Patients receiving anti-cancer treatment near end of life experience higher rates of hospitalization, less hospice care
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Patients who receive systemic anti-cancer treatment near end of life are more likely to be hospitalized, go to the intensive care unit or emergency department, and are less likely to utilize hospice care in the final 30 days of life, according to researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer […]
Climate change shifts Europe’s severe weather risks
Graupel-based analysis. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-62780-0 Warming may lead to less frequent but bigger and more devastating hail storms, new research has shown. Climate experts from Newcastle University, the Met Office and the University of Bristol used European-wide km-scale simulations to model future changes to hail with global warming. Published in the journal […]
I’m selling a FTSE 100 retailer to buy this stock while it’s down 33%
Image source: Getty Images I invested in JD Sports Fashion (LSE:JD.) nearly a year ago and it’s been a rollercoaster ride ever since. The FTSE 100 stock was down more than 50% in three years when I bought in at 97p, yet still managed to shed another 30% by April. Then it mounted a recovery […]
Bitcoin Technical Analysis for Today
Bullish above: 112,600 Bearish below: 112,130 Primary Bias: Bullish while price holds above threshold Partial Targets (long side): 112,875 · 113,010 · 113,300 · 113,675 · 113,880 · 114,700 Partial Targets (short side): 111,875 · 111,390 · 111,110 · 110,590 Bitcoin Market Context & Price Outlook At the time of this Bitcoin technical analysis, futures […]
Cognitive impairments linked with premature death among Americans with chronic diseases
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Researchers at New Mexico State University have found that cognitive impairments may increase the risk of premature death in Americans with chronic diseases. Two new NMSU studies examined the combination of cognitive impairments and chronic diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, and diabetes. The studies suggest that while […]
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge ridicules Newcastle, describing club as an ‘idiot’ for spending £69m on Nick Woltemade
Bayern Munich board member Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has labelled Newcastle “an idiot” for shelling out £69million on Nick Woltemade. Bayern tried to sign the Germany international over the summer but, having seen two bids rejected, opted to walk away. Newcastle then stepped in with a club record bid to prise Woltemade from Stuttgart after missing out […]
Improvements in simulating water-energy-vegetation dynamics
Credit: Water Resources Research (2025). DOI: 10.1029/2025wr040706 The exchange of water and heat between Earth and its atmosphere determines climate zones and ecosystems, which in turn influence where essential human activities take place. While land surface models are an effective tool to simulate these systems, they may not represent some key physical rules that control […]
EURUSD pulls back into a key trendline: has the US dollar already run out of energy?
Fundamental Overview The USD rallied across the board last week after a slate of strong US data. The focus was mainly on Jobless Claims which beat expectations by a big margin with Initial Claims falling to the lowest level since July and Continuing Claims improving further. This triggered a hawkish repricing in interest rates expectations […]
Cutting country dementia risks through community collaboration
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Dementia is the leading cause of death in Australia. Yet despite its prevalence, little is known about whether rural and regional Australians are more likely to develop the condition than their city counterparts. Now, a new University of South Australia project—”Re-ACTIVate”—is working with regional communities to identify if country-based people are […]
Study of extreme Indian rainfall upends conventional wisdom
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new study published in the journal Science, led by scientists at the City College of New York (CCNY) and Columbia University, challenges long-held beliefs about how El Niño events influence rainfall during the Indian summer monsoon. The findings show that while El Niño often brings drought conditions to India overall, […]
