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  • Cardiologist reveals women’s blood pressure changes in 20s, pregnancy, menopause, 60s; how to protect their heart | Health

    Cardiologist reveals women’s blood pressure changes in 20s, pregnancy, menopause, 60s; how to protect their heart | Health

    Updated on: Aug 11, 2025 08:33 am IST

    Cardiologist Dr Yaranov highlights how women experience significant heart health changes throughout their lives and reveals what they can do to protect it.

    Women’s heart health goes through several changes in their lifetime. In an Instagram post shared on July 31, Dr Dmitry Yaranov, MD, cardiologist, talked about how blood pressure in women changes across decades, and what they can do to protect their hearts.

    According to the cardiologist, in women, from their 20s to 60s and beyond, hormonal changes, pregnancy, and menopause can significantly impact their heart health. (Shutterstock)

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    The cardiologist wrote, “Ladies, let’s talk about your heart. Your blood pressure isn’t one number for life — especially if you’re a woman. From your 20s to postmenopause, your heart health goes through major shifts — and most women aren’t warned until it’s too late.”

    Did you know your blood pressure isn’t static throughout life?

    According to the cardiologist, in women, from their 20s to 60s and beyond, hormonal changes, pregnancy, and menopause can significantly impact their heart health.

    • Rising numbers in their 30s
    • Pregnancy-related risks
    • Postmenopausal changes triple their odds of hypertension

    “These aren’t just numbers. They’re warning signs — and chances to act early,” he warned. The cardiologist also listed significant stages in a woman’s life, and what they should know about their heart health in every chapter. Let’s find out:

    • In your 20s-30s: Blood pressure starts to rise, increasing the risk of heart disease earlier than you might expect.
    • Pregnancy: Conditions like gestational hypertension and preeclampsia not only affect pregnancy but also elevate long-term cardiovascular risks.
    • Menopause: The decline in estrogen levels leads to stiffer blood vessels, resulting in increased blood pressure and a higher risk of hypertension.
    • 60s and beyond: Post-menopause, women are more likely than men to develop high blood pressure, with a prevalence of 75 percent in postmenopausal women in the US.

    Why does it matter?

    Per the cardiologist, “High blood pressure is a leading risk factor for heart disease and stroke in women. Regular monitoring and proactive management are crucial for maintaining heart health.”

    But what can you do to manage your heart health? The doctor suggested, “Monitor your blood pressure regularly and consult with your healthcare provider to understand your risks and manage your heart health effectively.”

    Note to readers: This article is for informational purposes only and not a substitute for professional medical advice. Always seek the advice of your doctor with any questions about a medical condition.

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  • Record Profits and Strategic …

    Record Profits and Strategic …

    Release Date: August 07, 2025

    For the complete transcript of the earnings call, please refer to the full earnings call transcript.

    • Just Group PLC (LSE:JUST) reported a 34% increase in profits to 504 million, with operating earnings per share up 36%.

    • The company achieved record sales of 5.3 billion, driven by a 36% increase in new business sales.

    • The DB business completed its largest transaction to date, a 1.8 billion scheme, showcasing its strong market position.

    • The solvency ratio stands at a robust 204%, providing significant headroom for future growth.

    • The dividend was increased by 20%, reflecting confidence in the business’s future prospects.

    • The share price reaction was not as positive as expected despite strong financial results.

    • There is uncertainty regarding the impact of regulatory changes, such as the 42 million hit from Solvency UK reforms.

    • The company faces potential challenges in maintaining margins if credit spreads tighten further.

    • The market for DB transactions is expected to be more weighted towards the second half of the year, which may affect short-term growth visibility.

    • There are concerns about the sustainability of low new business strain, which has been consistently below target.

    Q: Can you provide an update on the DB pipeline and the impact of recent transactions on your growth plans? A: (David Richardson, CEO) Our Beacon platform continues to grow, with over 300 schemes now loaded. We’ve opened up the market for larger transactions, such as our first over 1 billion deal in 2024. Our pipeline remains strong, and we expect growth to be more weighted towards the second half of the year.

