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US life expectancy hit an all-time high in 2024, CDC says20:16 It’s the result of not only the dissipation of the COVID-19 pandemic, but also waning death rates from all the nation’s top killers, including heart disease, cancer and drug overdoses. Why Silicon Valley is raising billions while San Diego biotechs struggle17:47 Venture capitalists are funding startups building AI. Meanwhile, life sciences venture capital in San Diego has dried up, leading to leaner firms and slower job growth. ‘My 600-lb. Life’ reality TV star Charity Pierce dies at 5015:17 "My 600-lb. Life" reality TV star Charity Pierce is dead at 50. She weighed 780 lbs. before working toward better health on the TLC series. Opinion: People are turning to AI chatbots for companionship. Is this robot love risky?14:03 'A relationship with a chatbot ... may further isolate people in society. ... And AI companions exist at the whim of the corporation that created them.' Gen Z hates diet sodas, but loves them with ‘Zero Sugar’ branding28.ledna Both Diet and Zero Sugar are calorie free, artificially sweetened imitations of their sugary brethren. Can AI help make homeless Bay Area residents healthier?28.ledna Akido Labs, an LA-based health care technology company that runs clinics and street medicine teams in California, plans to start using its AI model on homeless and housing insecure patients in San Francisco, Oakland, Richmond and San Jose next month. Thomas Fogarty dies; innovative Stanford surgeon, Peninsula winemaker28.ledna The Fogarty catheter is used hundreds of thousands of times a year around the world in vascular, cardiac and thoracic surgeries. |