Association between the triglyceride glucose index and length of hospital stay in patients with heart failure and type 2 diabetes in the intensive care unit: a retrospective cohort study

Background: The coexistence of heart failure and diabetes is prevalent, particularly in Intensive Care Units (ICU).

Unraveling the dynamics of loneliness in the Baltic-Nordic region: a comparative analysis in the wake of COVID-19

Introduction: The primary aim of this study is to thoroughly investigate the prevalence and determinants of loneliness among older adults in the Baltic-Nordic region.

Case report: Concurrent intrathecal and intravenous pembrolizumab for metastatic melanoma with leptomeningeal disease

Leptomeningeal disease (LMD) is a serious cancer complication associated with poor prognosis.Approximately 5%–25% of patients with melanoma develop LMD.

Utah Latina/o/x suicide decedents less likely to die by firearm, even in rural areas: examining population-wide data from the Utah Office of the Medical Examiner

Introduction: Suicide death remains a significantly rarer event among Latina/o/x populations compared to non-Latina/o/x populations.

This Week in the New Normal #86

Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the world. 1. Neuralink “Telepathy” Elon Musk’s Neuralink AI company released a video this week of their first patient playing chess

Maiden, Mother, and Crone in Springtime

Throughout history, certain archetypes have weathered the test of time and appeared in countless mythologies and stories.

Candace Owens Declares She Refuses to be Silenced by the Powerful Group that People Are Not Allowed to Talk About.

After aggressive pressure from Zionist rabbis and other staunch supporters of Israel, it was announced last Friday morning that popular commentator Candace Owens and her host company – the Daily Wire had “ended their relationship.” The announcement came from Daily Wire co-CEO Jeremy Boreing with a simple tweet on X stating,

Former heads of state urge national politicians to adopt WHO’s Pandemic Treaty

A week before the World Health Assembly is due to meet, more than 100 high-profile people have signed an open letter to leaders of WHO member states calling for an urgent agreement on a pandemic accord.  “An agreement is meant to be reached just two and a half months from

Lockdown’s Fourth Birthday

Today marks four years to the day since the UK went into “lockdown” for the first time. What an exciting time that was, right? With the pan-banging and the curve-flattening and the Spirit of the Blitz living on. Good times. UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s team decided to honour

Oppositional Defiance

Remember the bad kids in high school? The ones who didn’t make it onto the honour roll or the dean’s list? In my day they were the long-haired kids (the boys) who wore James Dean-style denim jackets and smoked in the bathrooms. I doubt if those kids in

Create Your Altar

Spring has come, and with its return, the dance between day and night begins to balance out.As daytime grows longer, the earth receives the light it needs to initiate its next cycle of emergence.

Out of the Box

With the end of winter comes a death rattle deep from the throat of the cold.

It’s all over for the Anthropocene, the official geologic period of human-caused climate change

A committee of experts voted down a proposal to officially declare the start of a new interval of geologic time, one defined by humanity’s changes to the planet. By doing so, the two dozen or so scholars brought to an end nearly 15 years of debate about whether to

Life on Earth is under assault from human-caused electromagnetic fields

The Earth is under assault from dirty electricity, which is affecting all forms of life.

Prevalence and related factors of sleep quality among Chinese undergraduates in Jiangsu Province: multiple models' analysis

Background and aims: In China, a significant number of undergraduates are experiencing poor sleep quality.