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Parent-focused programs fail to prevent obesity in toddlers, analysis finds
[ad_1] Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Existing approaches to behavioral programs targeted at parents with children up to age 12 months and that aim to combat childhood obesity are insufficient to improve body mass index (BMI) at approximately two years of age, according to the largest study to date on the topic, published in The Lancet. […]
County Championship: Kent and Lancashire set for exciting final day
[ad_1] An exciting finish could be in prospect on the final day of the County Championship match between Kent and Lancashire at Canterbury, after the hosts reached 206-5 at stumps, a lead of 215. Although rain wiped out much of day three, with only 38.3 overs bowled, Jaydn Denly reached 74 as Kent built their […]
Scientists just built a detector that could finally catch dark matter
[ad_1] About 80 percent of the universe’s mass is thought to consist of dark matter. And yet, little is known about the composition and structure of the particles that make up dark matter, presenting physicists with some fundamental questions. To explore this elusive matter, researchers are attempting to capture photons, or light particles, which are […]
Novo Nordisk says it’s cutting 9,000 workers amid increased competition for its obesity drug Wegovy
[ad_1] Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk, maker of weight-loss drug Wegovy, said Wednesday it is cutting 9,000 jobs, or 11% of its workforce, amid increased competition for obesity medications. The company said it will cut about 5,000 jobs in Denmark, although it didn’t disclose where the remaining 4,000 reductions will be located. Novo Nordisk also […]
Everton’s biggest net spend – how they are turning fortunes around
[ad_1] It is a significant turnaround for a club which have twice been subject to points deductions for breaching profit and sustainability regulations (PSR) and only escaped relegation on the final day of the season two years ago. “If you’d told me that this summer we’d do a net spend of that, I’d have been […]
Who were the mystery humans behind Indonesia’s million-year-old tools?
[ad_1] Recent findings, made by Griffith University researchers, show that early hominins made a major deep-sea crossing to reach the Indonesian island of Sulawesi much earlier than previously established, based on the discovery of stone tools dating to at least 1.04 million years ago at the Early Pleistocene (or ‘Ice Age’) site of Calio. Budianto […]
1.4 tons of cocaine found floating in Pacific Ocean 1,000 miles off coast of El Salvador
[ad_1] El Salvador seized packages containing 1.4 tons of cocaine floating in the Pacific Ocean, President Nayib Bukele said Tuesday, calling it a strike “against international drug trafficking.” The shipment was found approximately 1,000 miles southwest of El Cordoncillo at the mouth of the Jaltepeque estuary on El Salvador’s Pacific coast, he said, in a social media […]
Analysis suggests chronic disease deaths are declining globally, but progress is slowing
[ad_1] Credit: CC0 Public Domain Death rates from chronic diseases have fallen in four out of five countries around the world in the last decade—but progress has slowed, suggests an analysis led by researchers at Imperial College London and published in The Lancet. In recent decades there have been many global and national political pledges […]
Crocker-Donovan: Lewis Crocker determined to produce better against Paddy Donovan at Windsor Park
[ad_1] IBF welterweight world title: Lewis Crocker v Paddy Donovan Venue: Windsor Park, Belfast Date: Saturday, 13 September Coverage: Live on BBC Radio 5 Live and Sports Extra 2, with live text commentary on BBC Sport website and app Lewis Crocker says he “wasn’t good enough” in his first fight against Paddy Donovan, but will […]
Mapping the secret escape routes of deadly brain tumors
[ad_1] Glioblastoma is a devastatingly effective brain cancer. Doctors can cut it out or blast it with radiation, but that only buys time. The cancer has an insidious ability to hide enough tumor cells in tissue around the tumor to allow it to return as deadly as ever. Patients diagnosed with glioblastoma survive for an […]