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A single injection of a new, off-the-shelf stem cell therapy for knee osteoarthritis significantly improved pain and function for up to 12 months in 75% of participants involved in a clinical trial. The treatment also has the potential to halt the disease’s progression. In 2020, 7.6% of the global population had the painful degenerative condition osteoarthritis, an increase of 132.2% in total cases since 1990. It’s expected that by 2050, cases will have increased by 74.9% for knee, 48.6% for hand, and 78.6% for hip osteoarthritis. Current treatment includes pain relief, usually with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), exercise as tolerated,...

This new automatic voter registration (AVR) system can enhance voting accuracy, reduce fraud, and give more people access to democracy. Here’s how it works. If the unregistered eligible voter population in California was its own state, it would be the 25th largest state in the country. Compare this to Oregon, where 93.5% of eligible voters are registered, thanks to a new automatic voter registration program called Secure AVR. The process is simple – when attending appointments at places like the DMV, eligible citizens are automatically registered. If uninterested, users can choose to opt out, but otherwise, registration takes no effort....

*searches Donald Trump* *only gets news about Kamala Harris” (see 4 second video in link below) https://x.com/NoemiKhachian/status/1817974361040748782

A panel on “Morning Joe” spent over eight minutes discussing prayers at rallies held by former President Donald Trump during a Monday segment. In an article published Monday morning, McKay Coppins, a staff writer for The Atlantic, reviewed prayers at Trump’s rallies since he announced his candidacy for the 2024 presidential election in November 2022. Coppins told MSNBC contributor Jen Palmieri during the eight-minute segment that the text of the prayers could be planting “seeds of conspiracy theories,” after he said the prayers had not received what he considered to be sufficient “journalistic attention.” “If you imagine a loss for...

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, will each travel to Houston this week to pay their respects to former U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, according to statements from the White House. Jackson Lee died at age 74 on July 19 amid a battle with pancreatic cancer. The Houston Democrat was one of the longest serving members of Texas’ congressional delegation, known as a staunch advocate for progressive causes. Harris called Jackson Lee a “dear friend” in a statementfollowing the Congresswoman’s passing and lauded her work on disaster relief following Hurricane Harvey, and as...

With an extremely contentious 2024 United States Presidential Election nearly upon us, it's not just the candidates involved who are facing increased security and safety threats. OutKick founder Clay Travis received a handwritten letter in the mail threatening his life. After former president Donald Trump – the current Republican nominee for president – was the victim of an assassination attempt, tensions reached a boiling point. While some left-wing media outlets believe that Kamala Harris – the presumed Democratic nominee – is the one at real risk, it seems like people on the right side of the aisle are more vulnerable...

A team of scientists from the University of Singapore has announced the creation of a prototype energy-harvesting device that draws usable electricity seemingly out of thin air. Designed to leverage nanoscale spin rectifier technology to capture what the device’s inventors term “waste RF” signals that exist in the air due to Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 5G, and traditional radio signals, the novel energy harvesting system can convert those signals into enough usable direct current (DC) electrical energy. Similar RF energy harvesting technologies have been developed in recent years, including one invented by researchers from the University of South Florida. However, the team...

For those who don’t spend their Sunday mornings glued to the television — and their Sunday afternoons attempting to dig through a week’s worth of network and cable news media spin — The Daily Wire has compiled a short summary of what you may have missed. Just one week has passed since the Democratic Party ousted President Joe Biden from the 2024 ticket and essentially coronated Vice President Kamala Harris to be his successor — and while questions are still mounting about Biden’s true condition and why he ultimately agreed to step away from the campaign, there are bigger questions...

The White House publicly urged Israel on Monday to exercise restraint in response to the rocket attack from Lebanon over the weekend that killed 12 children and teenagers in an Israeli-controlled town, warning against an escalation that could lead to a wider regional war. “Israel has a right to defend itself — no nation should have to live with this kind of threat,” John F. Kirby, a spokesman for the White House National Security Council, told reporters. At the same time, “we believe that there is still time and space for a diplomatic solution,” he said, adding, “Nobody wants a...

[Catholic Caucus] Pope Francis silent on Olympic opening scandal while scandal-plagued Vatican archbishop defends itPope Francis did not say anything about the Olympics’ blasphemous opening ceremony in his Sunday Angelus, and Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, the Francis-appointed president of the Pontifical Academy for Life, claimed it ‘reveals a profound question.’VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) — The often scandalous Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia has issued a contradictory defense of the Olympic opening ceremony featuring a drag queen mockery of the Last Supper, while Pope Francis has remained notably silent about the incident.In a social media post on July 27, Archbishop Paglia attempted to straddle both...

