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As someone who was completely enamored with Bone and Watchmen in the early 90s (and they remain two of the coolest things I've ever read), this was a very good watch. It's a bit over 30-minutes long, so it's not a quick watch, but was well worth my time.

youtube.com/watch?v=fXSBUX6GPsA

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It checks the 12 most common forms of the disease: #lung, #breast, #prostate, #pancreatic, #colorectal, #ovarian, #liver, #brain, #oesophageal, #bladder, #bone and soft tissue #sarcoma, and #gastric.

Scientists at Southampton University are understood to have used clinical information from 20,000 cancer patients to develop the screening.

The next stage involves improving the efficacy of the artificial intelligence involved, which analyses the test samples and biomarkers”

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J D Vance's "service" in the Marines wasn’t exactly the boots-on-the-ground experience that he’s now framing it as.
Instead, #Vance served a single four-year enlistment in the 🔸public affairs section 🔸in the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing,
and wrote in his memoir, Hillbilly Elegy, that he was “lucky to escape any real fighting.”

Meanwhile, #Walz served as an enlisted soldier in the Army National Guard for two decades,
ultimately attaining the rank of command sergeant major.
He enlisted in the Nebraska National Guard at the age of 17 and transferred to the Minnesota National Guard 15 years later in 1996.
As part of the job, he responded to natural disasters,
served with the European Security Force to support the war in Afghanistan,
and was stationed around Europe to train with NATO militaries.
He received several Army #medals and retired as a master sergeant shortly before running for Congress in 2006.
Walz has repeatedly said he left the military in order to run for office, not out of cowardice, as Vance implies.
Bringing the military disparity to the foreground of the election is, ultimately, an interesting choice for Vance and #Trump,
considering that a conveniently timed #bone #spur diagnosis helped the Republican presidential candidate skirt the Vietnam War draft in 1968.
newrepublic.com/post/184662/jd

The New Republic · J.D. Vance’s New Attack on Tim Walz Proves Irony Is DeadIs J.D. Vance really the best person to criticize Tim Walz’s military background?

A drug used to treat certain #bone diseases shows promise for slowing the progression of a rare, painful #genetic condition that causes excessive calcium buildup in the arteries, known as arterial calcification due to deficiency of #CD73 (#ACDC ).
#Medical #Pharmaceutical #sflorg
sflorg.com/2024/04/med04032401

www.sflorg.comDrug shows promise for slowing progression of rare, painful genetic diseaseNIH-supported clinical trial could lead to first effective treatment for ACDC disease.