Anna Zou

2 days ago Donald Trump is a man of his word: In March, the American president promised that “There will be no deal with Iran except UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!... IRAN WILL HAVE A GREAT FUTURE.” He didn’t clarify that it would be the United States that would do the surrendering. Surrender is what the “deal” …

Introduction Ageing is the strongest risk factor for chronic metabolic and cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), which remain the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide (Goetzman et al., 2023; Tsao et al., 2022). CVDs continue to be the leading cause of mortality in the USA and are possibly the main reason for the stagnant growth in life expectancy, accounting for ∼930,000 deaths in 2020 (Tsao et al., 2022).

photo credit: Shutterstock If Kaiser is your health plan, heads up if you have an appointment next Monday. Healthcare workers across 20 Kaiser Permanente hospitals in Northern California are planning to strike for a day on Sept. 8. 600 nurse midwives and nurse anesthetists members of the United Nurses Associations of California and Union of Health Care Professionals have given a strike notice to Kaiser management as a response to what they say are burnout and understaffing.