When we feel anxious, we tend to focus our energy on managing those feelings or on strategies to help them go away. That can be valuable—but too often, it leads us to overlook the mental habits that got us stuck in an anxiety spiral in the first place. https://t.co/CDysaAEQ68
The revolution in pancreatic cancer is not just about the new, impressive FDA approved drug or the vaccine treatment. It's also about AI detection up to 3 years before it is currently diagnosed. https://t.co/760lOqE66C
Swingeing cuts in international aid and the Taliban's pariah status have hit the most vulnerable worst.
Sky's @AlexCrawfordSky visited Afghanistan's largest paediatric hospital where there are shockingly high numbers of baby deaths.
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Evacuation in Ukraine has been and remains an acute problem: every day, families leave their homes and cities due to intensifying shelling. We all occasionally-and with age, more and more often-look back on our childhood. For some, it was happier; for others, it was not as bright. Yet, everyone can recall something in a moment of sadness, while reflecting in solitude, or finding peace in nature. Many children in Ukraine will remember their childhood as a series of upheavals that caught up with them far too soon; for their fragile psyche, it is an unbearable burden. They are left with too many questions: "Why us? Why now? And why did the russians come here and hate us so much?"
There will be too many of these "Mom, why," and the answers will only come with age. How do you explain to a child what "war" is? Something that they previously saw only in movies as a form of entertainment, viewed from the safety and comfort of home, has suddenly appeared right outside their window. Explosions sound ever clearer, closer to home, and there is no point in replacing the windows anymore-they are destroyed too often. A child simply packs their small suitcase, packing away their childhood, and along with it, the memories of the years they have lived.
The situation is similar for elderly Ukrainians, although they certainly have more answers than children do. Yet, our elderly parents, in their advanced age, become like children themselves; they require our attention, care, and words of love. In most cases, they are very stubborn, making it incredibly difficult to persuade them to leave dangerous cities and villages where war is already at the doorstep. It is important to remember that not everyone has family to turn to. For some, life has distanced them from their loved ones; for others, it is resentment or anger that keeps them apart. Evacuation is about packing a suitcase and setting off on a "journey." But this is no cruise-and this is a journey that brings no happiness.
President Zelenskyy:
We had a good meeting with President Trump in the Oval Office. We discussed the licenses to produce interceptors for the Patriot systems and several other ideas that might help.
We also talked about diplomacy - it is important to reinvigorate the diplomatic process. Our teams will arrange the details of their further communication.
I am grateful to the United States for its steadfast support.
So important to foster supportive environments that enable learning and understanding so patients can truly personalise their care. https://t.co/7ckAbKTevQ
On this day in 1967: The Sexual Offences Act partially decriminalised homosexuality in England and Wales, legalising sex between two men in private, provided both were over 21.
The reform excluded the armed forces and merchant navy, did not extend to Scotland or Northern Ireland (which followed in 1980 and 1982), and set the age of consent far higher than the 16 that applied to heterosexual couples, a gap not fully equalised until 2001.
A quiet revolution is happening in cancer treatment. 😀
Using live MRI imaging, doctors can now see tumors in exquisite detail while a patient lies comfortably in the scanner. Once the cancer is precisely mapped, they slide a needle thin probe straight into the heart of the tumor, often through just a tiny nick in the skin.
Then, in seconds, super-cold argon gas floods the probe tip, dropping the temperature inside the tumor to –100 °C or lower. An “ice ball” forms & engulfs the cancer, shattering malignant cells while healthy tissue just millimeters away stays unharmed. The entire process is watched in real time on the MRI screen, giving doctors millimeter perfect control.
No big incisions. No general anesthesia in most cases & many patients walk out the same day & are back to normal life within days instead of weeks.
This technique (MRI-guided cryoablation) is already saving kidneys, sparing men from the side effects of whole gland prostate treatment, shrinking liver tumors & helping patients who were previously told “surgery isn’t an option.”
Centers like Johns Hopkins, Mayo Clinic, Memorial Sloan Kettering & MD Anderson are expanding its use every year, with success rates now rivaling surgery for many small to medium tumors & complication rates often lower.
For the right patients, freezing #cancer to death under MRI guidance isn’t science fiction anymore; it’s becoming the new standard of care. ❤️
Many have asked why I have been so silent these past weeks. I'm heartbroken to say my beautiful, darling wife passed away on Thursday. She had held my heart in her hand from the first moment I saw her and we shared 36 wonderful years together. She had bravely battled cancer with courage and fortitude for many years yet still never lost the ability to light up a room with her beautiful smile, her wonderful sense of humour and her laughter. Not once did she give up the hope for life. I truely believe there is more to this existence than we know and that one day we shall be reunited by our love for each other, a love that was so honest and so real and so true. Until then I shall hold her tightly in my heart. When my daughter and I returned home from the hospital a red rose had appeared in our garden. It was right outside our door and had appeared from nowhere in a clump of dry weeds. Red roses were my wife’s favorite flower. She wore 3 in her hair at our wedding and carried a bouquet of red roses. I had asked her to send me a sign before she passed to say she was ok. It must have been sent by her.
You will stay forever in my heart until we are together again my darling ❤️
I know this isn’t a great image, it’s never going to win a wildlife photography award. But I’m sharing it because it was so lovely to spend 10 minutes watching this little leveret - and sometimes, that’s the most important thing. It’s not about getting the perfect picture or the most ‘likes’. It’s about being out there in nature, appreciating everything, soaking up the sights and the sounds.
This young hare ran up and down the lane repeatedly, pausing occasionally and randomly to jump and twist in the air for seemingly no reason but sheer joy at being alive on that sunny morning. I knew how she felt.
It was a tiny few moments but it felt like such a thrill to watch, such a privilege.
I took this photograph only to remember the experience, and sometimes they’re the very best shots of all. 🥰