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☆ Promise around Eli Lilly's expected obesity drug, great earnings adds some $60 billion in market cap
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( Kevin Stankiewicz | In Kevinstankiewicz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

(When excluding one-time divestment contributions and last year's Covid antibody revenue, Lilly's sales rose 22% on an annual basis.) Eli Lilly shares soared more than 16% to a new all-time high during Tuesday's session. LLY YTD mountain Eli Lilly's stock performance so far in 2023. Eli Lilly now expects adjusted earnings per share between $9.70 and $9.90, up significantly from the old guidance between $8.65 and $8.85. For its part, Eli Lilly is also studying Mounjaro's impact on other health outcomes including cardiovascular events.

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☆ Tyson is closing four plants as chicken sales slump
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Danielle Wiener-Bronner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —Chicken prices are down. The company reported earnings for the quarter ending July 1 that showed chicken revenue fell about 3.5%. Nathan Papes/Springfield News-Leader/ImagnTyson CEO Donnie King pointed to these market conditions when discussing Tyson’s chicken sales decline during an analyst call Monday. “We’ve had a number of fits and starts from the breeder side to demand,” King said. “We’re on the right path.”Plant closuresIn March, the company announced the closure of one chicken processing plant in Glen Allen, Virginia, and another in Van Buren, Arkansas.

Persons: Nathan Papes, Imagn Tyson, Donnie King, ”, It’s, Tyson, “ We’ve, ” King, “ We’re, King, “ I’m, ” Tyson Organizations: New, New York CNN, Tyson Foods, Rabobank, Springfield News, CNN, TSN Locations: New York, United States, Missouri, Indiana, Arkansas, Noel , Missouri, hatchings, Glen Allen , Virginia, Van Buren , Arkansas

☆ Schumer Wields Political Heft in Bid for New York Chips Funds
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-06 | by ( Ana Swanson | More About Ana Swanson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

If Mr. Schumer gets his way, a substantial part of that funding will flow to New York. In his encounters with chip executives, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and President Biden himself, Mr. Schumer has openly and aggressively drawn on his political capital as majority leader to try to channel investment to his home state. Mr. Schumer, a longtime China critic, primarily views the investments as critical to reducing America’s reliance on Beijing for a technology that powers everything from cars and dishwashers to missiles and fighter jets. “I cared about upstate and I cared about competition with China,” Mr. Schumer said in an interview in Albany in June. But Mr. Schumer is capitalizing on his position at an opportune moment, as the United States prepares to invest nearly $53 billion in the sector, including $11 billion for chip research and $39 billion in manufacturing grants.

Persons: Schumer, Gina Raimondo, Biden, “, ” Mr Locations: New York, China, Beijing, Asia, U.S, Albany, United States

Their data showed mercury contamination from informal gold mining making its way into the biodiversity hotspot's mammals — from rodents to ocelots to titi monkeys. Leaders from the eight countries around the Amazon meeting in Brazil next week will discuss how to end illegal gold mining. While the scientists began testing for mercury at Los Amigos in 2021, some of the samples were gathered as early as 2018. During Reuters' visit to Los Amigos, scientists caught rodents in metal traps baited with peanut butter and snagged birds and a bat in mist nets floating through the forest. In 2021, mining arrived on Los Amigos' doorstep.

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☆ A New Subject for a Veteran Documentary Maker: Herself
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Beatrice Loayza | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Midway through filming “Our Body,” a sprawling documentary about the gynecological ward of a Paris hospital, the movie’s director, Claire Simon, received some medical news of her own: She had breast cancer. Four weeks into the shoot, Simon had discovered a lump beneath her armpit. But rather than cease production, she decided to improvise and turn the camera on herself. “I had to film a lot of naked women,” Simon in a recent video interview. The subjects include abortion, artificial insemination, birth, gender transitioning, menopause and, eventually, disease and death.

