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Safeguarding America’s food supply: The fight for our food starts in the field
Drive across the state of Georgia and you’ll see evidence of the state’s agricultural prominence. Fields of corn and watermelon, trees bursting with pecans, peach orchards, and rows of peanuts—all indications of the state’s top industry. But watching every field is a grower concerned about pests, weather, disease, costs, and countless other threats that could wipe out their crop in a single storm or infestation.
Safeguarding America’s food supply: The fight for our food starts in the field
Drive across the state of Georgia and you’ll see evidence of the state’s agricultural prominence. Fields of corn and watermelon, trees bursting with pecans, peach orchards, and rows of peanuts—all indications of the state’s top industry. But watching every field is a grower concerned about pests, weather, disease, costs, and countless other threats that could wipe out their crop in a single storm or infestation.
The "Sleep Monster" Was No Match for Katharina Hartmuth at Tor des Géants
What You Need to Know Germany’s Katharina Hartmuth won the 2026 Tor des Géants in 67 hours, 10 minutes, and 9 seconds—breaking her own course record by over 13 hours. She also finished third overall and closed the gap to the men’s CR to just 1.8%. She credits the huge leap forward with fearless pacing: “I used to hold back in races, I think I was afraid of failing.
‘Tactical Athletes’ Require Different Cardiovascular Disease Care From Competitive Athletes
Emergency responders, military service members, and firefighters face dangers every day, yet disasters, combat, and flames are not their greatest risk. The leading cause of death on the job for these “tactical athletes” is actually cardiovascular disease. Roughly 4 million Americans are considered tactical athletes, meaning their everyday jobs require physically exerting, highly stressful work in extreme, uncertain, life-threatening conditions.
8 Lifestyle Tweaks to Make Living With MS Easier
If you have multiple sclerosis (MS), you know that life can feel overwhelming with all you need to manage, from doctor's appointments to daily symptoms. Because MS hits everyone differently, there's no one-size-fits-all solution to living well with the chronic condition. But there are ways you can tweak your days, tasks, and home to make life with multiple sclerosis a little easier.
606 miles in six days: teacher Megan Eckert chases ultrarunning history – and a men's record
While many teachers head back to school this week, middle-school math teacher Megan Eckert will be 5,000 miles from her classroom in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She has a good reason to miss a few classes: she'll be competing at the Global Organization of Multi-Day Ultramarathoners World Championship. On Thursday, more than 100 runners will gather on a start line in Balatonfüred, Hungary, and attempt to run as many miles as they can in six days.
606 miles in six days: teacher Megan Eckert chases ultrarunning history – and a men’s record
Megan Eckert set the women's world record in the six-day ultradistance event last May, running 603.156 miles in France. Photograph: Sam Lhermillier/Mount to Coast
SCA Strikes Young Athletes Mostly During Training or Practice, Reinforcing Need for CPR and AED Training
Bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and the use of an onsite automated external defibrillator (AED) greatly increase survival rates associated with sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) in young athletes — the leading cause of death in this group — according to over 20 years of new research data.
New Open Access Cardiology Journal’s Founders Aim for Faster, Easier, Free Publication Process
John Saxon, MD, and Brett Sperry, MD, are co-founders and editors in chief for OpenSource: Cardiology, a new journal they say will fill unmet needs in today’s medical journal landscape. While there’s no shortage of journals, they wanted to create a nonprofit open access model that’s free to submit original research and free for readers.
The Weird, Brutal World of the Hardrock 100 Waitlist
The only thing worse than nervously waiting for a race to start is wondering if you’ll be toeing the line. Emily Halnon would know; she’s been there twice. Writer Emily Halnon knows what it's like to be on the Hardrock 100 waitlist—and what it's like to finally get her bib. (Photo: Howie Stern) I turned on my phone’s ringer, slid it into my hydration pack, and started up Kendall Mountain.
The Fastest In-Laws in Trail Running
Though they sprouted up from different family trees, Lotti Brinks and Careth Arnold have had a twin ascension in the sport. (Photo: Courtesy Lotti Brinks and Careth Arnold) When Lotti Brinks starts racing the Western States 100 this Saturday, she’ll have her sights set just 20 miles short of the Placer High School track in Auburn.
