Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made various claims about his health over the years, but the most shocking came Wednesday when it was revealed that Kennedy once insisted that a worm ate a portion of his brain over a decade ago. Kennedy’s assertion, which was reported by the New York Times, was made […]
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It’s been several years since kids returned to their classrooms and workers went back to their offices. We dine indoors at restaurants and don’t hesitate to board a plane for a family trip. COVID-19 isn’t disrupting our lives like it did in the days of lockdowns, social distancing and mandatory masking. So why are so […]
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California lawmakers could soon clear a governmental logjam that has held up dozens of studies related to addiction treatment, psychedelics or other federally restricted drugs. The holdup revolves around the Research Advisory Panel of California, established decades ago to vet studies involving cannabis, hallucinogens and treatments for “abuse of controlled substances.” It has been a […]
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In November 2017, days after her daughter Mallory Smith died from a drug-resistant infection at the age of 25, Diane Shader Smith typed a password into Mallory’s laptop. At this point, keeping myself alive is a full-fledged mission, enlisting all of my energy and hours every day. I need to fight the chronic deadly resistant […]
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Book Review Trippy: The Peril and Promise of Medicinal Psychedelics By Ernesto LondoñoCeladon Books: 320 pages, $29.99If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. Ernesto Londoño’s engrossing and unsettling new book, “Trippy: The Peril and Promise of Medicinal Psychedelics,” is part memoir, […]
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The corpses are washing up by the thousands on Southern California’s beaches: a transparent ringed oval like a giant thumbprint 2 to 3 inches long, with a sail-like fin running diagonally down the length of the body. Those only recently stranded from the sea still have their rich, cobalt-blue color, a pigment that provides both […]
Continue ReadingElectronic Circuit Boards Handle Chemical Exposure The production of electronic circuit boards (PCBs) requires multiple chemical processes. Those chemicals can contain toxic compounds and cause health issues for workers handling them. To help prevent those risks, proper management of the chemicals used in PCB assembly is important. This includes proper storage and disposal of the […]
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We’ve all come to recognize that committee hearings conducted by the Republican House majority are almost invariably clown shows featuring spittle-flecked posturing by members intent on displaying their ignorance to an appreciative crowd. Wednesday’s hearing by the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic was a crystalline example of the genre. It was designed around the […]
Continue ReadingHigh Density Interconnect PCB Be Completed High density interconnect pcb is a technology that enables designers to reduce the size and weight of electronic devices by enhancing circuitry density. It involves etching layers of copper, and then using vias to connect them. The process allows traces to be shorter, which helps to increase the speed […]
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To counteract growing rates of breast cancer in younger women and to reduce racial disparities in deaths, an influential panel has changed its advice and is urging most women to begin getting regular mammograms at age 40. The new recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force say women without genetic mutations that make it […]
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