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Stocks fall as Moody’s bank downgrade adds to August woes: Stock market news today

December 17, 2023binomo

Stocks came under pressure Tuesday but recovered from steeper early after a warning about US bank health and surprisingly weak Chinese trade data sent shivers through markets.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) dropped about 0.4%, or 150 points. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 (^GSPC) was down about 0.4%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) slipped 0.8%, both paring losses of more than 1% earlier Tuesday.

Worries about US banks were revived after Moody’s downgraded 10 small and midsize institutions, which came with a warning it could lower credit ratings for some of the nation’s biggest lenders. It flagged risks in

Officer fatally hit by train while helping citizen

December 7, 2023binomo

An Easley, South Carolina, police officer was hit by a train and killed while helping a person who was experiencing a “mental health crisis,” according to Lieutenant Ashley Anderson, with the Easley Police Department.Officers were called at about 5 a.m. Wednesday to the tracks around 2009 East Main Street in Easley to assist a caller who was experiencing a “mental health crisis,” Anderson said during a news conference Wednesday afternoon. She said about 6 a.m. two officers found the person who called 911 and while trying to remove the person from the tracks Matthew Hare, an officer, was hit and …

Aerobic and cardio exercises best for lower blood pressure: study

December 1, 2023binomo

When it comes to lowering blood pressure, studies have typically shown that aerobic or cardio exercises are best.

Now, new research suggests another type of physical activity is worth including as an effective tool to prevent and treat hypertension, or high blood pressure.

Exercises that engage muscles without movement — such as wall squats and planks — may be best for lowering blood pressure, according to a large study published Tuesday in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.

This type of training is known as isometric, or static, exercise, according to the Mayo Clinic. Isometric muscle

What we know about the Nashville school shooter

October 24, 2023binomo

New details continue to emerge about the 28-year-old suspect accused of shooting dead three nine-year-old children and three staff members in a devastating mass shooting at a christian elementary school in Nashville on Monday morning.

Audrey Hale, a former student, allegedly entered The Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, just after 10am.

Inside, the shooter opened fire on students and staff, killing six victims.

Students Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs, and William Kinney, all aged nine, Head of School Katherine Koonce, 60, Cynthia Peak, 61, and Mike Hill, 61, all died in the attack.

Two responding police officers shot the suspect dead.

Forget Fad Diets. AI Knows Exactly What You Should Eat for Your Best Health

October 18, 2023binomo

I knew a guy in college who could consume heaping bowls of ice cream without any discernable effect on his six-pack abs. I’ve been wondering ever since why my body doesn’t respond that way to my favorite dessert—or, for that matter, if I’ll ever find one that I won’t regret the next day when I step on the scale. Recent advances in nutrition science now are edging closer to delivering on my dream of dessert with impunity—and a lot of other health benefits, besides.

It’s long been obvious, to scientists and lay people alike, that each person responds differently to

Health care will continue to bleed staff unless changes are made, advocates say – The Virginian-Pilot

October 13, 2023binomo

RICHMOND — Lawmakers introduced proposals to help improve standards at Virginia nursing homes and facilities, and to address the health care worker shortage exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Del. Bobby Orrock Sr., R-Caroline, introduced House Bill 1446, which would set minimum staffing requirements for certified nursing facilities. A nursing facility, which includes nursing homes, provides health-related services on a continuing basis, according to state code.

The measure passed the House on a nearly unanimous vote of 95-2 and was put in place in a finance committee after unanimously clearing a Senate health committee.

“At the end of the day, I