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Calcium plays an important role in bone health; deficiencies can result in reduced bone density and cause conditions such as osteoporosis.Calcium supplementation later in life only slightly decreases the risk of osteoporosis or fracture. Previous research on the effect of supplemental calcium on bone mineral growth in young people (35 years or younger) was limited.Recently, researchers completed a systematic review to summarize the evidence of the effect of calcium supplementation in younger age groups, finding that supplementation does, in fact, improve bone mass.Osteoporosis, where bones become porous and weaker due to loss of bone density, is an important health concern…

CNN  —  Time is running out for Russian President Vladimir Putin, and he knows it. Meanwhile his bombast continues: announcing the annexation of Ukrainian territories on Friday, Putin declared Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson will become part of Russia “forever.” He is rushing to claim a victory and cement slender gains and sue for peace, running a dangerous political tab, regardless of the fanfare in Moscow. He called on Ukraine to “cease fire” immediately and “sit down at the negotiating table,” but added: “We will not negotiate the choice of the people. It has been made. Russia will not betray…

JAKARTA: Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Sunday (Oct 2) ordered a safety review of the country’s football matches after 129 people were killed in a stampede triggered by clashes between fans and police. In a televised statement, he said country’s sports and youth minister, national police chief and Indonesian football association chief were ordered “to conduct a thorough evaluation of football matches and the security procedures”. Separately, the governor of East Java announced that the families of the victims will receive 15 million rupiah (US$980) in compensation. Khofifah Indar Parawansa said the provincial government will give 10 million rupiah ($650) and…

Time to check the fridge! The U.S. Centers for Disease Control issued a recall for brie and camembert cheese made by Old Europe Cheese, Inc. on Friday, Sept. 30.The cheese, manufactured in Benton Harbor, Michigan, was sold under more than two dozen brand names in popular stores across the United States and Mexico.The cheese might be contaminated with Listeria cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people and others with weakened immune systems. Even healthy people can be impacted with short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea.The recalled cheese…

We’re right in the middle of Paris Fashion Week, and if you’re not there in person, that’s ok! There’s plenty to watch on Instagram. Shalom Harlow gave us a saucy look into the Saint Laurent afterparty, where she posed in a full femme fatale look. The supermodel wore a long gray coat but opted to go a bit bare underneath, and wore only a bra, black underwear, and a pair of sheer pantyhose. Her caption said it all: “TOO HOT”. And to make things even hotter, the snap was taken by her fellow runway walker in crime, Eva Herzigova. Ooh…

Solana’s price has taken a hit amid another major outage that has grinded the network activity to a halt.Crypto pundit and host of NFT Alpha show, Nick Valdez first brought the development to public attention on Twitter after a series of speculative mentions. A few hours later, the official Solana Twitter handle confirmed the report in the early hours of Saturday.According to the handle, the network experienced an outage and transactions were no longer being processed. The Solana team assured the community that network developers were already up and about, looking to resolve the issue. This incident marks the fourth time Solana is experiencing a…

Daniel Glaun woke up on Thursday morning not knowing whether or not his home had fallen victim to Hurricane Ian. Glaun, a reporter at the News-Press, the broadsheet that services Fort Myers, Florida, had slept on a mattress cover inside NPR affiliate WGCU’s building, which has become a refuge for journalists in the region who needed a reliable internet connection and power. But instead of trying to find his way home to check on the status of his life possessions, Glaun set out to do his job. He’s just one of dozens of reporters at the News-Press and elsewhere in…

An astonishing global burden was laid on the mostly elderly residents of rural Japan by the head of the International Energy Agency, perhaps unwittingly, in a keynote address to the Liquefied Natural Gas Producer-Consumer Conference last week. If Japan quickly restarts its huge fleet of mothballed nuclear reactors, said IEA head Fatih Birol, the world’s biggest importer of LNG will need to ship in considerably less of the stuff, leaving more (Birol suggested 10bn cubic metres) available in the market. That would loosen some price pressures and grant Europe a chance of making it through a wintry energy crunch. That…

Prime minister Liz Truss has said that “Britain’s economy needs a reset” and pledged to prioritise “aspiration, enterprise and growth” as the Conservative party prepares to gather for its annual conference in the wake of a week of market turmoil.MPs and party members will convene on Sunday in Birmingham, and Truss is expected to seek to rally their support for her political vision.She faces rising discontent over the government’s £45bn “mini” Budget last week, after which the pound fell to a record low against the dollar, gilts sold off sharply, banks pulled thousands of mortgage products and the Bank of…

The Nord Stream pipeline leaks were caused by “at least two detonations” with “several hundred kilos” of explosives, Denmark and Sweden said in a joint letter to the United Nations Security Council.”At least two detonations occurred underwater, damaging the pipelines belonging to Nord Stream 1 and 2, causing major leaks of natural gas into the Baltic Sea,” the countries’ permanent missions to the United Nations said.Leaks were discovered on the two natural gas pipelines earlier in the week, with EU leaders warning that it could be “sabotage”.While the pipelines connecting Russia to Germany still contained some natural gas, the EU…