    Q: What factors influenced the decision to increase the dividend by 20%? A: (Mark Godson, CFO) We consider cash, earnings, and capital over the medium term. Dividends are a small part of our surplus generation, with most surplus reinvested in new business. The increase reflects confidence in the business’s long-term value.

    Q: Why haven’t you set new targets after achieving your previous profit doubling goal ahead of schedule? A: (David Richardson, CEO) We’ve exceeded our target by increasing profits by 2.4 times in three years. We are confident in our ability to grow earnings at an attractive rate from this higher level, supported by our strong business franchise and market opportunities.

    Q: How do you view the use of funded reinsurance given regulatory scrutiny? A: (David Richardson, CEO) We are comfortable with our risk management practices and have always engaged openly with regulators. Funded reinsurance is an option to enhance margins but not a dependency for our profitability or future expectations.

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  • Israel kills Al Jazeera journalist it says was Hamas leader – Reuters

    1. Israel kills Al Jazeera journalist it says was Hamas leader  Reuters
    2. Anas al-Sharif among five Al Jazeera journalists killed by Israel in Gaza  Al Jazeera
    3. Five Al Jazeera journalists killed in Israeli strike near Gaza City’s Al-Shifa hospital  BBC
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  • Musical programme at Rani Bagh: Governor praises Sindh govt – Pakistan

    Musical programme at Rani Bagh: Governor praises Sindh govt – Pakistan

    HYDERABAD: Governor Sindh Kamran Khan Tessori arrived in Hyderabad today, where he addressed a press conference at a local hotel. He expressed gratitude to the journalist community for their consistent cooperation and extensive coverage on each of his visits to the city.

    Speaking about the purpose of his current visit, the Governor said that today’s program is part of the 14th August Independence Day celebrations and the “Battle of Truth” Marka-e-Haq series of events.

    Governor Sindh noted that just as the Governor House had hosted renowned singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan earlier, today the people of Hyderabad will enjoy the performance of celebrated artist Ali Zafar at Bagh-e-Mustafa, Latifabad. The event will be a grand, colourful musical evening, complete with digital screens displaying the “Battle of Truth” Marka e Haq festivities, and decorations matching those at the Governor House. He congratulated the Sindh Government for the successful musical programme held earlier at Rani Bagh, calling it a vibrant part of the Independence Day celebrations.

    Governor Sindh stated that whether it is musical shows like the one at Rani Bagh, today’s mega event at Bagh-e-Mustafa, or the IT courses being launched, the good days for the people of Hyderabad have already begun. Regarding IT courses, Governor Kamran Khan Tessori announced that all preparations have been completed, 1,000 computers have been purchased for the computer labs, and over 50 faculty members have been appointed.

    The first phase will be launched at the university previously established by MQM, while discussions are ongoing with the Divisional Commissioner and Mayor Hyderabad for a permanent venue. Out of 50,000 students, 22,000 are already earning 600 US dollars per month through these initiatives.

    Highlighting the unique features of today’s event, the Governor announced that Bagh-e-Mustafa will host a world record-breaking fireworks display lasting one hour and twenty minutes. He praised the dedication of the organizing team, who have been working day and night for the past five days to ensure flawless arrangements. Our MPAs and MNAs are making every effort to make this musical program a success. He added. Next event will be held at Pakka Qila, as we continue moving forward with the mission of the ‘Battle of Truth’, he said.

    Governor Sindh also provided updates on the Hyderabad Development Package, confirming that Rs. 5 billion has already been received in the first phase through PIDCL, with another Rs. 5 billion to follow in the second phase.

    Development projects have been handed over to contractors, and work will be carried out under the supervision of PIDCL, in accordance with schemes submitted by MNAs. He reiterated his commitment to fulfilling promises made to provide employment opportunities for the people of Hyderabad.

    The people of Hyderabad will themselves witness how close this city is to my heart. The doors of the Governor House are always open to them. Development projects funded through MPAs’ and MNAs’ allocations will be carried out under my direct supervision, Governor Sindh assured.

