Ozempic and similar fat-burning shots have been a godsend for millions of Americans living with obesity.
At least 5.6 million people across the US have been prescribed the injection to help them slim down and, in doing so, slash their risk of a host of diseases by 20 percent.
The medicine, which works by supressing hunger signals, can help patients lose up to 15 percent in their body weight in just over a year, according to major trials.
But while
Everyone knows that inequality has gotten out of hand in the United States. Thanks largely to the work of three now-famous economists—Thomas Piketty, Emmanuel Saez, and Gabriel Zucman—it’s probably one of the most widely accepted facts in modern American life. Since the early aughts, they have meticulously documented the rate at which the richest have pulled away from the rest. Their research transformed domestic politics, leading President Barack Obama to declare inequality the “defining issue of our time,” and
In the first spring of the pandemic, I worked a few shifts at a hospital in Brooklyn. The governor had asked on television that health-care workers volunteer, and tens of thousands did. I was surely among the least qualified—an EMT on paper, I had ’til then logged a total of 12 hours, a single overnight ambulance rotation amid the bars and projects of Manhattan’s Lower East Side. The hospital human-resources administrator noted my inexperience and asked if I was willing
Georgia Meloni is going after the banks.
In a move that surprised investors and political observers alike, Italy’s far-right government led by Prime Minister Meloni announced plans late Monday to slap a 40 percent one-off windfall tax on bank profits.
Italian lenders have been raking in huge benefits from higher interest rates on their loans at a time when ordinary people are struggling with the cost of living.
The eurozone’s cost of living crisis, which has been marked by the
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The Bank of England raised its key interest rate by a quarter point on Thursday to the highest since 2008, saying that while inflation has begun to fall and the economy is growing with unemployment low “inflation is still too high”. Six out of nine members of the monetary policy committee voted in favor of the move.
The hike takes the Bank Rate to 5.25 percent and is the
Fashion-lovers can get more for their money with the latest sale, which launched today across several departments.
The best deals in the M&S sale are on womenswear and menswear, but there are also some bargains across homeware and kids.
Some popular clothing items are discounted in the sale, including linen trousers, which are one of this season’s most talked about pieces.
While the majority of the sale saves up to 50 percent, we’ve spotted that some items have been discounted
Artificial intelligence is able to accurately detect 20 percent more breast cancers from mammograms than traditional screening by radiologists, according to early results from a Swedish trial published overnight.
The study is the first randomized controlled trial to look at using AI in breast cancer screening and comes amid a dramatically shifting landscape for the technology and how it’s regulated.
The interim results, published in the Lancet Oncology late Tuesday, found that using AI-supported analysis of mammograms, alongside either one
The eurozone registered 0.3 percent GDP growth from March through June, preliminary data published Monday by Eurostat shows.
It’s a positive sign following two quarters of negative growth last winter, raising hopes the single-currency area can avoid a yearlong recession, but growth remains anemic.
“After stagnation at the start of the year, growth is likely to remain subdued,” EU Economy Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni said last week, adding the EU executive will likely revise its growth forecast downward in September.
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The number of tigers in the Himalayan nation of Bhutan has increased by 27 percent, a new report released to coincide with Global Tiger Day has revealed.
The National Tiger Survey Report 2021-2022 covered 85 per cent of the country (32,800 km2) and tigers were photographed at over 15 percent of the 1,201 camera trap locations, including for the first time in two forest divisions (Dagana and Pemagatshel). In total, the numbers increased from 103 to 131.
Bhutan has the
The two-year fixed-rate Cash E-ISA from Virgin Money is one of the few savings accounts to be higher than the current base rate.
As it is only available for a limited period of time, the savings product has a notice period which finishes on August 24, 2025.
It has a minimum operating balance of £1 and a maximum balance which is the ISA allowance, currently £20,000.
Accessing to the savings account is permitted but savers will be subject to a