A staunch ally of Vladimir Putin lamented the destruction of the Black Sea Fleet, dealing the Russian president a double blow as his Navy was forced to hold a muted annual parade on Sunday. In a rare admission of Russia's military failures, Yevgeny Fyodorov from the ruling United Russia party complained that Ukraine has disabled such a large proportion of Putin's prized Black Sea Fleet that it is essentially "gone." -snip- "The Russian fleet as an operational mechanism in the Black Sea does not exist! Not physically, but in terms of its actual combat presence. This is a fact," the...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- During the height of the pandemic, many Bay Area school children took part in what families say was advertised as free COVID-19 testing at schools covered by the CARES Act. But now three years later, some families say they're still receiving bills from the lab that conducted the tests. That lab is now suing health insurance companies for reimbursements they say they're owed. As COVID raged during the early pandemic, COVID testing at schools was critical and welcomed. "The testing was supposed to be free testing that we got that was performed by a laboratory that...

Kamala was asked why young people don’t approve of her work as VP. She blamed climate change. (37 second video in the link below) https://x.com/Bubblebathgirl/status/1817653654280643058

Dave Stewart of Butler, PA, released video footage showing the sniper’s nest. Stewart's cell phone was initially confiscated by the FBI and recently returned, allowing the video's release. (7 minute and 35 seconds in link below) https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/1817958729389924389

Russian forces are staging their heaviest assaults near the strategic eastern city of Pokrovsk, Kyiv's military said Monday, threatening a key supply route for Ukrainian troops struggling to fend off Moscow's 29-month-old invasion. Pokrovsk, a transport hub with a pre-war population of 61,000, lies on a main road that serves as an important supply route to other embattled Ukrainian-held outposts, such as the towns of Chasiv Yar and Kostiantynivka. Russia's defense ministry said Sunday that its forces had taken the villages of Prohres and Yevhenivka in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region. Both settlements sit east of Pokrovsk.

Soccer Coach Bev Priestman was sent home after a complaint was lodged against Canada’s national women’s soccer team for allegedly recording an opponent’s training session with drone technology, according to a report published Sunday. FIFA decided to punish Canada Soccer by banning Priestman for one year, imposing a $226,000 fine and docking six points from Canada in the Olympics women’s soccer tournament, The Associated Press reported. Canadian officials reportedly expressed concerns about a “systemic ethical shortcoming” in its soccer program. Kevin Blue, CEO and general secretary of Canada Soccer, acknowledged a possible incident involving the team using drone technology to...

If you simply understand “woke” as a synonym for “stupid and crazy,” you won’t go far wrong. The latest illustration can be found in the absurd and offensive opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics, which involved a parody of the Last Supper, with transsexuals, drag queens, exposed testicles and a fat, blue-painted, semi-clad man apparently intended to represent Dionysus, the Greek god of wine. After a storm of international protest, the organizers have issued a weak we’re-sorry-if-you-were-offended apology. They say they were shocked that anyone was bothered by what they say was a testament to inclusion. But its biggest sin...

Tensions were running high on both sides of the Israel-Lebanon border on Monday in anticipation of an escalation in hostilities, after Israel’s security cabinet authorized its leaders to decide on the nature and timing of a military response to a deadly rocket attack from Lebanon over the weekend. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his defense minister, Yoav Gallant, received the authorization from the cabinet members in a meeting on Sunday night, the prime minister’s office said. Visiting the scene of the strike on Monday, Mr. Netanyahu said of the victims: “These children are our children, the children of all of...

Saturday Night Live alum Rob Schneider is boycotting the ongoing Paris Olympics over a controversial opening ceremony that he sees as Satanic display that 'disrespects Christianity.' 'I am sorry to say to ALL the world's GREATEST ATHLETES, I wish you ALL THE BEST, but I cannot watch an Olympics that disrespects Christianity and openly celebrates Satan,' the 60-year-old wrote on X. Paris Olympics organizers apologized to anyone who was offended by a tableau that evoked Leonardo da Vinci's 'The Last Supper' during the glamorous opening ceremony, but defended the concept behind it Sunday.

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a blood test to be used for colorectal cancer screening among average-risk adults 45 and older. The maker of the test, Palo Alto, California-based biotechnology company Guardant Health, announced Monday that this is the first blood test to be approved by the FDA as a primary screening option for colorectal cancer, and it’s the first approved blood screening test for colorectal cancer that meets requirements for Medicare reimbursement. For patients with commercial insurance plans, the cost of the test may vary depending on their individual plan coverage. The list price for the...