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A new study brings precision to the understanding of which antibiotics work best for acne treatment and why. This is important for two key reasons. Acne affects nearly everyone at some point in life—it is, in fact, the eighth most common disease for all humans, affecting more than 85% of adolescents and young adults. And second, because antibiotics have long been an important go-to treatment for acne, dermatologists write more antibiotic prescriptions than any other specialty in medicine. Broad-spectrum antibiotics do not distinguish between good and bad bacteria, so they try to inhibit them all. In contrast, narrow-spectrum antibiotics target...

According to the NY Times, Manhattan’s DA has warned Trump’s legal team that charges could be coming over his hush money payment to Stormy Daniels.The Manhattan district attorney’s office recently signaled to Donald J. Trump’s lawyers that he could face criminal charges for his role in the payment of hush money to a porn star, the strongest indication yet that prosecutors are nearing an indictment of the former president, according to four people with knowledge of the matter…The Manhattan inquiry, which has spanned nearly five years, centers on a $130,000 payment to the porn star, Stormy Daniels, who said she...

While rival network anchors whine and Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Senator Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) squirm over Tucker Carlson’s airing of unedited footage from January 6, the viewing public has definitely picked a winner—and it’s Fox News.A whopping 4.1 million viewers tuned in to “Tucker Carlson Tonight” on Tuesday, while only 1.4 million found the time to watch Chris Hayes on MSNBC. Anderson Cooper over at CNN, meanwhile, was only able to pull in a very sad 577,000.Cable News Ratings Overload Tue Mar 7Fox News had more total and 25 to 54 year old demo viewers than MSNBC,...

The Department of Education's request for funding for the Office of Federal Student Aid took into account the costs and savings from the plan Borrowers across the country are in financial limbo as they wait for the Supreme Court to decide whether the White House's student-debt cancellation plan is legal. But the Biden administration's own financial planning presumes the initiative will survive the courts. As part of the Department of Education's funding request to Congress for $2.7 billion for the Office of Federal Student Aid, officials took the costs and savings into account of President Joe Biden's plan to cancel...

The chief of Lithuania's military intelligence said Russia has enough resources to continue the war in Ukraine for two more years at the current intensity...

The second stage of a Chinese rocket that launched three spy satellites has just broken up this week over Texas, according to the U.S. Naval Institute. Here’s what the Chang Zheng “Long March” rocket looked like taking off from China in June.[🔴China’s 21st launch in 2022] At UTC 02:22 June 23, 3 Yaogan(遥感/RemoteSensing)-35-02 satellites were successfully launched by #CZ2D Y64 rocket in Xichang, Sichuan. This is the 424th launch of Long March rocket family. HD: https://t.co/018SGyq48M pic.twitter.com/0kDtkg7hua— CNSA Watcher (@CNSAWatcher) June 23, 2022The four-ton rocket reentered the atmosphere on Wednesday at 17,000 miles per hour and disintegrated, but it’s only...

The Catholic Church’s LGBTQ OdysseyWelcome to the full-fledged freefall.As it confronts perhaps the ultimate challenge to its credibility, the Catholic Church finds itself in full-fledged freefall.Two American bishops publicly and strongly disagree about whether LGBTQ Catholics need to repent of their sexual behavior. One, the recently appointed cardinal of San Diego, argued for what he called “radical inclusion” without repentance. Another, a specialist in canon law, did more than disagree vigorously. He called his fellow prelate a heretic who should be relieved of his position.Meanwhile, as his church burns, Pope Francis imitates that great Roman violinist, Nero.San Diego Cardinal Robert...

Immunotherapy has been shown to greatly improve survival rates for certain types of cancer. However, in some cases, it can lead to an over-activation of the immune system, which can be dangerous. In a recent review by researchers, potential therapies have been identified, which might make it possible to continue with immunotherapy even when facing severe side effects. For certain types of cancer, immunotherapy has greatly improved survival rates. However, in some patients, it can lead to a dangerous over-activation of the immune system. This rare side effect was only clinically recognized during regular clinical use rather than in clinical...

...Misinformation contains content that is false, misleading, or taken out of context but without any intent to deceive. When family members share bogus health claims or political conspiracy theories on Facebook, they’re not trying to trick you—they’re under the impression that they’re passing along legit information. In reality, they’re spreading misinformation. Examples of misinformation Misinformation ran rampant at the height of the coronavirus pandemic. Consider claims of false COVID-19 treatments that spread across social media like, well, the virus they claimed to cure. Those who shared inaccurate information and misleading statistics weren’t doing it to harm people. In fact, most...

