kathleen Magramo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Much of the Philippine capital remained underwater Thursday after deadly Typhoon Gaemi worsened torrential monsoon rains that lashed the country, trapping thousands of people in rising flood waters and causing widespread damage. Lisa Marie David/ReutersA road is seen flooded caused by Typhoon Gaemi and monsoon rains on July 24, 2024 in Quezon city, Metro Manila, Philippines. Ezra Acayan/Getty ImagesRescuers evacuate residents from their flooded homes on July 24, 2024 in Quezon city, Metro Manila, Philippines. An aerial view shows Xindian river's rising water level at New Taipei City as typhoon Gaemi passes Taiwan on July 25, 2024. Residents wade a flooded road caused by Typhoon Gaemi and monsoon rains on July 24, 2024 in Marikina, Metro Manila, Philippines.

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☆ Opinion: I’m a former Olympic swimmer who almost drowned as a child. It’s a preventable danger
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Opinion Cullen Jones | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

In the 1960s, many public pools were filled with concrete or destroyed to avoid allowing Black Americans to swim in them. In fact, park managers opted to shut down the Historic Audubon Park Natatorium in New Orleans, the largest public pool in the South, rather than see it integrated. Black children ages 10-14 years drown in swimming pools at a rate that is almost 8 times higher than White children. Third places are incredibly important for public health and wellbeing however because they give people a place to socialize and build community. We also need better national data about our public pool system that goes beyond project- or funding-specific tracking.

Persons: Cullen Jones, Cullen Jones Maddie Meyer, Paris —, Heather McGhee, Prosper Organizations: USA, Foundation, CNN, Olympics, Rutgers Aquatic Center, ”, White Americans, Black, Historic Audubon, Disease Control, Prevention, Trust, Community Locations: @CullenJones, Philadelphia, Paris, Newark , New Jersey, ”, United States, New Orleans, White

☆ Why Syphilis Is on the Rise in the U.S., and How to Stop It - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Ina Park | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

That’s the credo of Elizabeth Glaser, a public health nurse for the Indian Health Service, who drives thousands of miles throughout the Navajo Nation searching for community members with the infection. While other reportable sexually transmitted infections declined or remained flat during the pandemic, over 207,000 cases of syphilis were reported in 2022, an 80 percent increase since 2018 and the highest number reported since 1950. Most disturbing within this trend is the rise in congenital syphilis. Over 3,700 cases were reported in 2022, which is more than double the number of cases of mother-to-child transmission of H.I.V. To tackle congenital syphilis, we must cast off societal squeamishness about S.T.I.s and invest in proven control strategies: public education, testing, treatment and contact tracing.

Persons: Elizabeth Glaser, they’re, Glaser Organizations: Indian Health Service Locations: United States

☆ Opinion: China’s ‘monster’ ship is a sign of a much bigger problem
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( Opinion Richard Timme | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Editor’s Note: Rear Adm. Richard Timme retired from the US Coast Guard after 32 years of service. For the antithesis of this ethos, look directly at the China Coast Guard. It’s an homage, intended or not, to the nobility of purpose embodied in our coast guard. That is why I find the conduct of the China Coast Guard so jarring and disconcerting — such as attacking and destroying a Philippine resupply mission. Video Ad Feedback Shocking scenes as Filipino boats are targeted by the Chinese coast guard 03:04 - Source: CNNInstead of guarding, protecting, defending and saving, as a coast guard should do, the China Coast Guard is attacking, intimidating, violating and threatening its neighbors in the region.

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☆ Twice-yearly shot proves successful at preventing HIV infection among women, trial data shows
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( Jacqueline Howard | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Two shots a year of a drug currently used to treat HIV infections were dramatically effective at preventing infections in a study among young women and adolescent girls in Africa. The twice-yearly injection of the drug lenacapavir can provide total protection against HIV infections, demonstrating 100% efficacy in Phase 3 trial data released by drugmaker Gilead and published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine. The twice-a-year injections of lenacapavir could add another option at preventing HIV infections to the toolbox. The latest Phase 3 findings are part of Gilead’s PURPOSE program, which comprises five HIV prevention trials around the world. “While Gilead awaits additional phase 3 clinical trial data and the potential regulatory filings for HIV prevention administered twice-yearly, it is too early to state the price of lenacapavir for PrEP (prevention).

