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Smoky skies have blanketed Toronto for several days as air quality conditions continue to deteriorate and prompt advisories for residents to limit their time outdoors.The smoke plumes drifting from large swaths of Quebec and northeastern Ontario have sent air quality plummeting to unhealthy levels with high pollution reported in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) since Monday.

Robert Lewinger is tired of being berated by his gastroenterologist because he's overdue for a colonoscopy.He's perfectly willing to have one.And he's more than ready for cataract surgery on his second eye.The problem: Mr. Lewinger, 72, a retired lawyer who lives in Manhattan, can't schedule either of these procedures, which involve anesthesia or sedation, unless he supplies the name and phone number of the person taking him home afterward.

Researchers have found a new way to potentially treat Alzheimer's disease.And it's inexpensive.Researchers from the UK Dementia Research Institute at Cambridge University found that maraviroc, which is marketed as Selzentry and treats HIV, clears out rogue proteins found in the brain, which could prevent and slow the progression of Alzheimer's in people's brains.

Simply taking away the licenses of older drivers who show signs of dementia without addressing the dangers of the car-dependent communities in which they live may not deliver as many safety benefits as policymakers hope, a new study suggests - and it may spike the number of death among seniors who walk and bike, too.

A lot is still unknown about the toll wildfire smoke takes on your health.But most adults and children without pre-existing conditions will likely recover quickly from the effects of short-term exposure to the smoke passing over the eastern United States, said Jeffrey Brook, an associate professor of occupational and environmental health at the University of Toronto Dalla Lana School of Public Health.

Mayor Brandon Johnson said he wants to keep the Bears in Chicago as the NFL franchise floats interest in potentially moving to a suburb other than Arlington Heights.Johnson made the comments at an unrelated news conference when asked about the Bears flirting with a move to Naperville as the franchise's push for state financial support and property tax breaks has stalled.

Just 49% of Britons said they believed in God in 2022, down from 75% in 1981.The UK public are now among the least likely internationally to believe in God, following a long-term decline in belief since the 1980s, according to new study by the Policy Institute at King's College London.Lower levels of belief among young people are helping drive this trend.

A vaccine advisory group for the World Health Organization said Tuesday that, at this point, it does not recommend additional, let alone annual COVID-19 booster shots for people at low to medium risk of severe disease.It advised countries to focus on boosting those at high risk-including older people, pregnant people, and those with underlying medical conditions-every six to 12 months for the near- to mid-term.

Our parks are there for us when we need them the most.In times of celebration and in times of trial, New Yorkers turn to their parks as safe havens for social gatherings, healing and restoration.During the pandemic, parks became the central hub for human connection: picnics, performances, protests, community touchpoints were all hosted outdoors in our neighborhood greenspaces.

The ULEZ expansion has been met with opposition from some local authorities.Five Conservative-led councils - Bexley, Bromley, Harrow, Hillingdon and Surrey - launched legal action over the expanded scheme earlier this year.The High Court granted permission for the case against the expansion to proceed, with a date set for July.

Children's doctors are calling for a complete ban on disposable vapes because they are likely to damage young lungs and are bad for the environment.But an anti-smoking campaign group says a ban would make it harder for some adults to give up smoking and increase the trade in illegal vapes.UK governments are planning steps to reduce vaping among under-18s.

More than 1% of voters, half of whom appeared to be from minority ethnic backgrounds, were turned away from polling stations because of ID requirements at the local elections, according to a group of democracy observers.Democracy Volunteers, a group of election observers, said it conducted snapshot surveys in 118 councils on 4 May.

More than 1,450 organisations are to receive one-off payments to ease cost-of-living pressures as part of an 81 million euro allocation from the Government's Inflation Fund.ommunity-based and voluntary health and social care providers are being allocated minimum payments of 1,000 euro, with the payments to be made in the coming weeks.

Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks during a rally at the ILA Hall in Charleston, South Carolina, on June 3, 2023.Screenshot: Union of Southern Service Workers via Twitter As President Joe Biden signed into law an agreement Saturday that would shield wealthy tax cheats from stronger IRS enforcement while at the same time enacting cuts to key anti-poverty programs, Senator Bernie Sanders and other progressive allies were busy denouncing the immoral, low-wage economic system in the United States in which just a small handful of mega-billionaires have accumulated more wealth than tens of millions of hard-working but low-paid workers and their families.

The NHS in England needs a massive injection of homegrown doctors, nurses, GPs and dentists to avert a recruitment crisis that could leave it short of 571,000 staff, according to an internal document seen by the Guardian.A long-awaited workforce plan produced by NHS England says the health service is already operating with 154,000 fewer full-time staff than it needs, and that number could balloon to 571,000 staff by 2036 on current trends.

Labour has said it would reverse plans to scrap a £1m cap on how much workers can accumulate in their pensions savings before paying extra tax.Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves said the move, announced in the Budget, was a "tax cut for the top 1%" and "the wrong priority, at the wrong time".

In a bid to "bring back the joy of air travel" for those with limited mobility, a consortium of UK companies including design consultancy PriestmanGoode has developed a concept for a one-person autonomous airport vehicle.Developed in collaboration with mobility company Centaur Robotics and software company Naurt, the accessible Geo concept is a self-balancing two-wheeled personal electric vehicle that fits into the space of a dining chair.

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For those who enjoy restaurant reviews and stories about food culture, there's a smorgasbord of information to digest.But as the author of Golden State, a column about the blessings and burdens of aging, I've been feeling a duty to address a glaring omission.

In 2019, about half of American households had no savings in retirement accounts, according to the Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF).These accounts include individual retirement accounts; Keogh accounts; certain employer-sponsored accounts, such as 401(k), 403(b), thrift savings accounts; and pensions.

There are many better places to be in Spain than Madrid when recordbreaking temperatures bring summer's ruthless heat in spring, prompting government health warnings, action plans from regional authorities and the familiar agonising wait for outdoor public pools to open.There are also many better places to be in Madrid when the mercury nudges 30C (86F) than under a woolly hat inside a furry Sonic the Hedgehog costume in the elegant, shadeless air fryer that is the Spanish capital's Plaza Mayor.

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CloseNick Friedell is the Chicago Bulls beat reporter for ESPN Chicago.Friedell is a graduate of the S.I.Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and joined ESPNChicago.comfor its launch in April 2009.TARRYTOWN, N.Y.-- New York Knicks All Star forward Julius Randle's status remains questionable for the start of Sunday's Eastern Conference semifinals series against the Miami Heat because of a sprained left ankle, but Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau is hopeful that Randle will be ready for Game 1 on Sunday.

People who get flu have a higher risk of heart attack for a week after they have been diagnosed with the virus, a new study suggests.Experts said that the risk can be as much as six times higher in the seven days after a person tests positive for the virus compared with the year before or afterwards.

SANDPOINT, Idaho A rural hospital in northern Idaho will stop delivering babies or providing other obstetrical care, citing a shifting legal climate in which recently enacted state laws could subject physicians to prosecution for providing abortions, among other reasons.Bonner General Health in Sandpoint will discontinue obstetrical services in mid-May.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails The Taoiseach has called on Irish banks to increase savings rates in response to the latest interest rate hike across the eurozone.Leo Varadkar said the 0.5% rise announced by the European Central Bank (ECB) on Thursday was not unexpected, but acknowledged it was unwelcome for mortgage holders in Ireland.