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Jan 17 2025HEALTH

How Your Diet Might Prevent Heart Failure

Heart failure, a significant health issue, is often linked to inflammation. And guess what? Your food choices can influence this inflammation. The dietary inflammatory score (DIS) is a tool that measures how much inflammation your diet causes. Researchers decided to find out if the DIS could predic

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Jan 17 2025LIFESTYLE

Brushing Hair in Transit: Where’s the Line?

A woman recently caused a stir when she filmed herself brushing her hair on a United Airlines business class flight. She posted the video on Instagram, calling out a passenger who gave her disapproving looks. The clip triggered a debate online. Sure, some people thought it was fine, but many found i

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Jan 17 2025HEALTH

Supporting Adults with Disabilities: Professionals' Role in Social Connections

Imagine having a disability and living independently. It can be tough to make friends and stay connected. That's where professionals come in. They play a big part in helping people with disabilities build and strengthen social ties. In this study, researchers talked to 51 people: adults with disabil

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Jan 17 2025HEALTH

Helping Hands: How Canada Aids Decision Making for People with Intellectual Disabilities

Ever wondered how someone with an intellectual disability makes choices? Canada has a unique method to lend a hand. Researchers checked out seven individuals with varying degrees of intellectual disabilities across two Canadian provinces. Guess what they discovered? A common decision-making process

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Jan 17 2025HEALTH

Experiences of People with Intellectual Disabilities in Canadian Community Settings

What does it take for people with intellectual disabilities (ID) to feel included in their communities? A study from Québec City, Canada, explored this question by talking to adults with ID and those who support them daily. The research used interviews to understand what makes community participatio

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Jan 17 2025ENTERTAINMENT

The New Switch 2: Better, But Not Special Enough?

If you’re into handheld gaming, you’ve probably seen or heard about the Switch 2. At first glance, it looks like Nintendo took a page from other gaming brands like Lenovo. The new Switch has a darker, more serious look, which is a big change from their usual bright and fun designs. This isn’t the Ni

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Jan 17 2025POLITICS

America's Healthcare Hopes: A Split View on Trump's Plans

A new survey by Gallup shows that many Americans aren't betting on President-elect Donald Trump to make healthcare cheaper. Nearly half—46%—think the country is on the wrong track when it comes to his healthcare plans. More people doubt that Congress and Trump will lower health care and drug costs—4

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Jan 17 2025CRIME

A Business Owner's Shocking Past: DNA Solves Decades-Old Assault Cases

Imagine digging up crimes from the past. That's what happened when DNA testing finally caught up with Kurt Alan Rillema, a Michigan business owner. Police found that Rillema, 51, was the FBI behind two sexual assault cases way back in 1999 and 2000—at golf courses in Oakland County and Penn State Un

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Jan 17 2025EDUCATION

Sports Field Silence: Neighbors Protest Against Whistles

Imagine a high school spending nearly a million dollars on a fancy new soccer field, only to find out they can't use it. Why? Because the neighbors complain about the refs' whistles! Cornwallis Academy in Maidstone, Kent, has been stuck with this odd problem since August. The school wanted to let lo

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Jan 17 2025SCIENCE

Repurposing Old Batteries: A New Life for Spent Graphite

Did you know that old batteries could have a second life? Scientists have found a cool use for the graphite inside spent lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). This graphite is special because it has a lot of oxygen-rich groups on its surface. These groups help the graphite absorb microwaves really well. To

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