Oxford team’s technology picked up danger signs with 86% accuracy in study of 72,000 patients in England Oxford scientists have developed a simple AI tool that can predict the risk of heart failure five years before it develops. More than 60 million people worldwide have the condition in which the heart cannot pump blood around the body as well as it should. Spotting cases before they develop into heart failure would be a big step forward, experts say. Doctors could prepare better for and manage
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Kseniia Petrova, a Russian-born scientist who was a researcher at Harvard University.
PM to meet regional leaders to discuss effort to ‘support and sustain ceasefire’ and reopening the strait of Hormuz Middle East crisis – live updates Keir Starmer is travelling to the Gulf to meet leaders in the region to discuss diplomatic efforts to support the ceasefire agreed between the US and Iran. The prime minister’s visit on Wednesday comes hours after a two-week ceasefire was agreed on Tuesday evening, canceling a self-imposed deadline by the US president, Donald Trump, for Iran to sur
Investors around the world breathed a sigh of relief at the prospect of peace — and an easing of the global energy crisis. (Image credit: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
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Guardian - World · Oct 8
Marist poll shows that 48% of city residents approve of Mamdani’s performance while 55% view him favorably Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox As New York City’s mayor, Zohran Mamdani, approaches his first 100 days in office, a new survey shows that roughly half of city residents approve of his performance so far. The poll , conducted by the Marist Institute for Public Opinion and released on Wednesday morning, found that 48% of residents say they approv
Guardian - World · Oct 8
Much is expected of Online Safety Act and less from free speech advocates leaving new boss in difficult place Ian Cheshire’s Ofcom intray is big. It is available online under the regulator’s plan for 2026/27 and covers an array of industries: telecoms; broadband; the postal service; media and the online world. It is the latter that it going to dominate his tenure. Ofcom oversees the Online Safety Act, the legislation that regulates social media in the UK. Much is expected of the act from interne
Guardian - World · Oct 8
Specialist lender says it expects its slice of £9.1bn compensation set by FCA to be about £320m Close Brothers shares surged on Wednesday after the UK bank declared it could “comfortably absorb” its slice of a £9.1bn compensation bill over the motor finance scandal, hours after one of its rivals announced it was selling its UK operations over looming costs. The specialist lender said it expected the final terms of the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) compensation scheme to cost roughly £320m,
