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Listening as medicine may transform modern health care
Boston: Listening as medicine has been identified as a transformative force in modern health care, according to an article co-authored by Dr. Leonard Berry of Texas A&M University’s Mays Business School, alongside colleagues from the Institute for...

US journalist reveals harrowing details of surviving 6 days stranded on remote Norwegian mountain with broken femur and no water: "I knew I wasn't going to be able to move"
US journalist Alec Luhn has spoken out about how he survived for six days on a Norwegian glacier with multiple broken bones and no water. Luhn, a climate journalist, was reported missing by his wife Veronika Silchenko on August 5 when he failed to...

UK: Prime minister must secure freedom for Jimmy Lai on medical grounds
ARTICLE 19, as part of a coalition of 73 human rights and press freedom organisations, has written to the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, urging him to secure the release of British publisher Jimmy Lai, who remains in solitary...

6 Fascinating Facts About Norway: Know Before You Go
Oslo's gleaming cityscape holds fascinating secrets about what makes Norwegians some of the world's happiest people. Photo from Canva On arrival at Oslo’s Gardermoen Airport, I knew something was different as we exited the terminal with our...

Oslo Stories Trilogy: Love review – gracefully grownup and breezy relationships drama
Here is the second of Norwegian film-maker and novelist Dag Johan Haugerud’s seductive trilogy about affairs of the heart and mind, set in Oslo. (It comes between Sex and Dreams.) It is a thoroughly grownup and absorbing drama, acted with such...

Arsenal delay Eberechi Eze medical to make midfielder available for Crystal Palace Conference League fixture
Arsenal will delay Eberechi Eze’s medical with the club until Friday to allow the midfielder to participate in Crystal Palace’s opening Conference League fixture against Norwegian side Fredrikstad on Thursday evening. The Gunners swooped in to pip...

Norway fixing Big Bang e-health botch with fintech security
Norway was spurred to protect its national health service with banking sector security after a rushed Covid-era roll-out of digital services left holes in software interfaces handling patient data. The fix will become the largest implementation in...

Arsenal must overcome one final hurdle in Eberechi Eze transfer hijack as medical details revealed: report
Eberechi Eze could be an Arsenal player by this weekend after Arsenal hijacked the Crystal Palace midfielder's move to Tottenham Hotspur. Arsenal's North London rivals have been left seething after their proposed move for Eberechi Eze was hijacked...

Shot in the arm for Manitoba’s medical future
Jesse McGregor’s journey to become part of one of the largest classes of incoming medical students in Manitoba’s history took him hundreds of kilometres away from home — but he’ll be back. As he joined 139 of his classmates to put on their first...

Low FODMAP diet increases GLP-1 and relieves IBS symptoms
A 12-week low FODMAP diet not only eased pain, bloating, and diarrhea in IBS patients but also raised levels of the gut hormone GLP-1. However, the hormone shift didn’t fully explain the symptom relief. Study: Increase in circulating GLP-1...

Kyungu lobbies for mine workers’ health insurance
Paramount Chief Kyungu of Chitipa and Karonga districts has urged mining investors in the two districts to provide mandatory insurance cover to all workers, saying mining activities are risky due to radiation. He said this on Tuesday in Karonga...
Weekly Commentary: The Law Of Bubbles
Image Source: Pixabay An apt Friday evening headline from “The Times” (UK): “After a Very Brief Selling Frenzy, Bonds Are Back in Fashion.” What a difference a few trading sessions can make. UK 30-year gilt yields jumped to 5.75% in Monday trading...
Norway Declares Readiness to Arrest Netanyahu Over ICC War Crimes Warrant
TDT | Manama Email: mail@newsofbahrain.com Norway has announced its readiness to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he travels to the Scandinavian country, in enforcement of an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant...

Chase the Northern Lights with Ambassador’s choice of sailings to Norway
Seeing the Northern Lights is often on the bucket list of many and Ambassador Cruise Line is offering not one, but two offers on its cruises to witness the wonders of this natural phenomenon. Both departures are in March and the first offer also...
Trusted Abroad, Blocked at Home: Why Americans Need a Passport for Proven Medicines
Jeffrey A. Singer and Bautista Vivanco Earlier this month, STAT News published an opinion piece we wrote about the drug domperidone, an anti-nausea medication that may also help with breastfeeding. It is available by prescription in Australia,...

Why Listening May Be the Most Powerful Medicine
When you visit a doctor, you expect them to listen. But in today's fast-paced health care system, real listening -- the kind that makes you feel seen, heard and understood -- can be the first thing to go. A new article, co-authored by Dr. Leonard...

Pain, Progress, and Price: A Review of Conservative and Complementary Treatments for Low Back Pain
Introduction Low back pain (LBP) is a major global public health concern and one of the most costly musculoskeletal disorders worldwide.1 Beyond its impact on mobility and quality of life, LBP ranks among the leading causes of disability, with a...

An eye on how patients perceive their retinal diseases
A recent study identified a large disconnect between patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and diabetic macular edema (DME) who are treated with intravitreal injections. The survey results highlighted the significant...

Norway Reviews $2 Trillion Fund’s Israeli Investments Linked to Gaza Genocide
Norway’s government has ordered its $2 trillion sovereign wealth fund, the largest in the world, to reassess every investment it holds in Israeli companies after revelations that some of them are directly tied to their genocidal campaign in Gaza....
Norway’s $1.9 Trillion Fund Has Best Quarter Since 2023
Nicolai Tangen, in Arendal, Norway, on Aug. 12. (Bloomberg) -- Norway’s sovereign wealth fund enjoyed its best quarter since late 2023, returning 6.4% in the second quarter, propelled by stock-market gains. Equities drove the results for the $1.9...