Persons: Claire Simon, Simon, “, ” Simon, — Locations: Paris, New York

☆ Suzanne Somers Says Her Breast Cancer Has Returned
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Aug. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter(HealthDay)WEDNESDAY, Aug. 2, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Actress Suzanne Somers, who first battled breast cancer in her 50s, announced on Instagram this week that the disease recently returned. "I had breast cancer two decades ago, and every now and then it pops up again, and I continue to bat it down. In a 2017 interview with Entertainment Tonight, Somers said she takes about 60 vitamins a day and doesn’t take any drugs. In the past, Somers' statements on her unconventional cancer treatments and protocols have garnered criticism from the medical community and the American Cancer Society. More informationThe American Cancer Society has more on breast cancer.

Persons: Cara Murez HealthDay, Suzanne Somers, Somers, Alan Hamel, Alan, Hamel, " Hamel, Page, “ Organizations: Facebook, Entertainment, American Cancer Society Locations: Somers

The Merck logo is seen at a gate to the Merck & Co campus in Rahway, New Jersey, U.S., July 12, 2018. Merck said Keytruda sales for the quarter jumped 19% to $6.3 billion, surpassing analysts' average estimate of $5.9 billion. Sales of Gardasil, which prevents cancers caused by HPV, surged 47% to $2.5 billion, also well above Wall Street estimates of $2.1 billion. There is room for further Gardasil growth as its use expands into treating males and moves into smaller cities, he added. Despite those challenges, Merck raised its full-year sales forecast to $58.6 to $59.6 billion, from its prior view of $57.7 billion to $58.9 billion.

Persons: Brendan McDermid, Merck, Rob Davis, Davis, Keytruda, Caroline Litchfield, Litchfield, Bill Smead, Prometheus, drugmaker, Michael Erman, Leroy Leo, Bill Berkrot Organizations: Merck, Co, REUTERS, Reuters Connect Companies Merck, Merck & Co, Keytruda, Prometheus Biosciences, Analysts, Prometheus, Smead Capital Management, drugmaker, Thomson Locations: Rahway , New Jersey, U.S, United States, China, Europe, Germany, New York, Bengaluru

☆ Merck beats quarterly sales estimate on top drugs' strength
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Michael Erman | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Companies Merck & Co Inc FollowAug 1 (Reuters) - Merck & Co (MRK.N) posted better-than-expected second-quarter sales on Tuesday on strong demand for its two top-selling products, cancer immunotherapy Keytruda and human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine Gardasil. Shares of Merck rose about 2% at $108.45 in premarket trading after the company also raised its full-year revenue forecast. Merck said Keytruda sales for the quarter jumped 19% to $6.3 billion, surpassing analysts' average estimate of $5.9 billion. Sales of Gardasil, which prevents cancers caused by HPV, surged 47% to $2.5 billion, also well above Wall Street estimates of $2.1 billion. Merck said it now expects full-year sales of $58.6 to $59.6 billion, up from its prior view of $57.7 billion to $58.9 billion.

Persons: Merck, Rob Davis, Davis, Keytruda, Cantor Fitzgerald, Louise Chen, Prometheus, drugmaker, Michael Erman, Leroy Leo, Bill Berkrot Organizations: Merck, Co, Merck & Co, Merck's, Prometheus Biosciences, Analysts, Prometheus, Thomson Locations: United States, China, U.S, New York, Bengaluru

☆ Barbie's founder jokes in the 'Barbie' movie about getting in trouble with the IRS. Here's what actually happened.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The fictional Ruth Handler jokes in Greta Gerwig's "Barbie" about getting in trouble with the IRS. The real-life Handler was indicted for conspiracy and making false financial statements to the SEC. "I am Mattel," Handler, played by Rhea Perlman says in the movie. Under the settlement, around $30 million was paid to shareholders and the Handlers surrended two million Mattel shares. Handler wrote that she was "convinced" that the US Attorney's Office went after her "so aggressively" because of her gender.

