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  • Breast cancer and obesity: Explaining risks with compassion

    Breast cancer and obesity: Explaining risks with compassion

    Many risk factors tied to breast cancer are beyond the control of patients, including genetic factors.

    But patients can reduce their risks by taking control of some factors, including maintaining a healthy weight.

    Researchers say obesity is one of…

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  • Heart surgeon with 25 years of experience debunks claim that eggs are bad for everyone, shares real reason he eats eggs

    Heart surgeon with 25 years of experience debunks claim that eggs are bad for everyone, shares real reason he eats eggs

    For years, eggs have been caught in the crossfire of dietary debates – blamed for raising cholesterol, linked to heart disease, and often stripped of their yolks in the name of “healthy eating.” But modern research and expert insights…

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  • The English jeweller who made charms fashionable again

    The English jeweller who made charms fashionable again

    The British jewellery designer Annoushka Ducas has been creating quirky cufflinks and whimsical charms for more than 30 years, transforming significant life moments into intricate miniature gems. She launched Links of London in the early…

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  • Preliminary study shows intraoperative radiation’s success against pancreatic cancer spread

    Preliminary study shows intraoperative radiation’s success against pancreatic cancer spread

    Using targeted radiation during surgery – referred to as intraoperative radiation – to eliminate pancreatic cancer cells that have spread to areas around the pancreas, investigators at Johns Hopkins have been able to reduce the…

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  • Withings’ urine scanning health tracker is now available for $350

    Withings’ urine scanning health tracker is now available for $350

    Withings first announced its U-Scan, a non-invasive device you install in your toilet to track various health metrics, at CES 2023 two years ago. Unlike Kohler’s Dekoda, which uses a camera to analyze your poop, the U-Scan detects and samples…

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  • Too bad I can’t run, but we’ll see what happens, says Trump on unconstitutional third term | Donald Trump

    Too bad I can’t run, but we’ll see what happens, says Trump on unconstitutional third term | Donald Trump

    Donald Trump said “it’s too bad” he is not allowed to run for a third term, conceding the constitutional reality even as he expressed interest in continuing to serve.

    “If you read it, it’s pretty clear,” Trump told reporters on board…

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  • Ben & Jerry’s co-founder says Unilever blocked Palestine-themed ice cream

    Ben & Jerry’s co-founder says Unilever blocked Palestine-themed ice cream

    The co-founder of ice cream maker Ben & Jerry’s says that its parent company Unilever blocked it from launching an ice cream flavour that expressed “solidarity with Palestine”.

    Ben Cohen announced that he will independently create the new flavour as part of a personal series highlighting causes the company has been barred from addressing publicly.

    Ben & Jerry’s is known for its activism on social issues and has consistently spoken out on political, environmental and humanitarian matters – including the Israel-Gaza conflict.

    The BBC has contacted Unilever for comment.

    Mr Cohen’s statement deepens the long-drawn dispute between the world-famous ice cream maker and Unilever, the British packaged goods giant which has owned Ben & Jerry’s since 2000.

    The co-founders said Unilever and its ice cream arm Magnum, which is being spun off from its parent company, had unlawfully blocked their company from “honouring its social mission”.

    Mr Cohen said in an Instagram video on Tuesday that he is creating a new watermelon-flavoured sorbet, calling for ideas for the product’s name and what ingredients should be added.

    The watermelon has become a symbol for solidarity with Palestinians due to its colours, which are similar to those of the Palestinian flag – red, green, black and white.

    The American entrepreneur said Ben & Jerry’s were prevented by Unilever from creating the dessert.

    “I’m doing what they couldn’t,” Mr Cohen says from his set in a kitchen. “I’m making a watermelon-flavoured ice cream that calls for permanent peace in Palestine and calls for repairing the damage that was done there.”

    In 2021, Ben & Jerry’s refused to sell its products in areas occupied by Israel. Its Israeli operation was sold by Unilever to a local licensee, allowing its ice cream to continue being sold in the occupied West Bank.

    The dessert series will be developed under Ben’s Best, Mr Cohen’s activist ice cream brand, he said in a statement to the press. The flavour is being produced independently of Ben & Jerry’s, the statement said.

    Ben’s Best was first setup in 2016 to support former US presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, with the flavour “Bernie’s Back”.

    Mr Cohen said he will develop other ice cream flavours that speak to the issues Ben & Jerry’s was silenced from addressing publicly by Unilever.

    In September, co-founder Jerry Greenfield stepped down from Ben & Jerry’s after decades at the company, citing concerns that its independence had been compromised following Unilever’s decision to curb its social activism.

    At the time, Ben Cohen said that “Jerry has a really big heart and this conflict with Unilever was breaking it.”

    “My heart leads me to continue to work inside the company to advocate for its independence so that it can actualise the social mission, the values that it was founded on and has maintained for over 40 years,” he told the BBC’s PM programme.


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  • Advances in stem cell therapy for diabetic foot ulcers

    Advances in stem cell therapy for diabetic foot ulcers

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    Diabetic foot ulcers (DFU) are one of the most common and severe complications in diabetic patients, with an increasing incidence rate. Globally, the prevalence of DFU represents a significant burden. According to the most recent…

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