Daniela Ruah

Nvidia’s New Blackwell B200 GPU Is The World’s Most Powerful Chip For AI. The B200, Which Offers 20 Petaflops, When Combined With The GB200 (Featuring Two B200 GPUs And A Grace CPU), Boosts AI Computing Efficiency And Performance. Nvidia Claims The B200 Cuts Costs And Energy Use By Up To 25x Over The H100 And May Cost $30,000 To $40,000.

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Beyoncé‘s “Texas Hold ‘EM” Not Only Made Her The First Black Woman And 2nd Solo Female Artist, After Taylor Swift, To Top Billboard’s Hot Country Songs But Also The First Woman To Lead Both Hot Country Songs And Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Charts Since The Charts Began In 1958. Justin Bieber, Billy Ray Cyrus, ETC., Have Also Led Both Charts.

Women Swept Major Categories And Made History At The 2024 Grammys. Karol G: 1st Female Reggaeton Artist To Win Best Música Urbana Album. Paramore: 1st Woman-Fronted Rock Band To Win Best Rock Album. Taylor Swift Won Album Of The Year For The Fourth Time, Surpassing Icons Like Frank Sinatra, Paul Simon, And Stevie Wonder.

Taylor Swift‘s (TS) Eras Tour Is Projected To Become The Highest-Grossing Tour Of All Time, With An Estimated $1 B In Sales. The Tour Features, E.G., Elaborate Staging, And Over 40 Songs. The Top 3 Highest-Grossing Concert Tours Include Elton John ($853 M), Ed Sheeran ($776 M), And U2 ($736 M). Total Spending On TS Tour In 2023 Is ~$5 B.

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The First Drug Designed To Slow Brain Destruction In Early Stages Alzheimer’s Patients Has Been Developed. The Drug, Lecanemab, Is An Antibody Engineered To Tell The Immune System To Clear Amyloid From The Brain. Many Are Hailing The Drug As Momentous, Even Though The Benefit Is Small, With The Risk Of Brain Swelling And Bleeding.

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The US FDA Has Approved The First Smartphone App For Delivering Insulin. The App, T:Connect App From Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc, Will Be Paired With The T:Slim X2 Insulin Pump. The App, Which Can Be Used On Both Android And iOS Phones, Will Display, E.G., The Last 24 Hours Of Glucose Trends, Pump Status Changes And Insulin Therapy Data.

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Researchers Used Chunks Of Tumour From The Brain Of Patients With Glioblastoma To Print A 3-D Model Similar To What They See In The Patients’ MRI Scans. And Then, Pumped The Patients’ Blood Into The 3-D Model With A Compound That Mimics The Brain, To Test The Efficacy Of A Potential Treatment Before Using It On The Real Body. Cool!

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The US FDA, Pending The Clinical Benefit Study, Has Conditionally Approved The First New Alzheimer’s Disease Drug, Since A Drug Was Last Approved In Almost 20 Years, In 2003. The Novel Experimental Drug, Known As Aducanumab Or Aduhelm, Is Intended For Patients With Earliest Stage Of Dementia, And To Slow Alzheimer’s Disease Progression.

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The US FDA Has Approved The First Smart Cap For Insulin Pens. The Cap, BigFoot Utility, Is Said To Work With An Integrated Continuous Glucose Monitoring System (iCGM) To Provide Insulin Dose Recommendation, Thereby Helping Patients Determine How Much Insulin Dose They Need. The Cap Is Said To Be Approved For Patients Aged 12 And Older.

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The Largest 4-Year, 350 Patients Involved Case Study On Essential Oil (EO) Related Seizures, Specifically, Eucalyptus And Camphor Oil, In Adults, Provides New Evidence On EO Related Seizures Caused By Inhalation, Ingestion Or Topical Use Of EO, As Majority Of The Seizures Stopped In The 55 Seizure Patients Who Discountinued Using EO.

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The First Study, Involving 6,809 Chinese People, Is Indicating That Artificial intelligence (AI) Can Detect Coronary Heart Diseases (CHD) Via A Person’s Selfie, Using Facial Features Photographed From Different Angles. The AI Was Found To Be Better Than Existing Methods For Detecting CHD, Predicting 80% Cases Correctly. Interesting!

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Researchers May Have Discovered A Unique Body Odour (BO) Enzyme Found Only In Armpit Bacteria–Said To Be Responsible For Armpit Odour. The Armpit Bacteria Is Said To Evolve This Enzyme To Produce Key BO Molecules. This Find May Help Develop Target Inhibitors To Stop BO Production At The Source Without Disrupting The Armpit Microbiome.

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A Recent Research, Over A 2-Year Period, Based On The Study Of Over 350 People Over The Age Of 55, Has Determined That Folks Who Repeatedly Think Negatively, Later In Life, Have 1) A Build Up Of Tau And Beta Amyloid–2 Proteins That Cause Alzheimer’s Disease; And 2) Worse Memory And Greater Cognitive Decline Compared To Optimistic People.

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A New Study Is Indicating That By Replacing Just 5 Grams Of Butter, Mayonnaise, And Margarine With That Same Amount Of Olive Oil, Can Lower The Risk Of Coronary Artery Disease By 7%. And 15% For Folks That Use More Than 7 Grams Of Olive Oil /Day. Olive Oil Is Part Of The Mediterranean Diet, Which Has Many Health Benefits.

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Researchers, Via Studying 100,000 American Female Nurses Since 1976, Are Indicating A Relationship Between Heart Disease–Related Death Rate And A Woman’s Birth Month Or Birth Season. The Study Seems To Correlate The Highest Heart Disease Mortality Rate To Women Born In April ( Spring And Summer), And The Lowest To Those Born In December (Fall).…

Aside From The Fact That Brushing One’s Teeth Could Help Prevent Gum Disease, A New 10.5-Year Study Of 160,000 Individuals In Korea, Above The Age Of 40, Is Indicating That Improved Oral Hygiene Can Reduce The Risk Of Atrial Fibrillation And Heart Failure. Heart Disease Is Said To Be The Leading Cause Of Death Worldwide.

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The King Of Pop, Michael Jackson, Record Of Having The Highest American Music Awards (AMAs) Has Been Shattered By Taylor Swift On Sunday, 11/24/19. Taylor Swift Now Has 29 AMAs As Compared To Micheal Jackson’s 26. Swift, Who Won Her First AMA in 2007, Was Also Honored As The Artist Of The Decade. Cool!

It Has Been The Norm That Losing Weight Can Help Prevent Health Complications And Improve Mortality Later In Life. But Researchers Are Saying That It Only Works If Weight Is Lost At Younger Age. Losing Weight In Middle Age Or Late Adulthood, Based On The Study, May Increase The Risk Of Premature Death Especially From Heart Disease.

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Studies Indicate That People, In Social Facilitation Of Eating (SFE), Tend To Eat ~29-48% More In Company Of Family And Friends Than When They Eat Alone. This Could Be Due To Longer Meal Duration Moderated By The Familiarity Of Co-Eaters. Researchers Are Also Theorizing SFE As An Evolved Efficient Evolutionary Adaptation Mechanism.

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A New study Is Indicating That Excessive Daytime Napping May Be An Early Symptom Of Alzheimer’s, As Alzheimer’s Disease Directly Kills Brain Cells That Keep One Awake. The Conclusion Was Reached By Comparing 13 Brains Of Deceased Alzheimer’s Patients Against Those Of 7 Health Brains And 7 Brains Of Other Dementia Types Patients. Wow!

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