New maps chart old-growth forests across Alaska and British Columbia
Melissa Lucash and James Lamping in Alaska. Credit: Melissa Lucash Mature and old-growth forests are vital for biodiversity, carbon storage, cultural traditions and economic activity. But in Alaska and British Columbia, these rich resources have not been reliably mapped, leaving much unknown about what land is protected.
Heating up for health: Researcher weighs in on the science behind saunas and hot tubs
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Heat therapy is hot right now. Saunas are popping up in more backyards and fitness centers. And heat is part of the constant conversation around optimizing health and wellness. But the idea of leveraging heat for better health is not new, according to University of Oregon human physiologist Christopher Minson. And it's certainly not just another internet fad, as heat therapy is grounded in science and offers many evidence-based benefits.
Virtual reality games can increase a player's desire to help others, research shows
Immersive Media Communication graduate students Isaac Wu (left; game developer) and Leila Okahata (researcher). The student research team tested a prototype of their custom-built virtual reality game at Climate Change Game Night 2025. Credit: Jeremy Henkelman-Parker, University of Oregon Playing a virtual reality game can increase a person's sense of altruism and influence levels of empathy, according to a new study from University of Oregon researchers.
Virtual reality games can increase a player’s desire to help others
image: Immersive Media Communication graduate students Isaac Wu (left; game developer) and Leila Okahata (researcher). The student research team tested a prototype of their custom-built virtual reality game at Climate Change Game Night 2025. view more Playing a virtual reality game can increase a person’s sense of altruism and influence levels of empathy, according to a new study from University of Oregon researchers.
Where Law Led to Love: ND Law’s Class of 2008 | The Law School | University of Notre Dame
The Notre Dame Law class of 2008 might’ve gone to school for law, but their chemistry is also quite notable. There were only 200 graduates in 2008, but over ten percent of the class met their match during law school - and are still together today. There are at least 10 couples who started dating at Notre Dame and went on to get married. It’s hard to pinpoint the exact reason the class of 2008 created so many lasting relationships.
Burrito League Wraps Up What's Great About Running (and Ditches the Rest)
When Jamil Coury checked Strava on January 2, 2026, he wasn’t looking for kudos. For the last two years, January 2 was the day Chipotle announced the Chipotle x Strava City Challenge, a monthlong contest to win a “year’s worth” of burritos by completing the most efforts on a designated Strava segment.
The social roots of sustainable eating
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Switching Treatments for MBC? Here’s What to Expect
If your oncologist has suggested that it’s time to switch treatments for metastatic breast cancer (MBC), you may feel both confused and stressed. But trying different MBC treatment methods is not an uncommon experience—and doing so may help you find a more effective and tolerable way to manage this disease while maintaining a higher quality of life.
Understanding Your Metastatic Breast Cancer Treatment Options
Getting diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer (MBC) can be overwhelming, but it’s a diagnosis that comes with hope. Treatment today has improved significantly over the past two decades, helping to reduce symptoms and increase life expectancy. MBC therapies are strategically designed to manage, or even reduce, the spread of disease as they maintain your quality of life. So, what are the options and how do they work?
Our place at the table: The social roots of sustainability
The term sustainability usually elicits ideas of a green planet, solar panels, electric vehicles, and plastic-free oceans. However, this outlook—sustainability primarily focused on the environment—lacks a critical component that University of Georgia researchers are elevating in the realm of food systems and agriculture.
Son of a boxing great struggled in the ring. It was a life-threatening heart condition.
Boxer Evan Holyfield was only a few minutes into a fight when he felt “like I was deep in one of the hardest physical challenges of my life.” It made no sense. At 25, he was in great shape, as evidenced by his 13-1 record. The son of former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield, Evan prided himself on being able to outwork his competition. He’d been putting in long hours sparring and building his aerobic fitness and strength.
The phone call wasn’t another birthday wish. It was about her mother’s heart.
Jasmine Hutchison wanted a classic 21st birthday celebration. She’d never been all that interested in drinking alcohol but still wanted to go out to a bar in Indianapolis to mark the occasion. That’s what you’re supposed to do when you turn 21, she thought. Her mother, Hope Hooks, talked about going with her. She even picked out an outfit and asked Jasmine to do her hair. Yet Jasmine knew her mom might not be up to it. Hope was 46 and had been dealing with an irregular heartbeat for 10 years.
