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Your guide to preventative health screenings for each decade, from your 20s to your 60s

Making a plan for preventative care and screenings is a great way to put your health first. Whether it’s keeping up with recommended vaccines or scheduling screening tests to detect potential problems early, there are different guidelines to stay on top of at different ages throughout your life. “If everyone followed our preventative health screenings, we would catch disease earlier. …

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U.K. man gets 37 years for fatally poisoning couple with fentanyl, rewriting their will

A British man has been sentenced to 37 years in prison after poisoning a husband and wife with fentanyl and reworking their will to seize control of their business. The sentence for Luke D’Wit is “among the most significant sentences ever secured” after an investigation by Essex Police Department officers, the department said in anews release. D’Wit, 34, first met …

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Body of missing University of Missouri student Riley Strain found in river in West Nashville

A body found in a river in West Nashville on Friday morning has been confirmed to bemissing University of Missouri student Riley Strain, the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department said. Strain’s body was recovered from the Cumberland River in West Nashville, about eight miles from downtown, police said onsocial media. Metropolitan Nashville Police Department Chief John Drake said in a news …

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Mia Armstrong on her childrens book "I Am a Masterpiece!" detailing life as a person with Down syndrome

Actor and model Mia Armstrong says that she views Down syndrome as a superpower. She writes in her new children’s book, “I Am a Masterpiece!” that mean words bounce off her “like a super shield.” Mia, 13, details many other life experiences in her new book. She also goes into the unique perspective she holds and also shares an important …

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What are annuities?

Saving for retirement is one of the most important money moves you can make. After all, it can be tough to live off of Social Security payments alone. For example, the average Social Security retirement benefit for January 2024 is estimated to be $1,907, according to the Social Security Administration, which may not be enough to cover all your expenses …

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U.K. cracks down on synthetic opioid 10 times stronger than fentanyl causing overdoses in Europe

London —As authorities clamp down on fentanyl distribution and the amount of heroin produced in Afghanistan decreases under the Taliban, criminal enterprises have turned to a deadly alternative. Some health agencies in Europe are reporting a rise in deaths and overdoses from a type of synthetic opioid that can reportedly be hundreds of times stronger than heroin and up to …

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Has anyone ever had a perfect bracket for March Madness? The odds and precedents for NCAA predictions

With the 2024 NCAA men’s tournament underway and the women’s tournament set to begin Friday, the chase for the perfect March Madness bracket has also officially begun. While anyone has a chance to get it completely right, odds are 1 in 9.2. quintillion, according to the NCAA. In other words, as Tim Chartier, a mathematics and computer science professor at …

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Pig kidney transplanted into man for first time ever at Massachusetts General Hospital

BOSTON – For the first time ever, surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston transplanted a pig kidney into a living human patient. Mass General said Thursday the procedure was the first successful procedure of its kind in the world. The kidney recipient was identified as 62-year-old Rick Slayman of Weymouth. He is recovering well at Mass General and the …

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Carlee Russell, Alabama woman who faked her own kidnapping, gets probation for hoax

Carlee Russell, the Alabama woman who faked her own kidnapping last year, pleaded guilty Thursday and avoided jail time, according to CBS affiliate WIAT. Russell, then a 25-year-old nursing student, told Hoover police she was abducted July 13 after seeing a toddler on the side of the road. She told police an unknown man had forced her over a fence …

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Tennessee becomes first state to pass a law protecting musicians against AI

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Thursday signed legislation designed to protect songwriters, performers and other music industry professionals against the potential dangers of artificial intelligence. The move makes Tennessee, long known as the birthplace of country music and the launchpad for musical legends, the first state in the U.S. to enact such measures. Supporters say the goal is to ensure …

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