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A new study found a significantly higher risk of peripheral artery disease (PAD) in marijuana users. The research suggests vigilance in monitoring this group for PAD and encouraging cessation.The research emphasizes the significance of timely and regular screening for individuals who use marijuana.A study recently presented at the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI) 2023 Scientific Sessions highlights the connection between marijuana use and peripheral artery disease (PAD). The study’s…

Ahead of Global Accessibility Awareness Day, Sony is revealing further information about what is now being, aptly, called the Access controller for the PS5. The company first shared information about the controller back in January under the name "Project Leonardo." The announcement brings it one small, and long overdue, step closer to offering parity with Microsoft, which released the Xbox Adaptive Controller back in 2018. The Access controller is customizable to accommodate different ranges of motion and strengths. The…

A large-scale study involving over 650,000 participants has found a strong correlation between short sleep durations (less than five hours a night) and an increased risk of peripheral artery disease (PAD), a condition where leg arteries become clogged, increasing the risk of stroke and heart attack.According to a study recently published in the European Heart Journal – Open, an academic journal of the European Society of Cardiology, individuals who sleep less than five hours per night have a 74% higher chance of…

Photo: Sophie Mutevelian/Prime VideoFans of Prime Video’s The Peripheral will have noticed that for all the discussion of “the Met”—the police force that acts as a balance to the corrupt elite class and the mysterious (also corrupt) Research Institute that control futuristic London—we have yet to really meet them. That’s about to change with today’s episode.Inspector Ainsley Lowbeer (Transparent’s Alexandra Billings)—accompanied by her right-hand robot, Beatrice—makes her debut in episode six, which is titled “Fuck You…

Amazon’s sci-fi series The Peripheral delivers a mind-bending, time-twisting thriller inspired by the work of visionary author William Gibson, with some of the genre’s most celebrated filmmakers collaborating behind the camera to bring its unique tale to the screen. The story of a young woman who finds herself at the center of a conspiracy unfolding in both her own timeline and one in a far-flung, post-apocalyptic future, The Peripheral‘s executive producers include Westworld creators Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy,…

Wilf (Gary Carr) and Flynne (Chloë Grace Moretz) meet in future London.Image: Prime VideoPrime Video’s new William Gibson adaptation, The Peripheral, is produced by Westworld’s Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan and follows the high-stakes, high-tech tale of a young woman (Chloë Grace Moretz) who realizes the virtual world she’s been visiting in a video game is actually the future—a very bleak future, with a murder mystery entwined within it. It’s a thought-provoking series with multi-layered themes, as you might expect from the…

Wilf (Gary Carr) and Flynne (Chloë Grace Moretz) in The PeripheralImage: Prime VideoTen years from now, a young woman in the rural South turns to a lucrative side hustle to pay for her mother’s medical treatment: playing virtual reality games to help rich clients level up. But as we see in The Peripheral, her latest gig is far more than a game, and the world it opens up is incredibly vivid, dangerous, and complex.That’s the very basic set-up for Prime Video’s new series, which is based on the 2014 novel by cyberpunk…

“Amazon's adaptation of William Gibson's sci-fi story The Peripheral delivers a complicated, but intriguing mystery unfolding across multiple timelines.” Pros Stunning visual effects Intriguing, layered story Impressive acting all around Cons Complicated timelines can be confusing Adapting the work of sci-fi literary…

Of all William Gibson’s books — most of which are considered unadaptable for so many reasons — The Peripheral is arguably the most well-suited to the screen as a series. On its face, the 2014 novel comes ready to go with a compelling tale-of-two-worlds premise: rural, small-town America meets a post-apocalyptic, nanotech-fueled London that follows the god-given European tradition of seeking to colonize anything with a profitable heartbeat. It’s got ordinary people getting mixed up in powerful secrets, recognizable…

Image: Prime VideoA decade from now, a young woman taps into her talent—she is scary-good at VR games, to the point that wealthy clients hire her to play in their stead—to scrape up cash for her family. The Peripheral, which stars Chloë Grace Moretz as the gaming whiz, asks: what if that futuristic VR world was actually real?The new series from Prime Video is based on cyberpunk pioneer William Gibson’s 2014 novel and counts Westworld’s Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy among its executive producers, so you already have an idea…