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After Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor revealed he was leaving Twitter, Elon Musk fired back at the Oscar-winning composer.“And it turns out that Trent ‘nine inch nails’ Reznor is actually a crybaby,” the social media platform’s owner and CEO replied in an unrelated tweet.”I like his music tbh, but maybe Etsy is more his style,” Musk, 51, continued in another jab at the “Closer” singer.In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter published Nov. 19, Reznor said he had just one word for Musk’s Twitter takeover: “Embarrassment.” Trent Reznor, left, cited his mental health as a reason for leaving Twitter.…

For decades doctors have been telling their patients that high levels of HDL, otherwise known as “good cholesterol,” could protect them from heart disease. But a new study suggests that having a lot of so-called good cholesterol doesn’t mean a lower risk of heart attacks. That doesn’t mean HDL levels have no impact.An analysis of data from nearly 24,000 American adults revealed that too little HDL cholesterol was associated with an increased risk of heart disease — in white adults, but not in Black adults, researchers reported Monday in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. The new findings surprised the researchers, who…

Running a business without some cloud support is a rarity these days. Still, when formulating a cloud strategy, companies seem to make some common mistakes. Here are several of them. Making Your Cloud Strategy an IT-Only Strategy Gartner, at its IT Infrastructure, Operations & Cloud Strategies Conference this week, noted that a successful cloud strategy needs support from IT outsiders. “Business and IT leaders should avoid the mistake of devising an IT-centric strategy and then trying to ‘sell it’ to the rest of the business,” Gartner Vice President Analyst Marco Meinardi said in a statement. “Business and IT should be…

What was supposed to be a delicious meal could have been the last for a Massachusetts woman and her adult son.Kam Look and Kai Chen went out to forage for mushrooms to cook for dinner last month, but became extremely ill after eating the dish and were taken to UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester with severe, life-threatening liver damage, the hospital said in a statement.The culprit was Amanita phalloides, known as the “death cap.” It’s responsible for the majority of mushroom-related deaths worldwide, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.It looked very similar to the mushrooms the…

It’s holiday season in the U.S., which means lots of time with family friends and food. And this combination also means lots of illness will go around, from RSV, flu and COVID-19 to foodborne diseases.Also known as food poisoning, foodborne illnesses occur when you eat something contaminated with disease-causing germs, such as bacteria, parasites or viruses, and are left with an unpleasant bout of gastrointestinal symptoms, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Every year in the U.S., an estimated 1 in 6 people (or 48 million) get sick, 128,000 become hospitalized, and 3,000 die from foodborne diseases,…

People with arthritis who take anti-inflammatory medications, like ibuprofen and naproxen, to get relief from painful knees may be harming their joints, a new study suggests.MRI scans from more than 1,000 patients with osteoarthritis in their knees revealed that long-term use of NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) may lead to increased joint inflammation and damage to cartilage, researchers reported Monday at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America.Osteoarthritis is the most common type of arthritis, usually affecting the hands, hips or knees. It occurs when the cartilage in a joint erodes and the bone changes, causing pain, stiffness…

Vaccines are arguably one of the greatest inventions of medical science of all time. Now, researchers are looking to take vaccine technology one step further to protect against neurodegenerative diseases like dementia. In this Special Feature, we asked experts about what is currently under development, how a dementia vaccine would work, and how quickly we may see one becoming available to the public. Dementia is an umbrella term referring to a range of disorders that affect the way in which a person’s brain works, causing symptoms including memory loss, behavior changes, and difficulty speaking and walking. The most common form…

Blythe Danner says she feels “lucky to be alive” after revealing she is in remission from cancer.Danner, 79, known for her roles in “Meet the Parents” and “Will & Grace,” shared in a recent People interview that she was diagnosed in 2018 with adenoid cystic carcinoma, a rare form of oral cancer. The Emmy-winning actor, who is Gwyneth Paltrow’s mother, said she was struck by the coincidence that her late husband, producer and director Bruce Paltrow, also had oral cancer before his death at age 58 in 2002. Bruce Paltrow, left, died in October 2002 at age 58. Above, the family in…

Qualcomm last week announced its Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor. The significant improvement is enhanced AI that will operate behind the scenes to improve the user experience significantly on phones due to launch in a few weeks. This AI implementation should significantly improve most functions, from how well the modem works to optimize both voice and data connections to improvements in image capture, viewing, and overall power efficiency. In short, the next generation of Snapdragon 8 premium smartphones should significantly outperform any prior generation and any phone that doesn’t use Qualcomm technology (like, say, oh, iPhones). Let’s talk about how…

Obesity is a risk factor for many health conditions. Current treatments include calorie restriction, bariatric surgery, and medications. But the number of people with obesity continues to increase. Many factors lead to weight gain, including the increased availability of calorie-dense foods. Medical News Today looked at whether culinary medicine might be an effective treatment for obesity, and investigated what approaches might work on a population level.According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in 2016 more than 1.9 billion adults worldwide were overweight and, of these, 650 million had obesity. The worldwide prevalence of obesity tripled between 1975 and 2016. In…