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Basal cell carcinoma is the most common form of skin cancer, but it can be easy to miss, or mistake for another skin issue.Doctors often discover the cancer during a routine skin check, said Dr. Melissa Piliang, chairman of the dermatology department at Cleveland Clinic. “A patient may not have even noticed” signs of the disease, she said.In a Facebook post this week, the health and fitness personality Richard Simmons announced he had been treated for basal cell carcinoma. He said he first noticed a “strange looking bump” under his eye that he tried treating with Neosporin. It was only…

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Luis Rubiales, the disgraced former Spanish soccer head who was forced out after kissing a female player against her will, faces new legal troubles after the Spanish police were given permission to arrest him as part of a wide-ranging investigation into accusations of corruption and money laundering.Investigators from the Spanish civil guard carried out a series of raids Tuesday, including searches at the headquarters of the Spanish soccer federation on the outskirts of Madrid and at a home owned by Mr. Rubiales in the southern city of Granada.The public prosecutor’s office in Madrid said 11 homes and a number of…

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The mathematical rules for creating musical harmony may be more malleable than thought. Western music theory traditionally holds that chords sound most pleasant when they contain notes separated by certain intervals (SN: 5/9/23). Namely, intervals where the notes’ frequencies have simple ratios — like 2:1 (an octave) or 3:2 (a fifth). But new research reveals that people’s actual preferred harmonies depend on the timbre of the notes. Timbre is the distinct flavor of sound produced by specific instruments — the reason that the same note played at the same volume sounds different on the piano, guitar or gong. These findings,…

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Like many TV fans, I was thrilled when Netflix saved the ridiculous and wonderful “Girls5eva” from cancellation at the hands of Peacock. A cheeky treat about a ’90s girl group reuniting, “Girls5eva” belongs to a category of show I like to call “30 Rock” Offspring. It’s not exactly a spinoff of that beloved, long-running NBC sitcom about the making of a sketch comedy show, but “30 Rock” alumni are involved and the quality and rapid pace of its jokes are similar. You barely catch your breath after one punchline before the next comes hurtling toward you.Not all children of “30…

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Surgeons in Boston have transplanted a kidney from a genetically engineered pig into an ailing 62-year-old man, the first procedure of its kind. If successful, the breakthrough offers hope to hundreds of thousands of Americans whose kidneys have failed.So far, the signs are promising. The new kidney began producing urine shortly after the surgery last weekend and the patient’s condition continues to improve, according to physicians at Massachusetts General Hospital, known as Mass General. He is already walking the halls of the hospital and may be discharged soon.The patient is a Black man, and the procedure may have special significance…

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Japan’s economy has rocketed into the headlines this year as inflation returns for the first time in decades, workers win wage gains and the Bank of Japan raises interest rates for the first time in 17 years.But there’s another, longer-running trend happening in the Japanese economy that could prove interesting for American policymakers: Female employment has been steadily rising.Working-age Japanese women have been joining the labor market for years, a trend that has continued strongly in recent months as a tight labor market prods companies to work to attract new employees.The jump in female participation has happened partly by design.…

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Smoke rising during an Israeli raid at Al-Shifa Hospital and the surrounding area in Gaza City on Thursday.Credit…Dawoud Abu Alkas/ReutersIsrael’s military said on Thursday that it had killed dozens of people it described as terrorists in the previous 24 hours as its raid on Al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza, the largest medical facility in the territory, stretched into a fourth day.Israel has staged a series of raids on hospitals in Gaza, arguing that Hamas has used the facilities as command centers, taking advantage of the cover they provide to dig tunnels in which it has stored weapons and placed fighters.…

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The song will appear on Guts (spilled), the deluxe edition of her upcoming album out Friday “Miss Right Now” reads the sash across Olivia Rodrigo‘s chest in the official teaser trailer for “Obsessed,” the forthcoming song set to appear on the deluxe edition of Guts, out Friday. The music video won’t premiere until midnight on Thursday, but the singer is holding court now. In the clip, Rodrigo gathers in a room full of her ex’s other scorned and misled exes. “Miss Thought She Was the One” and “Miss Also Thought She Was the One” blow smoke in her direction as…

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Phoenix Suns star Kevin Durant sat eight points behind Shaquille O’Neal on the NBA’s all-time scoring list heading into Wednesday’s game against the Philadelphia 76ers. Fortunately, the fans in attendance didn’t have to sweat it out for too long.Durant cleared the mark with ease, finishing with 22 points on 10-of-18 shooting, and led his team to a 115–102 victory. He now has 28,610 points all-time, jumping Shaq (28,596) for the No. 8 spot on the list.After being surpassed by Durant, the former Los Angeles Lakers star was all class, sending a message to Durant and also issuing a challenge as well.“First of all,…

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