USC Rossier’s new Doctor of Education in Mental Health Leadership program enters second year
USC Rossier launched a new Doctor of Education in Mental Health Leadership online (MHL online) degree program in the fall of 2025 to equip master’s-level practitioners with the skills and knowledge they need to thrive in leadership roles in the delivery of mental health services.
Curiosity results in potentially life-saving surgery
Scott Daley started feeling tingling sensations in his arm while playing soccer with his recreation team. At first, he wasn't that worried about it. After all, as his wife, Brooke Daley, said, "He was always coming home injured from soccer." But when the tingling kept happening, Scott knew he should get it checked out because he was concerned it might have something to do with his heart. Scott was 45 at the time and incredibly active. He regularly played soccer and worked out five days a week.
Precision meets purpose: Qingsong Cai keeps CCRC research running
The University of Georgia’s Complex Carbohydrate Research Center (CCRC) has been an international leader in carbohydrate science for over four decades, advancing cutting-edge research across biofuels, biomedical sciences, new materials, and other fields. To produce this caliber of work, CCRC relies on state-of-the-art instrumentation—and the people who keep it running. People like Qingsong Cai, a chemical instrumentation manager who has been integral to CCRC’s operations for over a decade.
Fit and healthy at 45, he looked into a mild symptom. It might have saved his life
Scott Daley started feeling tingling sensations in his arm while playing soccer with his recreation team. At first, he wasn't that worried about it. After all, as his wife, Brooke Daley, said, "He was always coming home injured from soccer." Thank you for reading! Please log in, or sign up for a new account and purchase a subscription to continue reading.
Fit and healthy at 45, he looked into a mild symptom. It might have saved his life
Scott Daley started feeling tingling sensations in his arm while playing soccer with his recreation team. At first, he wasn't that worried about it. After all, as his wife, Brooke Daley, said, "He was always coming home injured from soccer." But when the tingling kept happening, Scott knew he should get it checked out because he was concerned it might have something to do with his heart. Scott was 45 at the time and incredibly active. He regularly played soccer and worked out five days a week.
Fit and healthy at 45, he looked into a mild symptom. It might have saved his life
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Fit and healthy at 45, he looked into a mild symptom. It might have saved his life
Scott Daley started feeling tingling sensations in his arm while playing soccer with his recreation team. At first, he wasn't that worried about it. After all, as his wife, Brooke Daley, said, "He was always coming home injured from soccer." kAmqFE H96?
Fit and healthy at 45, he looked into a mild symptom
Scott Daley started feeling tingling sensations in his arm while playing soccer with his recreation team. At first, he wasn't that worried about it. After all, as his wife, Brooke Daley, said, "He was always coming home injured from soccer." But when the tingling kept happening, Scott knew he should get it checked out because he was concerned it might have something to do with his heart. Scott was 45 at the time and incredibly active. He regularly played soccer and worked out five days a week.
Fit and healthy at 45, he looked into a mild symptom; it might have saved his life
Scott Daley started feeling tingling sensations in his arm while playing soccer with his recreation team. At first, he wasn't that worried about it. After all, as his wife, Brooke Daley, said, "He was always coming home injured from soccer."
Fit and healthy at 45, he looked into a mild symptom. It might have saved his life.
But when the tingling kept happening, Scott knew he should get it checked out because he was concerned it might have something to do with his heart. Yet he also had a history of heart issues in his family, and the threat of developing his own had always lingered in his mind. His father had a heart attack at the age of 40, which he survived thanks to an emergency triple bypass surgery. And his uncle passed away from a heart attack in his 40s.
Fit and healthy at 45, he looked into a mild symptom. It might have saved his life.
Scott Daley felt tingling in his arm during a soccer game and got it checked out by his doctor. He ended up needing heart surgery. American Heart Association News Scott Daley started feeling tingling sensations in his arm while playing soccer with his recreation team. At first, he wasn't that worried about it.
Fit and healthy at 45, he looked into a mild symptom. It might have saved his life.
American Heart Association News Stories American Heart Association News covers heart disease, stroke and related health issues. Not all views expressed in American Heart Association News stories reflect the official position of the American Heart Association.
Fit and healthy at 45, he looked into a mild symptom. It might have saved his life.
