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An enzyme in the blue blood has been key to testing vaccines since the 1980s, raising concerns for the crabs’ population. But regulatory approval and new data are signaling the tide may be turning orseshoe crabs evolved 445 million years ago and have been around for 1,500 times longer than Homo sapiens. It was not until the 20th century, however, that scientists discovered life-saving properties in their blood. Todd Rosenberg / Eli Lilly and Company ========================================================== Each May, hundreds of thousands of horseshoe crabs climb onto beaches along the eastern coast of the United States. An invertebrate’s “Love Island,” males...

Groups on the left know full well that allowing the enhanced subsidies to expire as scheduled wouldn’t cause a catastrophe for most families. As the government shutdown winds on, Democrats continue to hold the federal government hostage because, they claim, “premiums will double” if Congress does not extend Covid-era enhanced Obamacare subsidies. I’ve debunked that topic in detail here and elsewhere, but to quickly summarize the argument: 1) The federal government will still pay on average 75-80 percent of enrollees’ premiums if the enhanced subsidies expire. 2) Nearly half of Exchange enrollees currently pay nothing in out-of-pocket premiums for benchmark...

The two-time Supercars champion and NASCAR winner has spent the past two years in a harrowing battle with colorectal cancer that ultimately led to a full liver transplant to save his life. He has recently ticked over a year since the transplant and well past the initial prognosis of how long he could survive. That’s not to say the battle has been won, however Ambrose is currently healthy, happy and committed to spreading the word about organ donation, something he owes his life to. That was the message at Friday night’s Pirtek Legends Night where Ambrose, the latest inductee, went...

The Nashville native had been dealing with a neuromuscular disease.Isabelle “Izzy” Tate, who appeared in the pilot episode of 9-1-1: Nashville, has died. She was 23. She died peacefully Sunday after facing a rare form of Charcot-Marie-Tooth, a neuromuscular disease, the McCray Agency, which represented the Nashville native, told The Hollywood Reporter. This week, Kim McCray, owner of the talent agency, said on social media: “We are deeply saddened and completely heartbroken to share that Isabelle Tate passed away … I’ve known Izzy since she was a teenager and she recently returned to acting. She booked the first series she...

ACA was a costly illusion.The focus of the current government shutdown circus has increasingly narrowed to Democrat demands to undo proposed reductions in very large, supposedly temporary, Covid-era Obamacare (Affordable Care Act) subsidy boosts. A major part of their public push is the claim that they are trying to save citizens money, though what they are actually demanding is that we shift the burden to future generations via increased federal debt, backed by the threat of demonizing Republicans as heartless for taking away any benefits. They emphasize the need to maintain the “great deal” the ACA offered.The problem with their...

Veteran CNN broadcaster Christiane Amanpour has revealed that she has been diagnosed with ovarian cancer for the third time. Amanpour, 67, revealed her diagnosis on the Changing the Ovarian Cancer Story podcast on Thursday, but said it is 'being very well managed'. 'I obviously had all of the relevant organs removed, but it came back a couple times in a lymph node,' she told host Hannah Vaughan Jones. Amanpour's oncologist explained that she has a rare type of ovarian cancer that makes up less than 10 per cent of cases. 'Most women, by the time they get a diagnosis, might...

NATIONAL BOLOGNA DAY Slice it, fry it, or stack it high! October 24th is National Bologna Day, a time to celebrate one of America's most iconic and nostalgic lunch meats. It’s the perfect day to honor the simple, satisfying joy of a bologna sandwich. #NationalBolognaDay You might pronounce this sandwich meat "baloney," and that's perfectly fine, but the name "bologna" comes from its birthplace: Bologna, Italy. The original Italian sausage, mortadella, is a finely ground pork sausage dotted with flavorful cubes of lard and often pistachios. It's a true Italian delicacy! American bologna is a bit different. U.S. food regulations...

You can’t control happy people. So they keep you tired, anxious, and hungry. Fake meat, fake joy, fake freedom. ========================================================== Bill Gates didn’t build a better burger. He built a better leash. BRIEFING Jett here. Turns out Bill Gates’ fake beef doesn’t just taste like cardboard and misery, it’s actually making you depressed. Let’s get into it. A new study out of the U.K. just found that plant-based “meat” products, like the kind Gates has been pumping billions into, are linked to higher rates of depression. And no, not just some mild sadness. We’re talking serious neurological fallout from the...

Right-wing provocateur Candace Owens made her boldest claim yet about her former friend Charlie Kirk's assassination in a video posted online Wednesday. After weeks of spewing conspiracy theories about the assassination, Owens now appears to be explicitly blaming President Donald Trump and members of his administration for Kirk's murder. 'He gave so much of his life to Trump and to politics, and they were just like NOPE. That's it,' Owens said. 'So here's a holiday. What is with them giving them a holiday after they kill them? As soon as they give you a holiday, they definitely killed you. There's...

Rose hips or “haws” are the most commonly consumed part of a plant that is best known for its aesthetic appeal. Today, you are more likely to find roses in a vase at the center of a table than on your dinner plate. There are however, a number of culinary and medicinal uses for rose hips.