Persons: Ruth Handler, Greta Gerwig's, Handler, Rhea Perlman, Barbie, Elliot, Ruth Handler's, Seymour Rosenberg, Rosenberg, Robert Takasugi Organizations: IRS, SEC, Service, Mattel, New York Times, betweeen, Securities and Exchange Commission, Bank of America, Mattel VP, Los Angeles Times, US Attorney's Locations: Wall, Silicon

☆ Merck's Keytruda meets main goal in late-stage breast cancer study
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

July 28 (Reuters) - Merck (MRK.N) said on Friday its blockbuster drug Keytruda, in combination with chemotherapy, met one of the main goals in a late-stage trial testing it in some breast cancer patients. The study showed that the therapy was able to help clear all signs of tumor in patients compared to neo-adjuvant placebo plus chemotherapy. Breast cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths in women. The therapy addresses the patients who are diagnosed with a sub-type of breast cancer, which has an increased risk of spread to lymph nodes and recurrence. Reporting by Khushi Mandowara in Bengaluru; Editing by Shilpi MajumdarOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Khushi, Shilpi Majumdar Organizations: Merck, Thomson Locations: Bengaluru

☆ 6-figure Etsy sellers share 4 big mistakes all users should avoid when using the platform
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Ella Hopkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Insider spoke with four Etsy sellers who started their shops as side hustles and hobbies. They said to research trends, track costs, and accept that a store won't be passive income at first. First-time Etsy sellers could find themselves making common mistakes and not seeing the profits they'd hoped for. Mim JenkinsonMim Jenkinson started selling stickers on Etsy after her breast-cancer diagnosis meant she had to leave her job to undergo chemotherapy. She also uses paid services such as eRank, a platform that helps Etsy sellers find what key words are trending on the platform.

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☆ ‘Barbie’ movie’s ending is an important reminder for women’s health
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Madeline Holcombe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

The final scene in "Barbie" is important for normalizing women's health, CNN Medical Analyst Dr. Leana Wen said. Jaap Buitendijk/Courtesy of Warner Bros. PicturesCNN: Do we give enough attention to women’s reproductive health? Dr. Leana Wen: Reproductive health care is still not regarded as part of total health and well-being. It solidifies the understanding that reproductive health is an integral part of overall health. This is a general preventive health visit in which the health care provider begins to establish a relationship of trust with the patient in a one-on-one, confidential setting.

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☆ JPMorgan, Snap, and other employers are giving $1,700 Snoos to employees with newborns as part their parental benefits packages
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Dozens of companies are offering their employees Snoos for free or at reduced costs. The cribs, which cost $1,700, are available for free at companies like JPMorgan and Snap. Some new parents of corporate America are receiving more than just paid parental leave and lactation rooms from their employers. Companies like JPMorgan Chase, Snap, Hulu, and Activision Blizzard are among those offering the devices to employees, according to Happiest Baby. The Snoo benefit is one of many new parental benefits that companies are beginning to offer their employees with babies amid a childcare crisis.

Persons: JPMorgan Chase, Milt Ezzard, Ezzard, WorkLife Organizations: JPMorgan, Companies, Activision Blizzard, Employers, JPMorgan Chase, Hulu, Paypal, Snoos, Street Journal, Financial Times

☆ A Number That Should Guide Your Health Choices (It’s Not Your Age)
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-23 | by ( Paula Span | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

At her annual visit, the patient’s doctor asks if she plans to continue having regular mammograms to screen for breast cancer, and then reminds her that it’s been almost 10 years since her last colonoscopy. The patient’s age alone may be an argument against further mammogram appointments. The task force gives it a C grade for those 76 to 85, meaning there’s “at least moderate certainty that the net benefit is small.” It should only be offered selectively, the guidelines say. Does she have heart disease? Does she smoke?

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☆ I make 6 figures helping porn stars sell their pubic hair, used underwear, and old breast implants. Some people think what I do is disturbing, but everyone has sex.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-23 | by ( Jen Glantz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Natasha Root started Fans Utopia, a site where people can buy adult stars' used items. In 2021, I had a dream that I helped my friend, an ex-porn star, sell her breast implants. So I started researching platforms that sold used items from people in the adult industry. We do everything on behalf of the adult stars since they are often so busy traveling and shooting content for work. The payment split depends on the adult star's agreement with us, but they take between 40% and 60% of the sale.

