The Life Technology™ News Blog: 06/23/21

Wednesday, June 23, 2021

Rates of melanoma skin cancer rising faster in men than women

Figures analysed by Cancer Research UK show that while UK rates for women have risen by 30% over 10 years, they have increased by 47% for men. There has also been an 8 ...

How to keep your kidneys healthy — exercise regularly, limit salt and watch your blood pressure

Professor of experimental nephrology at Edinburgh Medical School and honorary consultant nephrologist. Kidneys excrete myriad waste products and toxins that arise from the body's metabolism, maintain the correct chemistry and acidity of blood, secrete ...

Crown Estate set for windfall from green energy revolution

... in offshore wind, the clearest indication yet that the monarch's property company is set to benefit substantially from the UK's green energy transition.

XRP, Dogecoin, Polkadot Price Analysis: 23 June

XRP, for example, engaged in bullish momentum and rose by 13.01% while keeping within its previous resistance level. Further, Dogecoin finally ...

US Capital Royal Eagle Green Energy Income Fund rated “Dark – GlobeNewswire - Son Oyun

The US Capital Royal Eagle Green Energy Income Fund (the “Fund”) recently received the highest sustainability rating, “Dark Green” by a leading ...

West Nile Virus-Positive Mosquitoes Found In Lake County

LAKE BLUFF, IL — In Lake County's first sign of West Nile virus of 2021, mosquitoes collected last week in Lake Bluff later tested positive for the virus, public health officials said. Lake County Health Department Executive Director Mark Pfister encouraged ...

Missouri tracks spread of delta variant using wastewater

Linn County, which includes Brookfield, was not prepared for the spike and COVID-19 cases in the city "skyrocketed," according to Marc Johnson, a University of Missouri professor of molecular microbiology and immunology working on the project.

Number of NHS doctors taking early retirement has tripled since 2008

The number of doctors taking early retirement from the NHS has more than tripled over the past 13 years, official figures show.

Pandemic drives largest decrease in US life expectancy since 1943

U.S. life expectancy decreased by 1.87 years between 2018 and 2020, a drop not seen since World War II, according to new research from Virginia Commonwealth University, the University of Colorado Boulder and the Urban Institute.

Long COVID has resurfaced tensions over treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome

Many long COVID patients are experiencing extreme fatigue, a situation which has reignited the polarisation in approaches to treatment and rehabilitation of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), according to a special report today.

Australian and US universities make breakthroughs in quantum computing and additively ...

Australian and US universities make breakthroughs in quantum computing and additively manufactured materials. Department of Defence. The success ...

His wife died by suicide after a 13-month battle with long-haul Covid. He hopes help is on the way for others

Nick Guthe said his wife Heidi Ferrer, a well-known Hollywood screenwriter, had been battling debilitating symptoms for more than a year before she died by suicide. Guthe tells CNN's Alisyn Camerota about his late wife's struggle as a Covid-19 "long hauler." If ...

Deleted NIH data fuels further debate on COVID-19 origins

A scientist who says he uncovered data on the genetic sequence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that had been deleted from a National Institutes of Health (NIH) database has thrown more fuel on the debate over the virus's origins. Jesse Bloom, a principal ...

Rosen Applauds Nearly $2.5 Million in Grant Funding for Scientific Research at University of ...

... a grant totaling $2,493,068 from the United States Department of Energy (DOE) to support the university's research into quantum computing.

Peloton Gets into Corporate Wellness; Armband Heart Rate Monitor May Be Next

On the corporate wellness side, Peloton's content and connected fitness products are now available to organizations that are committed to providing ...

Scalar Waves Tesla

Nikola Tesla - Non-Hertzian Waves. Variants of the theory claim that scalar electromagnetics, also known as scalar energy, is background quantum ...

Covid in Scotland: Can we stop worrying about high case numbers?

Vaccination is offering Scotland the "route out" of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to Nicola Sturgeon. The first minister told MSPs this week that the link between new cases and the serious health harms caused by the virus hasn't gone away - but it is ...