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Tori Spelling’s 14-year-old daughter, Stella, is still struggling in the wake of a recent hospital visit in which she was diagnosed with a rare type of migraine. In fact, according to the former “Beverly Hills, 90210” star, the teen returned to the ER just days after her first visit.Spelling visited SiriusXM’s “Jeff Lewis Live” on Jan. 19, and when asked how Stella is doing, the mom of five said, “Not great,” before going on to offer a full update.“She went to the ER, now twice,” Spelling said. “She was diagnosed with a hemiplegic migraine.” In addition to typical the headache…

From the beaches of Barcelona to the sweeping landscapes of the Pyrenees, Catalonia is defined by the sea and the mountains. With a proud cultural identity, this corner of northwestern Spain is full of modernist masterpieces, sloping vineyards and spectacular beaches. “Catalonia is fantastic, it has everything – it has mountains, it has the sea, it has gastronomy, it has culture,” says Roger Torrent i Ramió, Minister of Business and Labour of the Generalitat de Catalunya. “It also has a history of welcoming diverse cultures and civilizations.”But with so much on offer, it can be difficult to know where to start…

Europe’s largest iron ore producer wants to use green hydrogen in its production process, as it looks to go carbon-free.State-owned LKAB in Sweden runs the world’s largest underground iron-ore mine in the Arctic city of Kiruna, with its site there representing 80% of all iron ore in the European Union.Iron is steel’s main component and will play a key role in the green industrial revolution.The new Hydrogen Breakthrough Ironmaking Technology (HYBRIT) will allow for cleaner steel production by significantly reducing CO2 emissions.Green hydrogen refers to hydrogen produced using renewable energy, rather than fossil-based fuels, which is the common method for making it.Susanne Eriksson Rostmark,…

Researchers developed an A.I. deep learning tool called Sybil to predict lung cancer risk. Sybil had an AUC (area under the curve) value of 94%, which shows a high degree of ability to correctly classify people with or without lung cancer within a year of screening, and up to 81% within six years. Sybil also reduced the false positivity rate from 14% with current methods of analysis to 8% for the first scan, opening up the possibility of a single scan for lung cancer.They noted that further evaluation is needed to ascertain Sybil’s performance, particularly in different ethnic groups. Lung…

Water seems to come with the rule of eight: Drink eight 8-ounce glasses per day for good health, according to popular and much-repeated advice.But is that really the case? Here’s what to know about how much water you really need:What are the health benefits of water?“There’s a pretty long list of reasons why maintaining proper hydration status is important for maintaining someone’s health,” Brenda Davy, a professor in the department of human nutrition, foods and exercise at Virginia Tech, tells TODAY.com.Davy, who is also a registered dietitian nutritionist, studies how water and beverage intake affects health. Proper hydration has been…

A new study finds that an older class of antipsychotic medications can lower blood sugar in people with type 2 diabetes.These drugs may address the needs of people who cannot take existing diabetes medications, or for whom they have become less effective.The antipsychotics address the expression of an enzyme that has recently been tied to hyperglycemia in mice.With type 2 diabetes (T2D) on the rise, there is an expanding need for effective treatments. Researchers from the University of Alberta (UAlberta) in Canada have been exploring existing non-diabetes drugs as new therapeutic options for people with T2D.The study has found that…

People with obesity are more likely to have a vitamin D deficiency.Trials designed to determine whether or not vitamin D supplementation has a beneficial effect have repeatedly reported inconclusive results. Secondary analysis of one of the largest trials to date — the VITAL study — into the effect of vitamin D supplementation showed different levels of beneficial effects for people with different body mass indexes (BMIs).The study team has now shown that vitamin D supplementation is less effective at correcting deficiencies in people with obesity than in people with a BMI below 25.As many as 40% of Europeans have a…

More than 550 international companies, many from Europe, are still doing business in Russia to a lesser or greater extent, defying public pressure to pull out of the country following the invasion of Ukraine, according to a new report by Yale University.Out of these, 223 companies are considered to be operating “business as usual,” including prominent firms from Italy (Boggi, Benetton, Calzedonia), France (Clarins, Etam, Lacoste), Germany (Siemens Healthineers, B. Braun), and the Netherlands (Philips).The “business as usual” list also features some well-known American firms, like Tom Ford, Tupperware and TGI Friday’s, as well as numerous Chinese enterprises, like Alibaba, Tencent and…

CES is undeniably the most famous and influential tech show on the planet, held yearly in Las Vegas. With the pandemic still hanging over the world last year, its 2022 attendance was a shadow of its former self, attracting only 45,000 people — down from its pre-Covid high 150,000 — with dozens of exhibitors canceling their on-floor presence days before the show. This year’s event, happily, attracted substantially more attendees, hitting the 115,000 mark, according to the event’s organizer, the Consumer Technology Association. After logging nearly 80,000 steps, attending more than 35 meetings, and spending several hours on the show…

Researchers have recently investigated how older adults recover from negative stimuli. They found that older adults prone to rumination and negative thinking display increased connectivity between brain areas linked to emotional and autobiographical processing. They are now investigating whether mindfulness or “compassionate” meditation might help reduce dementia risk, since chronic negative emotions are associated with neurodegenerative conditions.Studies show that older adults can more effectively regulate their emotional states than younger adults, as they tend to prioritize social and emotional interactions and have a positivity bias. Existing research indicates that carrying negative emotions from one moment to the next is linked…