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A study linking data from a collection of nationwide Danish population and health registries has found menopausal women prescribed oral hormone therapy were more likely to receive a hospital diagnosis of depression soon afterward.The researchers reported the risk was highest in women aged 45 to 50 years and in the first years after starting hormone therapy, but the association declined gradually with time.However, international experts outside the study are speaking up about the limitations of population studies like…

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has advised Nigeria to be careful in its plan to redesign and replace the naira. The Central Bank of Nigeria had on Wednesday announced its plans to redesign N100, N200, N500, and N1000 to take control of the currency in circulation, manage inflation, as well as tackle counterfeiting. It also said the move will help the bank fight money laundering and insecurity. The governor of the bank, Godwin Emefiele, said the plan would allow the bank to mop up N2.73 trillion out of the…

Prologis Inc. is pulling back on building new warehouses without tenants already signed on, as the world’s largest developer of logistics properties braces for a potential economic downturn.The shift away from what is known in the real-estate sector as speculative projects reflects “a more cautious approach,” Tim Arndt, chief financial officer of Prologis, said on an earnings call Wednesday. High inflation, which has been prompting the Federal Reserve to raise…

NEW DELHI : A new threat from the fast-mutating and more virulent Omicron variant BF.7 was reported after the Gujarat Biotechnology Research Centre…

Image: photoworldwide/ Getty ImagesThere's been a flurry of fundraising around companies seeking to help computers understand natural language. It could presage a change in the way we use and experience language and the written word. As we covered this summer, speech recognition company Speechmatics raised over $60M toward its ambition of global language comprehension. Text-to-speech company Verbit has raised over a quarter million to date. Into that fray steps AI21 Labs, which just raised $64M on a $664M valuation…

After the Supreme Court repealed the federal right to abortion last Friday, Jordan Jones, a TikTok creator with 1.5 million followers, decided to post a video. She wanted to help individuals seeking abortion care that wouldn’t be able to get it in their home states anymore.“Hi besties. Camping is still legal in if anyone needs a week or to come camping,” she wrote in her video, which by Wednesday morning had received more than 51,000 likes and over 350,000 views. “I live within an hour to about 3 ‘camping sites’ and am…

NEW DELHI : The use of artificial intelligence (AI) is not new to stock-broking, but the emergence of robo-advisory services is fast changing the landscape. While traders are excited about the prospects of advisory services using data analytics, experts have sounded caution. Bengaluru-based Anastrat, for instance, uses AI to analyse historical data and trading patterns to help traders make investment decisions. While Anastrat offers suggestions on ‘hold‘ or ‘buy‘…

The union government is concerned about the sharp spike in covid cases, with new reported cases on Monday doubling to more than 4,500 in the last 24 hours, bringing the active case load to 25,000, the highest in nearly three months. The health ministry has asked states with the highest number of active cases —Maharashtra (6,767), Karnataka (2,414), Kerala (8,835), Delhi (1,445), Uttar Pradesh (892) and Telangana (500)—to take measures to control the surge.…

If you are facing sound quality issues, then it’s time to clean your iPhone speakers! Here’s how to clean iPhone speakers without causing any damage to them. Does your iPhone speaker sound muffled? Are you struggling with the bad sound quality? The reason may be hidden within your iPhone speakers! Dust, dirt and debris enter the speakers and this can affect sound quality. So, if it is time to clean your iPhone speakers, then just read on. However, there is a…