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For nine years, Alaska health officials have been aware of an unusual virus causing rare, relatively mild illnesses in the Fairbanks area.But a recent case in another part of the state — this one resulting in a man's death — has brought new attention to the  Alaskapox virus.Here's some background on the virus.What is Alaskapox?Alaskapox belongs to a family of brick-shaped viruses that can infect animals and humans. These bugs, known as orthopoxviruses, tend to cause lesions, or pox, on the skin. Each has its own…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Timothée Chalamet and Austin Butler were really looking forward to their fight. HT Image The actors had been training, separately, with a Kali instructor in Los Angeles to prepare for the climactic showdown between Paul Atreides and Feyd Rautha in Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune: Part Two. ” When they finally met in Budapest, they weren’t even technically supposed to do a run through. But they couldn’t hide their excitement. Discover the thrill of cricket like never before, exclusively on HT.…

Anyone who's experienced the heartbreak of a relationship ending knows it can be emotionally devastating. But scientists have found that a breakup also has physical effects on our brains — and our bodies. In Love Hurts: The Science of Heartbreak, a documentary from The Nature of Things, Anthony Morgan speaks with researchers and scientists to discover the biological effects of a broken heart. In the documentary, Morgan meets a team researching Takotsubo syndrome, where the stress of heartbreak or loss can actually change…

Recent research has made significant strides in treating chronic low back pain in people over 60, revealing that hip-focused therapy can effectively reduce disability and improve mobility. This challenges the prevailing notion that older adults should receive less attention for musculoskeletal issues.The first-ever clinical trial focuses on precision medicine specifically for older adults, a group often overlooked in musculoskeletal research.Two decades ago, when Gregory Hicks of the University of Delaware began his…

With the world in an opioid crisis, the development of non-opioid analgesics has become more urgent. A series of Phase 3 clinical trials into a novel oral, non-opioid painkiller has found that it’s effective in treating acute pain in both surgical and non-surgical settings.Voltage-gated sodium channels are key determinants for regulating the generation and spread of neuronal action potentials, or nerve impulses, electrical charges that travel along a neuron’s membrane. There are different types of sodium channels; NaV1.8…

There’s no wrong reason to appreciate the work of Carl Weathers, the actor and former pro football player who passed away on Feb. 1, 2024, at the age of 76. Through a handful of choice roles, Weathers became a permanent mark on the pop culture landscape. He was killed on-screen by both of the greatest existential threats of the action movies from the ‘80s (really big Soviets, the Predator), gave the world one of comedy’s best celebrities-playing-themselves runs on Arrested Development, then brought the whole thing back…

Low back pain impacts over 570 million people worldwide, with significant healthcare costs and recovery challenges. Research shows that while early recovery is possible, persistent pain can lead to chronic conditions, necessitating new treatment approaches focusing on pain system sensitivity. Early identification of subacute cases is essential to prevent long-term disability, highlighting the need for more comprehensive research and treatment strategies.Globally, low back pain significantly contributes to disability,…

Back in December of 2022, the popular Indian cricketer Rishabh Pant met with a horrific accident. Pant was going to his hometown, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, and during this trip, he crashed into a divider, which resulted in his Mercedes-Benz SUV getting burnt down on the road. Thankfully, he was saved from the accident by a few people on the road. Now, months later during his recovery phase, the cricketer has shared his thoughts on the accident. He recalled and described the moments after the accident and how he is…

Researchers have discovered a non-opioid compound that, in mice, effectively reduced the pain hypersensitivity associated with chronic and often debilitating nerve pain caused by diabetes or chemotherapy drugs. It’s opened the door to developing a drug to treat the condition for which existing painkillers do little.Diabetes, chemotherapy drugs, multiple sclerosis, injuries and amputations have all been associated with neuropathic pain, usually caused by damage to nerves in various body tissues, including the skin, muscles…

In recent weeks, Kieran Culkin has been racking up a number of accolades for his final season as Roman Roy in Succession, between his Golden Globes win and Emmys win. When one becomes famous and beloved for a role so great, it’s not necessarily the easiest thing in the world to transition out of that and be seen in a different light. However, after seeing Culkin’s next movie, A Real Pain, I couldn’t be more eager to witness the actor’s career following the hit HBO series. A Real Pain just premiered at the Sundance Film…