Gog MGog, The Final ChapterMore of Gog’s Weapons headed to Israel?Poland: hundreds of military vehicles at the port of Gdynia in the framework of the "Atlantic Resolve" missionThe assets were transferred to Poland to reinforce NATO's eastern flank in the face of the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian armed forcesHundreds of heavy tanks, armored infantry fighters, light armored vehicles and other military vehicles of all kinds clutter the quay in the port of Gdynia, a Polish city located on the Baltic Sea, in the bay of Gdansk. The vehicles were transferred to Poland as part of the "Atlantic Resolve"...

Ukraine is the hot new thing. I get it. The same people who went full-blown Branch COVIDIAN have now moved on to full-blown BRANCH UKRAINIAN-WAR. Eh, that doesn’t work quite as well (a little clunky) but it still sorta works. Far too many people are looking for a movement to define them as important or meaningful or deep … so they are easily persuaded into going along with whatever narrative, message, or marketing our pals on the Left can come up with. They’ve gone from scolding people for not protecting grandma to attacking their fellow Americans if aren’t all in...

Juvenile dermatomyositis, a rare but often severe and chronic systemic autoimmune disease, includes a large number of patients who are treatment resistant, requiring long term immunosuppressive therapy. A small open-label study shows promise using a targeted biologic therapy called abatacept to treat such patients. In the 24-week trial, ten patients with juvenile dermatomyositis ages 7 years or older with moderate disease activity who all received abatacept therapy had significant improvements in their muscle strength, physical function, endurance and skin rashes, as well as in the amount of muscle inflammation on MRI. In addition, patients were able to lower the daily...

MOSCOW, March 9 – RIA Novosti. The newspaper specifically asked the US administration’s largest commodity traders not to be afraid of deals on the supply of Russian oil, which is bought and sold at a ceiling price. Finance Times With reference to informed sources. According to the publication, representatives of the US Treasury Department met with executives of trading companies Trafigura and Gunvor. While Washington has never objected to the trade of Russian oil within the ceilings agreed by the G7, major oil traders have been wary of the market.

A Rottweiler is being praised in South Africa for protecting its owner from a deadly black mamba snake slithering under the couch in their house. The unnamed owner, living in Queensburgh, a town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, became concerned last week when his loyal friend suddenly started pushing him away from the couch that he used to sit on every afternoon

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession, and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. ~ 1 Timothy 2:1-2 Religion Forum threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind. The Lord's Prayer Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of...

The American team of Melissa Jefferson, Abby Steiner, Jenna Prandini, and TeeTee Terry stunned the star-studded Jamaican squad for a surprising world title in the women's 4x100m relay.Team USA shocks Jamaica for women's 4x100 world title (2022)

A doctor rushes to the side of a patient who has just collapsed on the way to the toilets in the emergency wing. He checks for signs of life—pulse, circulation, breathing. He has never seen the patient before. How serious, he wonders, could this be? The doctor calls out: “Does anyone know anything about her?” The senior nurse, who has just come over, looks shocked. “Him!” she practically shouts at the doctor. “You refer to that patient as him!” And the doctor thinks to himself: “So I’m supposed to check the patient’s pronouns before I check his pulse.” This story—I...

A Florida homeowner who asked not to be identified shot an alligator attacking his dog in his backyard. The man, who lives in Deltona, said he let his dog Winston outside. He noticed the dog sniffing around, so he told FOX 35 Orlando he wanted to see what Winston was interested in. The man spotted the alligator at the same time the reptile spotted his dog. The nearly 8-foot-long gator and homeowner lunged forward at the same time. “The gator got Winston, chomping down on the side of his head, and the homeowner shot the gator four times in the...

James Cagney is the chief exec of Coca-Cola’s West Berlin plant whose ambitious promotion plans are jeopardized when he becomes temporary guardian of his stateside superior’s wild and vacuous daughter. The girl (Pamela Tiffin) slips across the border, weds violently anti-Yankee Horst Buchholz, and before long there’s a bouncing baby Bolshevik on the way. When the home office head man decides to visit his daughter, Cagney masterminds an elaborate masquerade. The screenplay, based on a one-act play by Ferenc Molnar, is outstanding. It pulls no punches and lands a few political and ideological haymakers on both sides of the...

A doctor violated the law by administering COVID-19 vaccines to children without consent, according to a new lawsuit. Dr. Janine Rethy, chief of community pediatrics at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, is being accused of holding two children in a room until she convinced them to get a COVID-19 vaccine. The minors are both children of NaTonya McNeil, a Washington resident who brought the suit in D.C. Superior Court. “Ms. McNeil’s two minor children were held in a room by Defendant until she overcame their will and forcibly vaccinated them while physically preventing them from consulting with their mother, who was...