Scott Daley started feeling tingling sensations in his arm while playing soccer with his recreation team. At first, he wasn't that worried about it. After all, as his wife, Brooke Daley, said, "He was always coming home injured from soccer." kAmqFE H96?
Healthy Eating Plan for Weight Loss
Most health experts recommend that you eat a balanced, healthy diet to maintain or lose weight. But you’re probably wondering, what exactly is a healthy diet? “A healthy, balanced diet includes a variety of foods that provide all the essential nutrients your body needs to function well,” says Amy Kimberlain, MS, RDN, CDCES, a Miami-based registered dietitian and spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
Healthy Eating for Weight Loss
Most health experts recommend that you eat a balanced, healthy diet to maintain or lose weight. But you’re probably wondering, what exactly is a healthy diet? “A healthy, balanced diet includes a variety of foods that provide all the essential nutrients your body needs to function well,” says Amy Kimberlain, MS, RDN, CDCES, a Miami-based registered dietitian and spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
How Carrie Meng is Training for WSER from Flat Florida - UltraSignupNews
What’s your Reaction? +1 +1 +1 Together With “I was on the Western States trail, training to run Western States myself – as the assistant race director of the run and it was a very surreal moment,” she said. “I kept asking myself: How is this actually my life?” It was a moment Meng never saw coming. She hadn’t even run a qualifier, or a 100-miler, until 2024.
Active for Life: Basketball coach didn't think his symptoms were a big deal. Good thing he went to the ER anyway
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Active for Life: A longtime firefighter could barely walk. Now, he's running a 5K a day
Paul Dunwell was sitting in a town council meeting when he started feeling off. He was having trouble breathing and couldn’t focus on the conversation. He shook it off that night, assuming it wasn’t a big deal. But he kept feeling worse over the next several weeks. His energy plummeted. He struggled to walk the mile and a half to work, a commute he’d been making for years without issue. kAmsF?H6== H2D E96 7:C6 2?5 C6D4F6 49:67 :? $92==@EE6[ }@CE9 r2C@=:?2] pD 2 EC2:?65 6>6C86?4J >65:42= E649?:4:2?
New research shows that propaganda is on the rise in China
If someone picks up a newspaper in China, there's a good chance it contains some government propaganda masquerading as news, according to a new study co-led by a University of Oregon expert. Hannah Waight, an assistant professor of sociology at the UO, and her collaborators found that the use of state-planted propaganda is on the rise in China. And it's not just a tool for spreading ideological content.
New research shows that propaganda is on the rise in China
If someone picks up a newspaper in China, there’s a good chance it contains some government propaganda masquerading as news, according to a new study co-led by a University of Oregon expert. Hannah Waight, an assistant professor of sociology at the UO, and her collaborators found that the use of state-planted propaganda is on the rise in China. And it’s not just a tool for spreading ideological content.
Basketball coach didn’t think his symptoms were a big deal. Good thing he went to the ER anyway
When Walt Morris started experiencing a handful of symptoms in early 2022, he downplayed every one of them. Neck pain? Must be stress. Headaches? Nothing a little ibuprofen and ice couldn't fix. Erratic heart rate? Probably too much caffeine. Aching jaw? Maybe he was grinding his teeth. Or, it'd just been a long week of teaching driver's education and coaching high school basketball.
A longtime firefighter could barely walk. Now, he's running a 5K a day
By Emily Halnon, American Heart Association News Paul Dunwell was sitting in a town council meeting when he started feeling off. He was having trouble breathing and couldn't focus on the conversation. He shook it off that night, assuming it wasn't a big deal. But he kept feeling worse over the next several weeks. His energy plummeted. He struggled to walk the mile and a half to work, a commute he'd been making for years without issue.
A longtime firefighter could barely walk. Now, he's running a 5K a day
Dunwell was devastated. He was 51 at the time and thought he had years left in his career. "Firefighting was my life," he said. "I'd been doing it for 33 years and I couldn't just walk away from it."(MaxiSports/Dreamstime/TNS) TNS Paul Dunwell was sitting in a town council meeting when he started feeling off. He was having trouble breathing and couldn't focus on the conversation. He shook it off that night, assuming it wasn't a big deal. But he kept feeling worse over the next several weeks.
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