This is the definition of fiddling around and finding out. VIDEO AT LINK.................. Here's more from KTLA 5: The victim, who did not want to be identified, told responding deputies that a man in a dark-colored sedan was driving down the street at a high rate of speed when he suddenly stopped the vehicle near the location where he and his girlfriend had been walking. The mugger jumped out of the car, gun in hand, and told the walker to give up his Rolex watch. He refused and then went for the gun. Patrick McCloskey was working from home when...

The FDA is urging customers to take the recall seriously. Key Points FDA announces voluntary recall of some Coca-Cola and Sprite cans in Texas. Potential metal contamination identified; about 4,000 units affected, risk considered low. Consumers should check codes, discard affected cans or return for a refund. =========================================================== It’s not every day that soda lovers are told to double-check their cans, but this week has left many doing exactly that. A recent safety alert from federal officials has consumers eyeing their favorite fizzy drinks with caution after a popular bottler issued a voluntary recall. While the affected items were sold...

Study shows protective effect of recommending peanut product consumption in infancyKey Takeaways =In this study, physician-diagnosed peanut allergies in children ages 0-3 declined by 27.2% after guidelines recommended early peanut product introduction. -The 2017 national guidelines recommended introducing peanut products by 11 months for low-risk infants, and by 6 months for those at high risk. Further analyses are needed to validate these trends in larger, more diverse samples using food allergy testing or oral food challenges. -Fewer toddlers developed peanut allergies after guidelines recommended introducing peanut products in infancy, a large primary care registry study showed. Physician-diagnosed peanut allergies in...

By zooming into spaghetti at the molecular level, scientists have uncovered how its structure withstands the chaos of boiling water. Credit: Shutterstock ============================================================================ New research from Lund University reveals that gluten plays a vital role in keeping spaghetti intact while boiling What prevents spaghetti from falling apart when cooked in boiling water? According to recent research, gluten is the key factor. The quantity of salt added to the cooking water also plays a surprisingly important role. To investigate, scientists used advanced analytical methods to examine the internal structure of store-bought spaghetti in both regular and gluten-free forms. Their results indicate...

There is no F.D.A.-approved testosterone product for women. Insurance won’t cover it. Many doctors won’t prescribe it. It’s become a cultural phenomenon.Spend enough time speaking to women who are taking testosterone — specifically, in very high doses — and you start to notice that they sound messianic. They’re often talking fast and intensely; they’re amped up; they’re describing what they clearly consider a miracle drug; and they have no intention of lowering their dose, despite the unknown risks or some problems with facial hair. After all, how can they worry about facial hair when they feel so alive? It’s nothing...

COVID-19 vaccines and boosters — both mRNA and non-mRNA — pose an increased risk of six types of cancer and a 27% higher risk of cancer overall, according to a recent South Korean study of over 8 million people. Four South Korean researchers published the report last week as a letter in Biomarker Research, a Springer Nature journal. According to the study, COVID-19 vaccines and boosters are associated with a higher risk of breast, colorectal, gastric, lung, prostate and thyroid cancer, across all vaccine types and age groups. Mainstream medical commentators were quick to dismiss the findings, with MedPageToday describing...

3-year survival twice as high with mRNA vaccine in lung cancer patients receiving immunotherapyNon-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients starting immunotherapy were nearly twice as likely to be alive 3 years later if they got a COVID-19 vaccine around the time of treatment, a researcher reported here. Retrospective data in advanced NSCLC found that mRNA COVID vaccination within 100 days of initiating a checkpoint inhibitor was associated with higher 3-year survival rates compared with no vaccination (55.8% vs 30.6%; adjusted HR 0.51, 95% CI 0.37-0.71, P<0.0001), according to Adam Grippin, MD, PhD, of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer...

NATIONAL NUT DAY National Nut Day is observed annually on October 22nd. This day is NOT about the neighbor that lives down the street or the co-worker who sings with their headphones on. It is a food holiday celebrating a healthy and nutritious snack. #NationalNutDay Nuts are a highly prized food and energy source and are a primary source of nutrients for both humans and wildlife. Many of them are used in cooking, eaten raw, sprouted, or roasted as a snack food, and pressed for oil that is used in cookery and cosmetics. The fats found in nuts, for the...

Although the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) only cautioned pregnant women in September against taking excessive amounts of Tylenol because the drug has been linked to autism in children, the agency has in fact known of such links since 2016, the Daily Caller reported Tuesday.Moreover, the FDA repeatedly refused to update its advice regarding Tylenol despite recommendations from its drug-safety experts that notifying expectant mothers of the potential risks was “needed,” “important,” or “desirable.”Untriggered WarningsThe Daily Caller News Foundation obtained relevant internal FDA documents from law firm Keller Postman LLC, which got them via a Freedom of Information Act request....

More than 420 anti-science bills attacking longstanding public health protections – vaccines, milk safety and fluoride – have been introduced in statehouses across the U.S. this year, part of an organized, politically savvy campaign to enshrine a conspiracy theory-driven agenda into law.An Associated Press investigation found that the wave of legislation has cropped up in most states, pushed by people with close ties to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The effort would strip away protections that have been built over a century and are integral to American lives and society. Around 30 bills have been enacted...