Hammon suspension overshadows Las Vegas’ quest to repeat as season opens
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Hammon suspension overshadows Las Vegas’ quest to repeat as season opens

M.A. Voepel, ESPN.comMay 18, 2023, 05: 00 PM ETCloseM.A. Voepel covers the WNBA, women’s college basketball, and other college sports for espnW. Voepel began covering women’s basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996.Heading into the 2023 season as the WNBA’s defending champions, the Las Vegas Aces would typically be facing the standard… […]

Boat rides in Turkey, whiteboards in New York: How the Liberty built a superteam
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Boat rides in Turkey, whiteboards in New York: How the Liberty built a superteam

Alexa Philippou, ESPNMay 18, 2023, 09: 09 AM ETCloseCovers women’s college basketball and the WNBA Previously covered UConn and the WNBA Connecticut Sun for the Hartford Courant Stanford graduate and Baltimore native with further experience at the Dallas Morning News, Seattle Times and Cincinnati EnquirerNEW YORK — The Big Apple is known for its unrelenting… […]

Brittney Griner is back: What to expect as the Phoenix Mercury center returns to the court
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Brittney Griner is back: What to expect as the Phoenix Mercury center returns to the court

Josh WeinfussCloseJosh WeinfussESPN Staff WriterCovered the Cardinals since 2012 Graduate of Indiana University Member of Pro Football Writers of AmericaM.A. VoepelCloseM.A. VoepelESPN.comM.A. Voepel covers the WNBA, women’s college basketball, and other college sports for espnW. Voepel began covering women’s basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996.May 19, 2023, 09: 00 AM ETIt’s… […]

Weight Loss Drug Helps Half of Teens in Study Tackle Obesity
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Weight Loss Drug Helps Half of Teens in Study Tackle Obesity

May 19, 2023 — Nearly half of teens given the weight loss drug semaglutide (Wegovy) managed to lose enough weight to drop below the clinical threshold for obesity, a new study shows. By comparison, only 12.1% of adolescents with obesity given a placebo in the 68-week trial dropped below the threshold. Semaglutide belongs to a class of… […]

Mpox Virus Can Replicate on Surfaces for Days
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Mpox Virus Can Replicate on Surfaces for Days

By Cara Murez HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, May 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Most cases of mpox are spread from skin-to-skin contact, but it is possible to catch the virus by touching a contaminated surface in a house or a hospital room, according to a new study.Researchers studying this found temperature made a difference. The virus could survive… […]

The Upcoming Release Of Bitcoin Core 24.0
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The Upcoming Release Of Bitcoin Core 24.0

Watch This Episode On YouTube Or RumbleListen To The Episode Here:AppleSpotifyGoogleLibsynIn this episode of “Bitcoin, Explained,” hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost discuss the upcoming Bitcoin Core major release, Bitcoin Core 24.0.The Bitcoin Core project produces a new major release of its software roughly every six months. The 24th major release is currently in… […]

Scientists May Understand Link Between Common Virus & MS
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Scientists May Understand Link Between Common Virus & MS

By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, May 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) — It’s been known for years that Epstein-Barr virus can trigger multiple sclerosis or drive progression of the degenerative disease, and Swedish researchers think they now understand why.Some people have antibodies against the common Epstein-Barr virus that mistakenly attack a protein found in the brain and… […]