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Great news for patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: SGLT2 inhibitors slow disease progression
Two randomized controlled studies show: SGLT2 inhibitors can slow chronic kidney disease (CKD) progression in all patients, not only in diabetics. Results of one study [1] were presented at the virtual ESC Congress 2020 and the results of the other were published in NEJM [2].
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Our focus has to be on the victims of Hurricane Laura
Hurricane Laura made landfall late Wednesday night near Cameron, Louisiana. Around this time in a hurricane disaster, when the full effects are still emerging, I normally write things about what the role of climate change may have been.
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ALL-TIME ACCESS: Children’s MUSEUM Houston Moves To All-Digital Format As Kids Return To School
Museum Takes Break To Focus On Reaching Children Where They Are Via “All-Time Access” Initiative
Coming September, Children’s Museum Houston (CMH) will launch “All-Time Access,” an online initiative to enhance distance learning and open the Museum to families all over the world from an all-time digital landscape. Now that kids are back in school, the Museum will take a break beginning Aug. 31 to focus on “All-Time Access” and meet children and their families where they are —at school, at home, at play. But do not worry! CMH will reopen just as soon as we can come together again. The Museum had intended to remain open the entire week, but due to Hurricane Laura, CMH will close Aug. 26 and 27 with plans to reopen Aug. 28 to 30.
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LUCID AIR Sets New Standard For Electric Vehicles With 517 Mile Range
Independent Verification of This Industry-Leading Range Highlights Lucid Motors’ In-House Engineering of Advanced EV Drivetrains, Battery Packs, and more
Lucid Motors, which seeks to set new standards for sustainable transportation with its advanced luxury EVs, today announced in- dependent range verification of 517 miles on a single charge for its forthcoming Lucid Air all-electric sedan. This new benchmark range was secured with FEV North America, Inc. in Auburn Hills, Michigan, applying the EPA›s Multicycle Test Procedure (SAE J1634 Oct 2012 Standard) with the standard adjustment factor. The results confirm that the Lucid Air is the longest range electric vehicle to date.
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Mayor Sylvester Turner and Microsoft TExpand Digital Alliance With The City Of Houston
Mayor Sylvester Turner announced on Monday that the city of Houston has expanded its ground- breaking digital alliance with Micro- soft to innovate in big data, artificial intelligence and the digital economy. Microsoft brings to Houston “Accelerate,” a new program designed to address economic recovery through skilling both underserved communities and re-skilling the many Americans impacted by COVID-19.
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Astros looking for the home field magic to get them going
The character Dorothy from the movie, “The Wizard of Oz” described what the Houston Astros are thinking.
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What to watch on the first night of the Republican convention
Republicans will kick off night one of the Republican National Convention Monday with a theme focused around the "Land of Promise."
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How to make money in the pandemic: Invest in KitKats and Big Macs
Americans are stressed like never before. They're juggling work-from-home while taking care of children. They're worried about the pandemic. And they fear for their jobs.
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China distribuyó una vacuna de coronavirus propia a profesionales civiles de «alto riesgo» en julio
China ha lanzado una vacuna desarrollada a nivel nacional para uso de emergencia para personas seleccionadas que trabajan en profesiones de «alto riesgo», según el jefe de la Comisión Nacional de Salud de China.
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Maverick Viñales dodges disaster after jumping off bike at 228 kph in Styrian MotoGP
A week after miraculously avoiding a flying motorcycle that almost hit him at high speed, Yamaha MotoGP rider Maverick Viñales was counting his lucky stars for a second time after a terrifying incident during Sunday's Styrian MotoGP in Austria.
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'Selling Sunset' stars react to Chrissy Teigen doubting their status as real estate agents
Chrissy Teigen admits she loves "Selling Sunset," even as she's questioned whether the TV show's stars are, in fact, real estate agents.
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The pandemic is turning into a super-expensive business quagmire
Businesses will need to put in place new safety measures to combat the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. That will change how companies, employees, customers and the government interact with one another. And it will cost the private sector — and the customers they serve — a pretty penny.
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Tech's magnificent seven are worth nearly $7.7 trillion
The titans of tech dominate the stock market. Apple is now worth more than $2 trillion. The industry's Fab 5 — Apple, along with Amazon, Microsoft, Google owner Alphabet and Facebook — are collectively worth more than $7 trillion.
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Alibaba sales soar but US crackdown may be looming
China's economy has bounced back from the Covid-19 outbreak in China's Wuhan province. That's great news for Alibaba, the e-commerce and cloud giant. But the company also acknowledged the threat of being caught up in the burgeoning trade war between the United States and China.
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Teachers and students shouldn't be Covid-19 experiments in the fall
I'm watching my third grader ride her bike out the living room window while I work. I'm equal parts enchanted by her imagination and saddened by it. It didn't used to be that way. Back when school and friends took up a majority of her days, this independent, imaginative play was a balanced cacophony -- social butterfly during weekdays, s
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The riskiest thing about the Post Office freak-out
There is some hazard in the increasingly frantic argument Democrats are making that President Donald Trump is tearing down American democracy and the entire American experiment is at risk.
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Congressman Al Green Commemorates th e 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment and Women’s Constitutional Right to Vote
On Tuesday, August 18, 2020, Congressman Al Green released the following statement in commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment:
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Boutique owner sees skyrocketing sales for Michelle Obama's 'VOTE' necklace
As soon as the texts started rolling in Monday evening, Chari Cuthbert knew she was on the cusp of the biggest moment of her career.
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Trump celebrates women's rights -- and attacks Michelle Obama
At an event aimed at highlighting the 100th anniversary of women's right to vote, President Donald Trump disparaged the country's most admired woman, Michelle Obama as "over her head" after she delivered a scathing, direct-to-camera speech criticizing him at the Democratic National Convention Monday.