Persons: Natasha Root, I'm, Mia Malkova, we've, it's, I've, you've, Jenna Gyimesi Organizations: Service, Twitter Locations: Wall, Silicon, Malibu , California, Westlake Village , California

☆ She broke up with her boyfriend and moved in with a man she’d known for 3 weeks. Here’s what happened
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Francesca Street | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +20 min

“As I come into the yard, I get greeted by two beautiful, amazing, fluffy dogs wagging their tails,” recalls Liesbet. “We talked a little bit – and a little bit turned into an hour,” recalls Liesbet. Liesbet Collaert“We went out for drinks,” recalls Liesbet, “Mark was a sailor and took us all out sailing. “I go up to the apartment door and the door was unlocked, which was a little bit odd,” recalls Mark. Liesbet CollaertAbout a month after she’d moved in with Mark, Liesbet flew with him to the East Coast to meet his family.

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☆ Opill: The FDA approved the US’ first over-the-counter birth control pill. What happens next?
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Amanda Musa | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the oral contraceptive Opill for over-the-counter use, making it the first nonprescription birth control pill in the United States, but it will be months before it’s available. The typical combination birth control pill, the most commonly used form of oral contraception, uses both hormones to prevent pregnancy. “People use birth control for things outside of preventing pregnancy like [polycystic ovary syndrome], treating heavy periods, painful periods,” she said. “There’s a lot of uses for it outside of birth control that people also will benefit if they can get it over the counter.”Who can use Opill? This could have a major impact for adolescents and young adults who may not otherwise have the resources to access birth control, according to Brandi.

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☆ Casey DeSantis hits back at reports calling her 'Walmart Melania': 'I do shop at Walmart'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Talia Lakritz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

An opinion piece published by The Daily Beast referred to Casey DeSantis as "the Walmart Melania." In a "Fox & Friends" interview on Thursday, Florida's first lady brushed off the criticism. In Thursday's interview, "Fox & Friends" host Ainsley Earhardt asked Casey how she deals with the criticism. Ron DeSantis, his wife, Casey DeSantis, and their children Mason, Madison, and Mamie during his inauguration ceremony outside the Old Capitol on January 3, 2023, in Tallahassee, Florida. Lynne Sladky/AP"One thing that the corporate media did get right about me, I do shop at Walmart," Casey DeSantis said.

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☆ Casey DeSantis said she and Ron DeSantis didn't tell their young children when she was diagnosed with breast cancer: 'To this day, they still don't know'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Talia Lakritz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

In a "Fox & Friends" interview, Casey DeSantis spoke about her 2021 breast cancer diagnosis. Casey, who is in remission, said that she and Ron didn't tell their children that she had cancer. The DeSantis' children were aged 4, 3, and 1 at the time. Ron DeSantis, his wife Casey DeSantis, and their children walk on stage to celebrate his reelection on November 8, 2022 in Tampa, Florida. Watch the full "Fox & Friends" interview here:

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[1/2] A view shows a cooked piece of cultivated chicken breast created at the Upside Foods plant, where lab-grown meat is cultivated, in Emeryville, California, U.S. January 11, 2023. Difficulty competing with conventional meat on price has plagued the plant-based meat sector, which has failed to meet market share expectations. To be price competitive, cultivated meat must reach a production cost of $2.92 per pound, Goncalves said. Last year, governments spent about $635 million on alternative proteins, about $167 million of which was for cultivated meat, according to the group. China Chilcano's chefs said the product behaved very similarly to conventional chicken and offered some improvements, like rapid absorption of marinades.