    Governor Sindh further announced that next week, two inactive hospitals of the international relief organisation Red Cross in Hyderabad will be made operational, with visits arranged for the Consul General. The Governor also revealed plans to invite more than seven Federal Ministers to Hyderabad’s Chambers of Commerce to discuss development projects and consult with the business community.

    Governor Kamran Tessori concluded by reaffirming his mission, we are united and moving forward with full determination to work for the people of Hyderabad and Karachi. Whether it is a matter of resources, employment, or admissions in universities and colleges, any shortcomings will be eliminated. We want to uplift Hyderabad and Karachi, and we are working for the progress of our local areas, the province, and the country.

    Copyright Business Recorder, 2025

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  • President, PM pledge to strive for equal rights of minorities – RADIO PAKISTAN

    1. President, PM pledge to strive for equal rights of minorities  RADIO PAKISTAN
    2. End to all forms of discrimination, acceptance of diversity urged  Dawn
    3. Minority Rights March in Karachi demands legal reforms, inclusivity  The Express Tribune
    4. President renews pledge to empower minorities; promote interfaith harmony  Dunya News
    5. Abdul Rauf Awan Archives  Daily Times

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  • ‘My house and the earth shook visibly’: blazing meteor thrills residents in central Victoria | Victoria

    ‘My house and the earth shook visibly’: blazing meteor thrills residents in central Victoria | Victoria

    Residents in central Victoria have reported seeing a large meteor streaking across the night sky on Sunday, with some people describing an extremely bright fireball and a loud sound as the object passed overhead.

    Dozens of clips and witness accounts were shared in the Facebook group Australian Meteor Reports.

    Saskia Reus-Smit, from Fryerstown, posted to the group that they had seen the meteor pass “directly over my head, very low, seemed lower than a plane … close enough to see burning definition, like a volcanic rock burning orange, shades of black rock formation shadows clearly visible”.

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    Soon after, Reus-Smit experienced “a massive boom, sounded more like impact than sonic boom but could have been either. My house and the earth shook visibly.”

    Terrence Dale, who lives in Eildon, wrote on Facebook he saw the meteor at 7.35pm.

    “Low on the horizon and it was blue and red in colour and was extremely long in shape, it dropped from my view due to mountain range near where we live,” Dale wrote.

    “I knew what it was as I’ve been reading a lot on social media of a meteor shower happening soon, I just happened to be outside on a very clear night and was looking in the right direction.”

    Dale said he was left awestruck by the display.

    The meteor was also captured by the Pendergast Hut cam on Mt Buller, at 7.40pm.

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    A screenshot from a camera on Mt Buller shows the meteor as it flew overhead. Photograph: Mt Buller

    Astrophysicist and astronomer Prof Jonti Horner, from the University of Southern Queensland, confirmed it was a meteor that had lit up the sky.

    “It was definitely a meteor. Because of how bright it was, we describe it as a ‘fireball’ – which just means a meteor that was brighter in the sky than the planet Venus appears,” Horner said.

    “From how bright it was and the fact there was a widely heard sonic boom-rumble a few minutes after it appeared, it seems likely that fragments could have made it to the ground.”

    He said to his knowledge nothing has been found yet – though this was not surprising, as meteorites are hard to find, he said.

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  • Akeso Announces First Patient Dosed in Phase III Trial of Ivonescimab as Consolidation Therapy for Limited-Stage SCLC After Definitive Radiotherapy

    HONG KONG, Aug. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Akeso, Inc. (9926.HK) (“Akeso” or the “Company”) announced that the first patient has been dosed in its multicenter, randomized, double-blind Phase III study (AK112-311/HARMONi-9), evaluating ivonescimab, a first-in-class PD-1/VEGF bispecific antibody developed by Akeso, in small cell lung cancer (SCLC). This study is designed to assess the efficacy and safety of ivonescimab as consolidation therapy in patients with limited-stage small cell lung cancer (LS-SCLC) who have not experienced progression following standard concurrent chemoradiotherapy (cCRT).

