Latest News

Even lower levels of artery-clogging plaque may cause heart attack risk in women, finds study

New Delhi, Feb 24 (PTI) Women may develop a risk of heart attack even at lower levels of plaque deposition in the arteries, according to a study. Women are known to typically have lower amounts of artery-clogging plaque compared to men. However, researchers, including those from Harvard Medical School in the US, said it is unknown how difference in plaque levels impacts one’s risk of a major adverse cardiovascular event. “Our findings underscore that women are not ‘protected’ from coronary events despite having lower plaque volumes,” senior author Borek Foldyna, an assistant professor of radiology at Harvard Medical School said.

US childhood literacy rates are lagging. Pediatricians could be part of the solution

WASHINGTON, February 25, 2026 (AP) — For some young children in Columbus, Ohio, reading assessments don’t start in the kindergarten classroom — they happen first in the doctor’s office. With concerns rising about lagging childhood literacy rates across the country, Nationwide Children’s Hospital has begun screening children’s literacy skills starting at age 3 during pediatrician visits. The idea is to catch reading struggles early on and guide parents on how to help their kids. “They are all doing developmental screenings, they’re all talking to parents repeatedly,” said Sara Bode, the hospital’s medical director of school-based health. “So this is an

Nepal’s rapper-mayor in pole position to become prime minister

Feb 25 (Reuters) – After Nepal’s historic youth-led uprising last September killed 77 people and forced then-Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli to resign, a 35-year-old rapper-turned-politician posted a typically terse message to millions of followers on social media. “Dear Gen Z, the resignation of your killer has come,” Balendra Shah – popularly known only as Balen – wrote. “Now your generation will have to lead the country. Be prepared.” Five months on, the musician who cut his political teeth when he became the mayor of the capital Kathmandu in 2022, is dominating the race to become Nepal’s next prime minister

Trump says Pak PM told him millions would have died without his intervention

New York/Washington, Feb 25 (PTI) US President Donald Trump has said that Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif told him that 35 million people would have died if it were not for his intervention in stopping the war between India and Pakistan. In his over 100-minute-long State of the Union address on Tuesday, Trump repeated his claim that he had helped prevent what could have turned into a nuclear war between the two South Asian neighbours. “In my first 10 months, I ended eight wars… including Pakistan and India, which would have been a nuclear war. Thirty-five million people, said the

1 … 373 374 375 376 377 … 1,586