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Uniting for a Cure: How Local Leaders, Businesses, and the Community Are Teaming Up to Fight Breast Cancer

  When a community bands together, powerful things happen. Across our neighborhoods, a transformative movement is taking root as local leaders, business owners, and everyday residents join forces to tackle breast cancer head-on. This isn't just about awareness—it’s about direct action, early detection, resource sharing, and building an unbreakable safety net for patients and survivors. The Power of Local Collaboration The fight against breast cancer can often feel overwhelming when faced alone. However, when local ecosystems mobilize, the impact scales rapidly. Municipal leaders, corporate partners, and grassroots volunteers are creating an integrated support framework that turns passive awareness into active, life-saving change. What Local Businesses Are Doing Local enterprises are moving beyond traditional corporate social responsibility (CSR) to become active hubs of health advocacy: Sponsorship and Fundraising: Small and medium-sized businesses are hosting charity sales, round...
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Sushmita Sen undergoes angioplasty for heart attack

Source : ndtv.com Sushmita Sen, on Thursday, left her industry friends and fans worried when she announced on Instagram that she suffered a heart attack a couple of days ago. The actress shared a picture posing with her father Subir Sen and wrote a long note about her health. She wrote, "Keep your heart happy and courageous, and it'll stand by you when you need it the most Shona" (Wise words by my father Subir Sen). I suffered a heart attack a couple of days back...Angioplasty done...stent in place...and most importantly, my cardiologist reconfirmed 'I do have a big heart'." Thanking her well-wishers, Sushmita Sen wrote, "Lots of people to thank for their timely aid and constructive action...will do so in another post. This post is just to keep you (my well wishers and loved ones) informed of the good news ...that all is well and I am ready for some life again. I love you guys beyond!!!! #godisgreat #duggadugga." Soon after the 47-year-old actress...
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"Our batters gave away their wickets" - Sunil Gavaskar criticizes India's aggressive batting in 3rd IND vs AUS Test

During the analysis of the day's play on Star Sports, Sunil Gavaskar pointed out that unlike their Australian counterparts, the Indian batters gave away their wickets. He explained that while the Indian bowlers had to earn every wicket they took, the Indian batters became too aggressive and lost their wickets. Gavaskar was later asked about the different approaches taken by Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill in the second innings. He responded by saying that every player considers the pitch conditions before the game, and once they have played the first innings, they adjust their game plan accordingly.
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Custom, 3D-Printed Heart Replicas Look and Pump Just Like the Real Thing

Source : slashdot.org MIT engineers are hoping to help doctors tailor treatments to patients' specific heart form and function, with a custom robotic heart. MIT News reports: The team has developed a procedure to 3D print a soft and flexible replica of a patient's heart. They can then control the replica's action to mimic that patient's blood-pumping ability. The procedure involves first converting medical images of a patient's heart into a three-dimensional computer model, which the researchers can then 3D print using a polymer-based ink. The result is a soft, flexible shell in the exact shape of the patient's own heart. The team can also use this approach to print a patient's aorta -- the major artery that carries blood out of the heart to the rest of the body. To mimic the heart's pumping action, the team has fabricated sleeves similar to blood pressure cuffs that wrap around a printed heart and aorta. The underside of each sleeve resembles precisely...
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DOJ Preps Antitrust Suit To Block Adobe's $20 Billion Figma Deal

Source : bloomberg.com The Justice Department is preparing an antitrust lawsuit seeking to block Adobe's $20 billion acquisition of startup Figma, Bloomberg News reported, citing people familiar with the matter. From the report: A case is expected to be filed as soon as next month, although the timing could slip, said one of the people, all of whom asked for anonymity to discuss the confidential probe. The deal needs approval from several antitrust authorities and the merger agreement allows for a possible extended regulatory review with an outside completion deadline of March 2024. Adobe had a meeting with the DOJ yesterday, according to another person. The deal also faces an antitrust review in the European Union after the bloc's antitrust watchdog said it had received requests from national regulators to look into the deal. The UK Competition and Markets Authority is reviewing the merger as well, and the three jurisdictions often coordinate on their investigations. The anti...
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America's CDC Warns of Increase in Drug-Resistant Bacteria Infections

Source : cnn.com America's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention "has issued a health advisory to warn the public of an increase of a drug-resistant bacteria called Shigella," reports CNN: There are limited antimicrobial treatments available for these particular drug-resistant strains of Shigella and it's also easily transmissible, warned the CDC in the Friday advisory. It's also able to spread antimicrobial resistance genes to other bacteria that infect the intestines.... The CDC says patients will recover from shigellosis without any antimicrobial treatment and it can be managed with oral hydration, but for those who are infected with the drug-resistant strains there are no recommendations for treatment if symptoms become more severe. The percentage of infections from drug-resistant strains of the bacteria increased from zero in 2015 to 5% in 2022, according to the CDC. Nationwide, there are nearly 3 million antimicrobial-resistant infections each year, an...
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Artificial Sweetener Erythritol Linked To Heart Attack and Stroke, Study Finds

SOURCE : slashdot.org Erythritol, a zero-calorie sugar substitute used to sweeten low-cal, low-carb and "keto" products, is linked to higher risk of heart attack, stroke and death, according to a new study. Researchers at the Cleveland Clinic studied over 4,000 people in the U.S. and Europe and found those with higher blood erythritol levels were at elevated risk of experiencing these major adverse cardiac events. The research, published Monday in the journal Nature Medicine, also found erythritol made blood platelets easier to form a clot. "Our study shows that when participants consumed an artificially sweetened beverage with an amount of erythritol found in many processed foods, markedly elevated levels in the blood are observed for days -- levels well above those observed to enhance clotting risks," said Dr. Stanley Hazen, senior author of the study and chairman for the department of cardiovascular and metabolic sciences at Cleveland Clinic, in a press release....
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