    AK112-311/HARMONi-9 study is the eighth registrational Phase III clinical trial for ivonescimab in lung cancer (including three international multicenter studies). The initiation of this trial further expands ivonescimab’s therapeutic coverage across key lung cancer indications and different lines of treatment. As the world’s first PD-1/VEGF bispecific antibody, ivonescimab is driving significant transformation in the overall lung cancer treatment landscape and holds the potential to fundamentally improve global lung cancer therapies.

    Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) represents approximately 15% of all lung cancers and is known for its aggressive nature, early metastasis, and poor prognosis. Around 30% of patients are diagnosed at the limited stage (LS-SCLC), with over 80% being ineligible for surgical intervention. The current standard of care involves concurrent or sequential chemoradiotherapy (cCRT/sCRT), where most patients face recurrence or develop drug resistance. To date, only one PD-L1 therapy has been approved for consolidation treatment for LS-SCLC, highlighting the significant unmet clinical need of this difficult to treat cancer.

    In previous studies focused on extensive-stage SCLC (ES-SCLC), ivonescimab has demonstrated its ability to prolong progression-free survival (PFS), combining the synergistic benefits of PD-1/L1 inhibitors and anti-angiogenic agents. Ivonescimab is a cornerstone in Akeso’s “IO 2.0” strategy, and Akeso has already initiated a series of Phase III and Phase II clinical trials investigating ivonescimab as a first-line treatment across multiple cancer indications. The initiation of a Phase III study of ivonescimab for LS-SCLC is another key step in extending Akeso’s “IO 2.0” approach to earlier stages of lung cancer.

    Forward-Looking Statement of Akeso, Inc.
    This announcement by Akeso, Inc. (9926.HK, “Akeso”) contains “forward-looking statements”. These statements reflect the current beliefs and expectations of Akeso’s management and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. These statements are not intended to form the basis of any investment decision or any decision to purchase securities of Akeso. There can be no assurance that the drug candidate(s) indicated in this announcement or Akeso’s other pipeline candidates will obtain the required regulatory approvals or achieve commercial success. If underlying assumptions prove inaccurate or risks or uncertainties materialize, actual results may differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements.

    Risks and uncertainties include but are not limited to, general industry conditions and competition; general economic factors, including interest rate and currency exchange rate fluctuations; the impact of pharmaceutical industry regulation and health care legislation in P.R.China, the United States and internationally; global trends toward health care cost containment; technological advances, new products and patents attained by competitors; challenges inherent in new product development, including obtaining regulatory approval; Akeso’s ability to accurately predict future market conditions; manufacturing difficulties or delays; financial instability of international economies and sovereign risk; dependence on the effectiveness of the Akeso’s patents and other protections for innovative products; and the exposure to litigation, including patent litigation, and/or regulatory actions.

    Akeso does not undertake any obligation to publicly revise these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof, except as required by law.

    About Akeso
    Akeso (HKEX: 9926.HK) is a leading biopharmaceutical company committed to the research, development, manufacturing and commercialization of the world’s first or best-in-class innovative biological medicines. Founded in 2012, the company has created a unique integrated R&D innovation system with the comprehensive end-to-end drug development platform (ACE Platform) and bi-specific antibody drug development technology (Tetrabody) as the core, a GMP-compliant manufacturing system and a commercialization system with an advanced operation mode, and has gradually developed into a globally competitive biopharmaceutical company focused on innovative solutions. With fully integrated multi-functional platform, Akeso is internally working on a robust pipeline of over 50 innovative assets in the fields of cancer, autoimmune disease, inflammation, metabolic disease and other major diseases. Among them, 24 candidates have entered clinical trials (including 15 bispecific/multispecific antibodies and bispecific ADCs. Additionally, 7 new drugs are commercially available, and 2 new drugs with 2 new indications are under regulatory review for approval. Through efficient and breakthrough R&D innovation, Akeso always integrates superior global resources, develops the first-in-class and best-in-class new drugs, provides affordable therapeutic antibodies for patients worldwide, and continuously creates more commercial and social values to become a global leading biopharmaceutical enterprise.