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☆ Read the memo from CrowdStrike explaining how its update broke the world's computers
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

The issue on Friday involved a Rapid Response Content update with an undetected error. Rapid Response Content Testing and DeploymentRapid Response Content is delivered as content configuration updates to the Falcon sensor. This release followed all Sensor Content testing procedures outlined above in the Sensor Content section. Software Resiliency and TestingImprove Rapid Response Content testing by using testing types such as: Local developer testing Content update and rollback testing Stress testing, fuzzing and fault injection Stability testing Content interface testingAdd additional validation checks to the Content Validator for Rapid Response Content. Rapid Response Content DeploymentImplement a staggered deployment strategy for Rapid Response Content in which updates are gradually deployed to larger portions of the sensor base, starting with a canary deployment.

Persons: —, CrowdStrike Organizations: Delta Air Lines, Windows, Linux, IPC

☆ Covid-19 is an unwelcome attendee at the Paris Olympic Games
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( Jacqueline Howard | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —After a handful of Australian water polo players tested positive for Covid-19 this week, questions have emerged around how the spread of the disease will be mitigated at the Summer Olympic Games in Paris. Five players on Australia’s women’s water polo team have tested positive for Covid-19 as of Wednesday. Although the world is no longer under a public health emergency due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Olympic Games come as a wave of Covid-19 infections has hit the United States. The French capital is expected to welcome about 15 million tourists while it hosts the Olympic Games. “Attending a mass gathering event increases your chances of being exposed to respiratory diseases, including whooping cough and COVID-19.

Persons: “, Lucia Mullen, ” Mullen, Anna Meares, ” Meares, “ We’re, ”, Joe Biden, Dr, Sanjay Gupta Organizations: CNN, Olympic, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, Australian Olympic, US Centers for Disease Control, Paris, CNN Health, Paralympic, WHO, French Ministry of Health, European Centre for Disease Prevention Locations: Paris, ”, France, Australian, Tokyo, United States, Europe

While most checks clear within two business days or less, banks can place longer holds on checks for a variety of reasons. Banks place holds on checks to make sure that the check payer has the bank funds necessary to clear it. Eligible checks include cashier's checks, certified checks, teller's checks, and government checks. FAQsWhy do banks place holds on checks? Banks place holds on checks for a number of reasons, and it doesn't mean the deposit won't ever go through.

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☆ Brain Care Score may also predict depression, study finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Kristen Rogers | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Scientists announced in December the successful creation of the Brain Care Score, a tool for assessing dementia or stroke risk without medical procedures. That score, which also helps patients and doctors identify beneficial lifestyle changes, may now also be able to predict the odds of developing depression later in life, according to a new study. The 21-point Brain Care Score, or BCS, refers to how a person fares on 12 health-related factors regarding physical, lifestyle and social-emotional components of health. “The Brain Care Score is a simple tool designed to help anyone in the world answer the question, ‘What can I do to take better care of my brain?’” said study author Dr. Jonathan Rosand, cofounder of the McCance Center for Brain Health at Massachusetts General Hospital and lead developer of the BCS, in a news release. The higher a participant’s score, the lower their risk of brain disease.

Persons: ”, ’ ”, Jonathan Rosand, Richard Isaacson, Isaacson, “, we’ve, ” Isaacson, Sanjula Singh, that’s Organizations: CNN —, Psychiatry, McCance, Brain Health, Massachusetts General Hospital, BCS, Harvard Medical School Locations: “, Massachusetts, Boston, United Kingdom, Florida

☆ 39% of Americans worry they can’t pay the bills
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Matt Egan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

New York CNN —Many Americans regularly worry they won’t be able to make ends meet. Even higher percentages of Latino (52%) and Black (46%) Americans said they’re worried most or all of the time about making ends meet, according to the poll. More than half (55%) of those making less than $50,000 a year similarly worry about having enough money to meet expenses. Even higher percentages of Latinos (52%), Black Americans (44%) and those under the age of 45 (47%) say they’ve taken extra work. Others say they’ve cut back on driving (41%) and they are taking on credit card debt to afford necessities (37%).