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☆ What is gender dysphoria, and is it a mental disorder?
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Kristen Rogers | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Gender identity, an aspect of gender, is a person’s “psychological sense of their gender,” the American Psychological Association says. Symptoms of gender dysphoriaFor an adolescent or adult to be diagnosed with gender dysphoria, they must be experiencing certain criteria for gender dysphoria, along with clinically significant distress or functional impairment, according to the American Psychiatric Association. Not every person who doesn’t identify with their assigned gender experiences gender dysphoria, particularly the distress and impairment. Because gender dysphoria is included in the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, also called the DSM, it is diagnosed as a mental disorder, experts said. But the gender incongruence — having a gender identity that’s not the one assigned at birth — isn’t what makes gender dysphoria a mental disorder.

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☆ MIND diet may not be brain-boosting in the short term, new clinical trial shows
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Sandee Lamotte | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Results are in from the highly anticipated clinical trial on the Mediterranean-DASH Diet Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay or MIND diet — a diet designed specifically to boost the brain — and they are less stellar than anticipated. Actually, the MIND diet did improve the brains of those who followed it for three years. Past studies have shown both the MIND diet and the Mediterranean diet significantly reduced the risk of cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease. The MIND diet also assimilates elements of the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (or DASH) diet. The DASH diet has been shown to reduce blood pressure and is the American Heart Association’s top diet.

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☆ After a Great Flood, a Struggle Between Faith and Reason
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Dwight Garner | More About Dwight Garner | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Translated by Leri Price. The Syrian writer Khaled Khalifa’s novels have cruel titles, of the sort Jean Genet might have composed for William S. Burroughs, or Verlaine for Rimbaud. Khalifa, who was born near Aleppo in 1964, has published six novels in Arabic. He can also resemble Chaucer, for whom smell was indicative of a person’s moral state. This sense, so intimately linked to memory and desire, matters in fiction as it does in life.

Persons: Khaled Khalifa, Leri Price, Khaled Khalifa’s, Jean Genet, William S, Burroughs, Verlaine, Rimbaud, Khalifa, ”, antic, Philip Roth, Dickens, Chaucer Locations: Syrian, Aleppo, Syria

☆ Marjorie Taylor Greene believes rap videos 'glorify drugs and violence' but attempts to participate in hip-hop culture in a MAGA-themed music video
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Marjorie Taylor Greene stars in a new rap music video in which she is declared "MAGA's MVP." Florida-based rapper Kurt Jantz, who goes by Forgiato Blow, released a new music video on Sunday dedicated to the Georgia representative. Throughout the video, Greene silently nods her head next to Jantz or remains in the background, sitting on a throne or atop a red convertible. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) July 16, 2023This is not the first time Greene has tried to insert herself into hip-hop culture. "We don't care if you're white/Don't care if you're black/We don't care if you're gay/We're all under attack," they sing.

Persons: Marjorie Taylor Greene, MAGA, Marjorie Taylor Greene's, she's, Kurt Jantz, Forgiato Blow, Marjorie, RINOs, Greene, Jantz, Greene's, Joe Biden, —, Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 ( Organizations: Trump, Service, Georgia, Twitter Locations: Wall, Silicon, Florida, Georgia

☆ Lionel Messi's US debut tickets cost as much as $110,000
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —To witness Lionel Messi make his US debut might require a payday as big as his. Tickets for his expected first match on Friday for Inter Miami in the Leagues Cup are selling as much $110,000, according to a search on ticket reselling website Vivid Seats. The average price is $487, and some fans are traveling nearly 700 miles to see the match against Mexican team Cruz Azul, a Vivid Seats spokesperson said. Tickets to last year’s League Cup match between Inter Miami and FC Barcelona cost about half of that. Ticket prices overall for Inter Miami, currently dead last in the standings , have also jumped about 700% since then.

Persons: Lionel Messi, Cruz Azul, Messi, Ballon, he’s, “, ”, “ Messi Organizations: New, New York CNN, Inter Miami, Leagues, MLS, Major League Soccer, year’s, FC Barcelona, Charlotte, US, World, Argentinian, Apple TV’s Locations: New York, Miami

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