LAS VEGAS — From 2000 to 2020, Medicare reimbursements for ankle arthroplasty have fallen more than 30% after adjusting for inflation, and payments for ankle arthrodesis declined nearly 7%, a researcher said here. Meanwhile, the volume of these procedures has more than doubled over that time, according to Olufunmilola Adeleye, MBA, a medical student with …
Disney+ The show is called The Mandalorian, yes, but it’s not called The Only Mandalorian. After Season 1 of the show made clear that Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) had other members of his creed who were just like him (including The Armorer, played by Emily Swallow), Season 2 brought in the big guns, introducing the …
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The following story contains spoilers for The Mandalorian Season 3, Episode 2, “Chapter 18: The Mines of Mandalore” Through two seasons and change of The Mandalorian, and a few episodes of The Book of Boba Fett, we’ve heard some rumblings about the planet Mandalore—the home planet of Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal), Bo-Katan Kryze (Katee Sackhoff), …
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CHINO PANTS are all about keeping the sartorial balance. They first set out their wardrobe icon status as military trousers worn by American soldiers in the 19th-century Spanish-American war, their metamorphosis into a part of everyday wear seemed inevitable as soon as the boys returned home and introduced chino pants to civilians. Since then, the …
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We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we back. Lucasfilm If you’ve been blessed with back hair, you’ve certainly considered all the ways to get rid of it. Kudos to you if you rock it, but if you’ve ever tried to take care of it yourself, you know …
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WHEN MOST GYM devotees think about back day, the lat pulldown is probably at the top of their mind—particularly the wide-grip, overhand version of the exercise. But if you take a closer look at this upper body split staple, you’ll find another variation that can provide similar—and potentially shoulder-safer—big back benefits: the close-grip lat pulldown. …
The television series “The Last of Us” describes a human pandemic with a mind controlling cordyceps fungus. When asked whether a COVID-19 pandemic with a pathogenic fungus is possible, my answer has generally been some variation of “yes, but it’s unlikely.” Cordyceps fungi turn ants into zombies, establishing the precedent that this group of organisms …
Healthy, plant-based dietary patterns were linked with less postmortem Alzheimer’s disease pathology, primarily beta-amyloid load, in older adults. Both MIND diet scores (β -0.022, P=0.035; standardized beta -2.0) and Mediterranean diet scores (β -0.007, P=0.039; standardized beta -2.3) were significantly associated with lower global Alzheimer’s pathology, reported Puja Agarwal, PhD, of Rush University in Chicago, …
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Symptoms of depression were associated with an increased risk of acute stroke, according to an international case-control study. Among more than 26,000 participants in the INTERSTROKE study, self-reported depressive symptoms were associated with significantly greater odds of acute stroke (OR 1.46, 95% CI 1.34-1.58), including ischemic stroke (OR 1.44, 95% CI 1.32-1.58) and intracerebral hemorrhage …
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Comatose out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) survivors had similar mortality and disability outcomes with active device-based fever prevention whether for 36 or 72 hours after cardiac arrest, a randomized clinical trial found. At 90 days, there was no significant difference in the incidence of all-cause death or severe cerebral disability or coma, which occurred in 32.3% …
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