    For more information, please visit https://www.akesobio.com/en/about-us/corporate-profile/ and follow us on Linkedin.

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  • New Samsung Internet feature uses AI to close tabs you forgot about – SamMobile

    New Samsung Internet feature uses AI to close tabs you forgot about – SamMobile

    Samsung Internet is a pretty solid browser. The company routinely updates it with new features to further improve the user experience. With everything getting an AI sprinkling these days, it was only a matter of time before the browser picked up some of that fairy dust as well.

    A new feature has been added to Samsung Internet Beta that utilizes AI to help with tab management. Since most of us tend to have dozens of tabs open that we just can’t be bothered to close, this is going to be a very useful feature.

    Let AI do the heavy lifting

    Samsung Internet Browser Beta v29.0.0.27 has added a new “Auto close unused tabs” feature. It will automatically close tabs that haven’t been used for a certain time. You can choose to have tabs closed after 7 or 30 days, or you can opt for smart tab management which relies on AI to close tabs “as soon as it detects that you’re not using them.”

    This will be super helpful to all of us that have dozens of unused tabs just clogging up space in the browser. The smart tab management feature is a good set and forget option, as the browser will take care of it all without requiring any input from the user.

    The latest beta update also adds a new Grid view mode for the tab management for easier management. Tab scroll animations have been added as well to further streamline the process.

    You can access the latest Samsung Internet Beta from the Galaxy Store. Features that are first introduced in the beta version typically make their way to the stable version in a few weeks.

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  • Seven volunteers die in mudslide while restoring water channel in Gilgit

    Seven volunteers die in mudslide while restoring water channel in Gilgit

    A vehicle drives past a partially collapsed section of the Karakoram Highway damaged after a lake outburst near Hassanabad village of Gilgit-Baltistan region, June 9, 2022. — AFP
    • Volunteers were helping repair flood-damaged water channel.
    • Seven people were injured in the incident, says GB govt spox.
    • Emergency services on high alert across local hospitals.

    Seven local volunteers lost their lives in a massive landslide while working to restore the flood-damaged Danyor Nullah in Gilgit, officials said on Monday.

    According to the GB government spokesperson Faizullah Faraq, the incident also left seven others injured. All the injured were rushed to nearby hospitals, where emergency services were immediately activated to manage the crisis.

    The volunteers were reportedly repairing a damaged water channel when a sudden mudslide buried them under tonnes of earth and rocks.

    Police said four individuals were pulled out from the debris in critical condition during the rescue operation.

    Faraq said that the search and rescue efforts have now been completed.

    The recent monsoon spell wreaked havoc across Pakistan with scenes of urban flooding, flash floods and landslides resulting in over 260 deaths, while several others are still missing, along with damage to infrastructure.

    Gilgit Baltistan, which hosts several tourist hotspots, was also battered by flash floods and landslides, with Chief Minister Haji Gulbar Khan, last month, saying that at least 10 people were killed and four others were injured in the region in floods triggered by intense monsoon rains.

    Expanding on the extent of damage, the chief minister said that 300 houses were destroyed, whereas 200 were partially damaged. Also, 30-40% of water channels and 15 to 20 kilometres of roads were damaged.

    Last week, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif distributed compensation cheques among families affected by recent floods in Gilgit Baltistan and directed immediate restoration of damaged infrastructure under a Rs4 billion relief package.

    During his visit to the region, the premier handed over Rs1 million compensation cheques to the next of kin of those who lost their lives in the calamity. Offering prayers for the deceased and speedy recovery of the injured, the prime minister said he had come to express solidarity with the flood victims.

    “Pakistan is among the countries most affected by climate change,” PM Shehbaz had said while addressing the check-distribution ceremony.

    He called for the establishment of an advanced warning system to mitigate future disaster risks. “An early warning system is the need of the hour,” he stressed.

    He directed the Minister for Communications to take immediate steps for infrastructure restoration and pledged that his next visit to the region would take place before the end of this month.

    The premier further revealed that a 100-megawatt solar power project in the region would be completed this year.


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