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The Heart Surgery That Isn’t as Safe for Older Women

Jan

The Heart Surgery That Isn’t as Safe for Older Women

Last Thanksgiving, Cynthia Mosson had been on her feet all day in her kitchen in Frankfort, Ind., preparing dinner for nine. She was nearly finished — the ham in the oven, the dressing made — when she suddenly felt the need to sit down.“I started hurting in my left shoulder,” said Ms. Mosson, 61. “It got really intense, and it started to go down my left arm.” She grew sweaty and pale and told her family, “I think I’m having a heart attack.”An ambulance sped her to a hospital where doctors confirmed that she had suffered a mild heart attack.…

How a Stanford professor helped lay the foundation for this 49ers era

Jan

By Kyle C. Garrison

Politics

How a Stanford professor helped lay the foundation for this 49ers era

For his first few frenetic months as the San Francisco 49ers’ general manager in 2017, John Lynch left his family behind in San Diego. His temporary home at the Santa Clara Marriott became a brainstorming center for reversing the fortunes of a moribund franchise.The 49ers, coming off a 2-14 season, had perhaps the NFL’s worst roster. Lynch had no NFL front office experience. He’d have to learn on the fly with coach Kyle Shanahan, his new partner at the top of the 49ers’ power structure.Tony Dungy, a coach under whom Lynch starred as a Hall of Fame safety with the…

Apple Takes a Humble Approach to Launching Its Newest Device

Jan

By Kyle C. Garrison

Science and Technology

Apple Takes a Humble Approach to Launching Its Newest Device

When Apple released the Apple Watch in 2015, it was business as usual for a company whose iPhone updates had become cultural touchstones. Before the watch went on sale, Apple gave early versions of it to celebrities like Beyoncé, featured it in fashion publications like Vogue and streamed a splashy event on the internet trumpeting its features.But as Apple prepared to sell its next generation of wearable computing, the Vision Pro augmented reality device, it marched far more quietly into the consumer marketplace.The company said in a news release this month that sales of the device would begin Friday. No…

Jan

By Kyle C. Garrison

PoliticsAprendizaje adaptativo, Enseñanza personalizada, Transformación digital en la educación Innovación

Innovation quality learning: Metodologías innovadoras el camino hacia un aprendizaje más activo y significativo

La Transformación Digital del Aprendizaje: Innovación, Calidad y Tecnología en la Educación En la era digital en la que vivimos, la educación se encuentra en constante evolución. Las nuevas tecnologías y los avances en la comunicación han abierto un abanico de posibilidades para la innovación educativa, permitiendo un aprendizaje de calidad y personalizado. En este artículo, exploramos cómo la tecnología educativa, las metodologías innovadoras y la enseñanza personalizada están revolucionando la forma en que los estudiantes adquieren conocimientos y desarrollan habilidades. La importancia de la innovación educativa en la mejora del proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje es innegable. Esta se…

The U.S. Seems to Be Dodging a Recession. What Could Go Wrong?

Jan

By Kyle C. Garrison

Investments and Business

The U.S. Seems to Be Dodging a Recession. What Could Go Wrong?

With inflation falling, unemployment low and the Federal Reserve signaling it could soon begin cutting interest rates, forecasters are becoming increasingly optimistic that the U.S. economy could avoid a recession.Wells Fargo last week became the latest big bank to predict that the economy will achieve a soft landing, gently slowing rather than screeching to a halt. The bank’s economists had been forecasting a recession since the middle of 2022.Yet if forecasters were wrong when they predicted a recession last year, they could be wrong again, this time in the opposite direction. The risks that economists highlighted in 2023 haven’t gone…

Dormitory Fire Kills 13 in Central China

Jan

By Kyle C. Garrison

Politics

Dormitory Fire Kills 13 in Central China

A fire in the dormitory of a kindergarten and elementary school in central China killed 13 people, Chinese state-owned news media reported on Saturday.A 14th person was being treated for injuries in a hospital after the fire broke out on Friday night, China Central Television said. Firefighters were called at 11 p.m., and the blaze was extinguished by 11:38, according to the television report, which also said that the head of the school had been taken into custody. The CCTV report provided no further details, including whether any of the dead were children.A teacher from the school told an online…

With Harsh Anti-L.G.B.T.Q. Law, Uganda Risks a Health Crisis

Jan

By Kyle C. Garrison

Politics

With Harsh Anti-L.G.B.T.Q. Law, Uganda Risks a Health Crisis

For decades, Uganda’s campaign against H.I.V. was exemplary, slashing the country’s death rate by nearly 90 percent from 1990 to 2019. Now a sweeping law enacted last year, the Anti-Homosexuality Act, threatens to renew the epidemic as L.G.B.T.Q. citizens are denied, or are too afraid to seek out, necessary medical care.The law criminalizes consensual sex between same-sex adults. It also requires all citizens to report anyone suspected of such activity, a mandate that makes no exceptions for health care providers tending to patients.Under the law, merely having same-sex relationships while living with H.I.V. can incur a charge of “aggravated homosexuality,”…