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☆ Novo Nordisk's Wegovy weight loss drug wins UK approval for use as a heart treatment
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Karen Gilchrist | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

LONDON — The U.K.'s health regulator on Tuesday approved the use of Novo Nordisk 's Wegovy weight loss drug to reduce the risk of overweight and obese adults suffering from serious heart problems or strokes. The new approval from the U.K.'s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) makes the Danish pharmaceutical giant's GLP-1 obesity drug the first in the country to be prescribed for prevention of cardiovascular events in people with obesity. It follows similar label expansion by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in March. Shares of Novo Nordisk were up after the announcement, trading 1.46% higher by 4:10 p.m. London time after pushing higher for much of the session. The MHRA's deputy director of innovative medicines, Shirley Hopper, said the decision marked an "important step forward" in combatting the effects of obesity.

Persons: Shirley Hopper Organizations: Novo Nordisk, Medicines, Healthcare, Agency, U.S . Food, Drug Administration Locations: London

☆ Young people today are stressed, depressed—and changing the fundamental pattern of happiness, new research shows
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Renée Onque | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Research shows that young adults are the unhappiest age groupBlanchflower's most recent working paper, co-authored with Alex Bryson and Xiaowei Xu, shows a change in the pattern, with happiness starting off low in young adulthood and increasing with age. Alongside other researchers, Blanchflower analyzed data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. But Wimsatt Childs agrees with Blanchflower that social media likely plays a role in this new pattern of unhappiness. "What social media has done in a lot of ways is it has amplified concerns that were already well underway," she says. Social media — apps like Snapchat, Instagram and TikTok — floods people with information and can lead to comparison among peers on a larger scale, she adds.

Persons: David Blanchflower, Blanchflower, Alex Bryson, Xiaowei Xu, Amber Wimsatt Childs, Wimsatt Childs, I'm Organizations: Dartmouth College, Research, Scientific, Centers for Disease Control, Yale School of Medicine Locations: U.S

Wiz has walked away from a $23 billion deal to be acquired by Google, in what would have been the search giant's largest-ever deal, telling employees it would pursue an initial public offering as it initially planned. The deal would have nearly doubled the $12 billion valuation of the startup from its most recent round of funding. Alphabet's cloud segment has been under pressure to grow amid competition from frontrunners Microsoft and Amazon, something the Wiz deal would have helped with. The shift benefited Wiz, which can flag security issues for applications and data on the Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Oracle public clouds. In an interview with CNBC's Sara Eisen and Carl Quintanilla at the New York Stock Exchange last year, Eisen asked Rappaport if he wants to take the startup public.

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☆ Is Bird Flu Spreading Widely to Farm Workers? A Small Study Offers Some Reassurance
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-20 | by ( Emily Anthes | Noah Weiland | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Since an unusual bird flu outbreak was first detected in dairy cows in March, experts have warned that the virus could be infecting more farm workers than have been officially detected. In recent weeks, state and federal officials have been working to unravel part of that mystery: whether silent, undetected infections are occurring in farm workers. Officials in Michigan recently began testing the blood of 35 dairy workers for antibodies to the virus, which would provide evidence of past infection. All worked on dairy farms in Michigan that had suffered outbreaks, and many worked directly with sick cows, the agency said. The farm workers tested were also volunteers, which means that they may not be representative of dairy workers more broadly.

