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American Cancer Society Is Stating That Cancer Death Rates In The USA Have Fallen, From 1991 To 2019, By 33%–Implying 3.8 m Fewer Cancer Deaths. The Drop Was Attributed To The Prevention, Screening, Early Diagnosis, And Treatment Of Common Cancers. However, Cancer Is Still The 2nd Leading Cause Of Death In The US After Heart Disease.

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Researchers, Based On NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover Data, Have Found, In The Gale Crater, A Gemstone, Opal, Which Surrounds An Extensive Network Of Fractures That Could Have Been Water-Rich And Provided Habitable Conditions. Opal, Which Forms From Silica & Water, Could Act As A Proxy Or Be Used As A Water Source In Future Mars Exploration.

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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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A Japanese Start-Up, Aerwins, Has Built The World’s First Flying Motorcycle Called XTurismo Hoverbike. The Bike Can Fly For 40 Mins And Reach Speeds Of 100km/Hr. The Craft Is On Sale In Japan And A Smaller Version Will Be Available In The US In 2023 For $777,000. Aerwins Plans To Make A Smaller Electric Model By 2025 That Would Cost $50,000.

Scientists Are Stating That Rainwater Is Unsafe To Drink Anywhere In The World Due To Persistent Harmful Chemicals In Them, Some Of Which, like PFAS, Can Cause Cancer. The Study Is Based On The US Environmental Protection Stds For Levels Of The Thousands Of Chemicals That Do Not Break Down And Are Continuously Recycled In The Envr.

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Researchers Are Indicating That The Moon Has Crater Pits That Could Provide Habitable Temperature For Humans. And The Temp Is Said To Steadily Hover Around 63 °F (17 °C). The Pits Are Speculated To Lead To Caves That Could Provide Shelter For Humans. Both The Temp And Shelter Could Lead To Long Term Safe Lunar Exploration And Moon Base.

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Doctors From Two Countries, For The First Time In History, Used Virtual Reality During The Successful Separation Of 3-Year Old Twins, Bernardo And Arthur Lima, Who Were Born With “Fused Brains”. The 27-Hour Operation, Involving More Than 100 Medics, Took Place At The Instituto Estadual do Cerebro Paulo Niemeyer In Rio de Janeiro, Brazi.

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Researchers Now Understand How The Protein, TGF-beta, Controls The Process Of Division Or Death Of Hair Cells, Eventually Causing Baldness. Too Much Of TGF-beta Would Kill Hair Cells And Vice Versa. A More Precise Understanding Of How TGF-beta Activates Cell Division Could Help Activate Follicle Stem Cells And Stimulate Hair Growth.

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Researchers, For The First Time, Have Found A Unique Solar System With 3 Suns. 2 Of The Suns, With Combined Mass That’s 12X Our Sun’s Mass, Orbit Each Other In 24 Hrs, WhileThe 3rd Larger Sun (16X Our Sun’s Mass) Orbits The Other 2. More Study Is Needed To Find Out How The Stars Formed In The Solar System, HD 98800, Which Is 150 LY Away.

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A New Study Indicates That Young Adults, Under 40, Are Prone To Health Risk If They Consume More Than 2 Teaspoons Of Wine Or 2.5 Tablespoons Of Beer Per Day, Which Is Alarming As ~60% Of Folks Who Consume Unsafe Amount Of Alcohol Fall Within This Age Range. But Small Alcohol Amounts Are Safe For Folks Over 40 And With No Medical Condition.

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The US FDA Will Review The First Ever Over-The-Counter Daily Birth Control Pill From HRA Pharma, A Unit Of Perrigo Company. The Request For The Prescription Drug, Sold Under The Brand Opill, To Become An Over-The-Counter Drug, Comes In The Wake Of The Us Supreme Court Overturning 1973 Roe V. Wade Case That Legalized Abortion Nationwide.

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A New Research On The Role Of Nutrition In Parkinson’s Disease, Based On An Extensive Review Of 52 Studies Conducted Btw 2000 And Now, Indicates Milk As The Worst Drink That Can Increase The Risk Of Parkison’s Disease. It Is Advised To, E.g., Drink Water Or Consume Dairy In Moderation As It Contains Loads Of Unhealthy Saturated Fats.

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Researchers, Via Genetic Study, Have Discovered The World’s Largest Clone. The Clone, A 4500 Yrs Old Massive Network Of Seaweed Called Posidonia Australis, Was Found In Australia. And Is Said To Cover More Than 77 mi² (200 km²). P. Australis Is Said To Be A Single Plant That Clones Itself, Unlike Some Seaweeds That Reproduce Sexually.

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The World’s Deepest, 6895m, Shipwreck May Have Been Found. The Ship, USS Samuel B Roberts, Sank In Battle Against The Japanese, In The Philippine Sea, In October 1944. The Ship Was Discovered By Mr. Victor Vescovo–The First Person To Visit The Deepest Points In Earth’s 5 Oceans. And Climbed The Highest Peaks On Each Of The 7 Continents.

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A Study Is Indicating That Folks Who Experience Bad Dreams In Older Age, Without Any Trigger, Are Twice Prone To Parkinson’s Disease. The Study Was Done Using 12 Years Of Data From 3818 Older Men Living Independently, And Questionnaires That Included Sleep Quality Questions. Researchers Plan To Do More Studies In Larger & Diverse Group.

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Researchers Have Injected The First Human Patient With A Virus Engineered Solely To Kill Cancer. The Virus, Vixinia, Was Effective Against Cancer In Animals, Especially For Lung, Breast, Ovaries, Pancreas, And Colon Cancer. Vixinia Is Said To Boost The Body’s Immune Response To Cancer And Make Cancer Cells More Visible To The Immune System.

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Doctors Have Reattached The Hands Of A 5-Year-Old Kid, In What Many Are Describing As The First Of Such Medical Feat in Asia. And also The First Re-Implantation Of A Minor’s Hands In Pakistan. The 10 Hour Surgery Was Performed At The Children’s Hospital In Lahore After The Boy’s Hands Were Cut-Off In A Spinning Blade Machine At Home.

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Spain May Approve A 3-Day Per Month Leave For Workers Who Experience Severe Period Pain. The Law Is Part Of A Reproductive Health Rights Reform, Which Includes, E.g., Enabling Girls Aged 16-17 To Have An Abortion Without Parental Consent. Spain Will Become The First Western Country To Offer Menstrual Leave If The Law Gets Approved.

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Emily Whitehead, Who Was Diagnosed With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia At The Age Of 5 Years Old, After 2 Years Of Unsuccessful Chemotherapy And Rapidly Declining Health, Become The First Child To Receive The CAR T-Cell Therapy At Children’s Hospital Of Philadelphia. Emily Is Now Celebrating 10 Years Of Being Cancer Free. Cool!

The Largest Known Cave Art In North America Has Been Discovered In Alabama. The Artwork, A Native American Drawing, Had Remained Unseen For More Than 1000 Years Before It Was Found In A Cave That Was First Discovered In 1998. The Giant Artworks, Which Could Depict Spirits Of The Underworld, Was Discovered Using A 3D Scan Method.

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