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Cancer is a killer. So is the fear of it The widespread attention to the recent revelations of cancer diagnoses by Princess Catherine, actress Olivia Munn, and King Charles, among others, demonstrate yet again that cancer is a feared disease. For good reason: It is a cruel killer, the second leading cause of death in the U.S. and a top killer around the world.
Which makes the findings of a recent study in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society puzzling. Nearly half the people who were screened for lung cancer and got the frightening news that they tested positive delayed coming back in for treatment. The median delay was three and a half months. Not surprisingly, many of those people experienced worse outcomes.
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WorkHere’s the good news in a troubling inflation report
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WorkWorkLatest Private Equity Trophy: ACT Test For College Admissions - Forbes (No paywall)
 ACT Inc., the Iowa City-based nonprofit behind the ACT, a standardized test used in college admissions, announced Wednesday that it has agreed to move the test into a new for-profit company. That entity will be majority owned by Nexus Capital Management, a Los Angeles-based private equity investment firm, with the current nonprofit ACT retaining a minority interest and continuing to do research on education and workplace success. Encoura, an ACT subsidiary that offers data science and strategic college enrollment services, will also be a part of the new for-profit.
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 On Tuesday, Dove pledged not to use models generated by Artificial Intelligence in its advertising and said it was the first beauty brand to do so. In announcing this policy, the company could be helping forestall the further devolution of our society's beauty standards that are already toxic for women. But the campaign doesn't address the underlying problem: that in our society, women are judged and valued for our appearances at all.
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WorkWorkEditor's Note: While the harrowing statistics on child suicide paint a bleak picture of childhood development, adding updated screening tools to provide early warning signs of mental health issues opens the door for hopeful outcomes.
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WorkEditor's Note: George and other Army leaders believe that almost every U.S. Army unit, down to the smallest foot patrols, will soon have drones in the sky to sense, protect, and attack. And it won't be long before the United States is deploying ground robots into battle in human-machine teams. Work
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WorkWorkEditor's Note: Back in December, at the peak of optimism, most investors had priced in six or seven rate cuts this year. They have since dialled back those expectations. Within minutes of the latest inflation figures, market pricing shifted to implying just one or two cuts this year - a dramatic change. It is now possible that the Fed may not cut rates before the presidential election in November, which would be a blow to the incumbent, Joe Biden.
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WorkJoining Texas, Iowa Enacts Law for State Immigration Enforcement
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 Mr. Johnson also is agonizing over how and when to bring to the floor a bill to send a fresh infusion of American military assistance to Ukraine — a move Mr. Trump has long opposed. (Mr. Trump has said it is “stupid” for the United States to offer foreign aid to countries instead of loans.) WorkWorkBiden Says U.S. Is Considering Dropping Its Case Against Assange
 The court gave the United States three weeks “to give satisfactory assurances” that Mr. Assange “is permitted to rely on the First Amendment to the United States Constitution (which protects free speech), that he is not prejudiced at trial (including sentence) by reason of his nationality, that he is afforded the same First Amendment protections as a United States citizen and that the death penalty is not imposed.” WorkWorkWorkApple sparks Palestinian flag emoji controversy
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 Not everyone, however, has been convinced by the prince's glossy prospectus. Writing in the New York Times in 2021 at the time Neom released a video describing the prospects of living between the city's silvered walls, the US journalist and author Robert Worth said: "To watch the crown prince's promotional video is to be immersed in a distinctively Saudi form of arrogance, blending religious triumphalism and royal grandiosity." WorkUK heat pump adopters open up homes to encourage others to ditch gas boilers
 Martin Callanan, the minister for energy efficiency and green finance, said: “This fantastic new service will help families work out whether a heat pump is right for them, and we’ll continue supporting households to make the switch with our £7,500 grant. We already know that heat pumps are three times more efficient than gas boilers and demand is soaring, with applications to our boiler upgrade scheme up 75% on last February,” he said. WorkMan charged with murder of woman as she pushed pram in Bradford
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 Trump’s net worth was last estimated to be roughly $6.4 billion by Forbes, including a big bump from his Truth Social app going public via a SPAC merger and now trading as Trump Media & Technology Group Corp (NASDAQ:DJT). However, there\'s a lot to unpack in his real estate portfolio since it\'s hard to value each of his properties individually, as well as his personal brand. WorkWorkWorkWhy Realty Income Stock Fell Today
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 Mr. Ducey’s imprint might have been even more pronounced, had one of his appointees, Justice William G. Montgomery, not recused himself in response to complaints about a 2017 Facebook post in which he said that Planned Parenthood, one of the parties in the case, was “responsible for the greatest generational genocide known to man.” WorkTwo Imperfect Messengers Take On Abortion
 It is now Biden, a Catholic who has openly expressed personal misgivings about the issue, making abortion more central to a presidential campaign than any major-party nominee in history, while Trump, a former president who is usually happy to take credit for rolling back abortion rights, is trying to skirt it. TradeBriefs Publications are read by over 10,00,000 Industry Executives About Us | Advertise Privacy Policy | Unsubscribe (one-click) You are receiving this mail because of your subscription with TradeBriefs.
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