WASHINGTON — Healthy lifestyle factors such as abstinence from smoking and drinking, low body mass index, and exercise correlated with decreased cancer incidence, even in individuals with a high genetic risk. The study titled “Genetic risk for overall cancer and the benefit of adherence to a healthy lifestyle” was published in Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. The study is authored by Guangfu Jin, Ph.D., a professor at Nanjing Medical University. As genetic research continues to uncover loci, or areas in DNA, with specific changes that influence cancer risk, researchers can define polygenic risk scores (PRS) — personalized estimates of an…
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MUMBAI, India — Bollywood actor Aditya Roy Kapur has been roped in to star in the Hindi remake of Magizh Thirumeni’s directorial Tamil film “Thadam.” This new adaptation is being produced by Bhushan Kumar’s T-Series and Murad Khetani’s Cine1 Studios. The makers announced the news on T-Series’ official Twitter handle. “We’re excited to announce our next, a thriller starring #AdityaRoyKapur in a double role for the first time. Hindi remake of the Tamil hit, #Thadam. To be directed by #VardhanKetkar (sic),” the post read. Based on actual events, this yet-to-be-titled thriller will see Kapur in a double role for the first time, portraying two completely…
WASHINGTON — Women often struggle with managing their weight and other health risk factors, such as high cholesterol, once they transition through menopause. A new study titled “Dance practice modifies functional fitness, lipid profile, and self-image in postmenopausal women” suggests that dancing may effectively lower cholesterol levels, improve fitness and body composition and, in the process, improve self-esteem. Study results are published in “Menopause,” the journal of The North American Menopause Society (NAMS). Menopause is a time when a cis-woman no longer has her menstrual periods. A natural phenomenon, menopause can happen when a cis-woman is in her 40s or 50s. This change…
MUMBAI, India — Bollywood writer and director Rakyesh Omprakash Mehra has now launched his book “The Stranger In The Mirror.” The cover of the book was unveiled by actor Sonam Kapoor recently. The National-Award-winning director, on July 28, 2021, shared a piece on his Instagram handle penned by Kapoor that has been included in the book. “Rakyesh made me Sonam Kapoor. Period. There’s no other way about it,” the piece read. Mehra shared a special video on the same with the “Masakali” song from their film “Delhi 6” in the background and gave credit for the song to Kapoor. “Only Sonam could have made Masakali so iconic.…
SYDNEY — The Australian economy is facing its biggest jolt since the depths of last year’s recession, with the Sydney lockdown extended until the end of August. Economists have further downgraded their forecasts for the national economy in the September quarter, expecting it to head towards a steep contraction. The Greater Sydney area is the country’s biggest city and represents around a quarter of national output. Asked whether Australians should prepare for a recession, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said, “We do not know what is around the corner with respect to Covid-19.” “And seeing our two biggest states in lockdown over the…
CANBERRA, Australia — Australian farm profits could be slashed by up to 50 percent over the next three decades without more climate change adaptation. A new Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences report has modeled the potential impacts of climate change on farmers. The study uses the Bureau of Meteorology and Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization projections based on two scenarios of pollution reduction by 2050. With limited curbing of global carbon emissions, farm profits could fall by 10 to 50 percent across Australia. If emissions peak by 2040, farm profits are projected to fall between two and 32 percent. Western…
SYDNEY — Australia’s Emergency Management minister, in charge of federal Covid-19 support payments, has boldly declared she would rather be on welfare in Australia than anywhere else in the world. State and federal governments have ramped up support for individuals and businesses affected by Greater Sydney’s extended lockdown. People who work 20 hours or more will get AU$750 ($554.33) per week, and those who work less will get AU$450 ($332.60). Welfare recipients who have lost eight hours of work a week or more will get an AU$200 ($147.82) top-up on their regular payments. But there are 350,000 people on welfare programs in Greater…
SYDNEY — Australia’s biggest commercial airline Qantas is set to make Covid-19 vaccinations mandatory for all international travelers when Australia’s borders reopen. The Flying Kangaroo’s boss Alan Joyce has flagged mirroring requirements in Israel, Iceland, and some European countries when overseas travel returns on a larger scale. “Internationally, we absolutely will, and that’s becoming a standard around the world,” he said. Joyce said he started lobbying governments in March to put his workers in a high-priority category for immunization. “We believe that Covid-19 vaccination should be a requirement for all aviation workers,” he said. The company is surveying its workers to determine how…
A team of German archeologists made a startling discovery when they found a leaf-point stone tool that’s believed to be at least 65,000 years old in The Swabian Jura region, a collection of six caves in southern Germany. The Museum of Prehistory in Blaubeuren, Germany, presented the artifact as the “Find of the Year” and put on display the stone leaf point from the University of Tübingen’s excavation at the UNESCO World Heritage Site Hohle Fels Cave located in Germany. The tool — the oldest ever discovered in one of the caves — offers scientists a chance to find more about…
Los núcleos de hielo provenientes de un glaciar remoto en la meseta tibetana revelan virus desconocidos que datan de la era del Pleistoceno, hace casi 15 mil años. Los científicos que analizaron los núcleos de hielo extraídos del casquete de hielo Guliya en 2015, han encontrado los códigos genéticos de 33 virus, todas especies nuevas. Al menos veintiocho son virus nuevos; otros cuatro fueron identificados previamente como virus que infectan bacterias y plantas, no animales o humanos, dijo a Zenger el microbiólogo Zhi-Ping Zhong. Un virus es un pequeño parásito que no puede reproducirse por sí mismo, pero una vez…