Persons: Natasha Bagdasarian Organizations: Centers for Disease Control Locations: Michigan

☆ AmEx lifts 2024 profit forecast on robust spending by affluent customers
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Credit card giant American Express raised its full-year profit forecast on Friday, as its wealthy customers persisted in splurging on travel, dining and entertainment. The company also reported better-than-expected second-quarter profit, underscoring the benefit it has enjoyed by focusing on a premium customer base. The company sees its 2024 earnings per share between $13.30 and $13.80, versus the $12.65 to $13.15 range it had forecast earlier. In the second quarter ended June 30, profit was $3.02 billion, or $4.15 per share, 39% higher than a year ago. Shares of the New York-based company fell 2% in premarket trading.

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☆ A Daily Pill to Prevent S.T.I.s? It May Work, Scientists Say.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( Apoorva Mandavilli | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A daily dose of a widely used antibiotic can prevent some infections with syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia, potentially a new solution to the escalating crisis of sexually transmitted infections, scientists reported on Thursday. Scientists still have to resolve significant questions, including whether S.T.I.s might become resistant to the antibiotic and what effect it could have on healthy gut bacteria in people taking it every day. The approach would be recommended primarily to people at elevated risk of sexually transmitted infections during certain periods, said Dr. Jeffrey Klausner, an infectious diseases physician at the University of Southern California who was not involved in the new work. “The number of people who are really going to be offered this and take this is still very small,” he said. “In general, the more choices we have for people, the more prevention options we have, the better.”

Persons: Jeffrey Klausner, “, ” Organizations: University of Southern Locations: University of Southern California

☆ Humor could be a key to good parenting, new research shows
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( Madeline Holcombe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

And it turns out, humor like that may be an important skill in parenting, according to new research. More than a laughYes, humor can get your family laughing, but it also serves a lot of important functions in parenting, Levi said. Other times, using humor can create a bond between you and your child from which you can better solve problems, she added. “The real question is, how can humor be used appropriately for the children? The best humor you can use with your children is the kind that puts the two of you on the same side, she added.

Persons: Benjamin Levi, Katie Hurley, Levi, ”, Anne Libera, ” Hurley, Libera, jolting, ” Levi, Hurley, “, they’re Organizations: CNN, Pennsylvania State College of Medicine, Columbia College Chicago, ”

☆ Joe Biden is taking Paxlovid, even though doctors know it doesn't really work
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( Hilary Brueck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

But some experts wonder why you'd even prescribe this drug, which has been shown in study after study to be lackluster, at best. There is maybe one thing Paxlovid can sort of doThe one thing Paxlovid seems to do is prevent a few hospitalizations in very high-risk patients. Related storiesPfizer's big trial of more than 1200 patients, out in April, suggested that maybe taking Paxlovid can prevent a few hospital admissions among the frailest, most vulnerable patients, but it's tough to say. In the control group (not taking Paxlovid) that number was 10. But other research from the UK, out in May, showed absolutely no difference in mortality when comparing hospitalized patients taking Paxlovid to those who weren't on the drug.

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We talked to several experts to help estimate the cost of creating a will and other estate planning documents. Average costsJack Hales, an estate and probate attorney at Hales and Sellers, said the cost of your estate plan can vary widely depending on what you need done. These frequently require notarization, which comes with a small fee, but other than that, they cost nothing but the cost of the paper on which they are written. Small changes using a lawyer may cost you a few hundred dollars, while updating your will through an online platform may only cost you $20. FAQsWhat is the average cost of creating a will?

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☆ Sealed bottles of tattoo and permanent makeup ink test positive for millions of bacteria, FDA says
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( Sandee Lamotte | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —Sealed bottles of tattoo and permanent makeup ink, including some marked as sterile, contained millions of potentially dangerous bacteria, according to new research by the US Food and Drug Administration. Earlier studies have found high levels of bacterial contamination within sealed and sterile bottles of ink. Unfortunately, the study’s findings were not surprising, said John Swierk, an assistant professor of chemistry at Binghamton University, State University of New York, who has studied tattoo ink contamination. For example, using the same gloves to touch a client and the ink bottle is a hazard that can lead to tattoo ink contamination. “Tattoo inks are in the process of being regulated due to the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act (of 2022) but much of that law dealing with tattoo inks has yet to be implemented,” Swierk said.

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