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Ground-penetrating radar tech for self-driving cars curbs weather risks

Functioning Apple computer built in 1970s up for auction

Tidal energy turbine company is showing good results

Weight-loss drug Belviq seems safe for heart, study finds

Deep forehead wrinkles may signal a higher risk for cardiovascular mortality

Technology news

	Ground-penetrating radar tech for self-driving cars curbs weather risks Autonomous vehicles need to stay in their lanes and if hazardous weather conditions dominate the morning, day or night drive, then the self-driving car will need to have the right tech to cope. US-based WaveSense thinks that it can be a big help in that direction.
	Functioning Apple computer built in 1970s up for auction A piece of computer history that helped launch a trillion dollar company is hitting the auction block.
	Tidal energy turbine company is showing good results Scotrenewables Tidal Power, a Scottish engineering company, is focused on an energy source they call "tidal energy generation." A video promoting their solution: They have plenty to show for their efforts, namely, the world's most powerful operational tidal turbine, the SR2000 2MW.
	Automaker Tesla to remain a public company, CEO Musk says Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Friday that the company would continue to be publicly traded, weeks after suggesting that he would take the pioneering electric carmaker private.
Apple Pay comes to Costco, but Walmart remains a holdout Corrections & Clarifications: A previous version of this article misidentified who gets a cut of the transactions if Walmart joined Apple Pay. The banks used through the Apple Pay app would receive a 0.15 percent cut.
	Cryptominers dreaming of rebound after price crash Surrounded by the cryptocurrency mining "rig" that is taking over his bedroom, "Ali" lays bare the risks of his trade, revealing his profits "are a tenth of what they were".
Airbnb sues New York over 'government overreach' Airbnb sued the city of New York on Friday, denouncing as "an extraordinary act of government overreach" a new law forcing home-sharing platforms to disclose data about hosts.
	Insider Q&A: AT&T entertainment exec on future of video David Christopher, who runs AT&T's wireless and entertainment businesses, has a bird's eye view of how streaming media and video are evolving.

Medicine & Health news

	Weight-loss drug Belviq seems safe for heart, study finds For the first time, a drug has been shown to help people lose weight and keep it off for several years without raising their risk for heart problems—a safety milestone that may encourage wider use to help curb the obesity epidemic.
	Deep forehead wrinkles may signal a higher risk for cardiovascular mortality Are wrinkles just an inevitable consequence of ageing, or could they signal something more sinister?
Do doctors really know how to diagnose a heart attack? Confusion over how to diagnose a heart attack is set to be cleared up with new guidance launched today. The 2018 Fourth Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction is published online in European Heart Journal.
	Why the effects of a boozy binge could last longer than you think The effects of a heavy drinking session on our thoughts and performance may last longer we think, according to a new study.
Single pill with two drugs could transform blood pressure treatment A single pill with two drugs could transform blood pressure treatment, according to the 2018 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and European Society of Hypertension (ESH) Guidelines on arterial hypertension published online today in European Heart Journal.
Pregnant women with heart disease should give birth at no later than 40 weeks gestation Pregnant women with heart disease should give birth at no later than 40 weeks gestation. That is one of the recommendations in the 2018 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Guidelines for the management of cardiovascular diseases during pregnancy published online today in European Heart Journal.
I have had a heart attack. Do I need open heart surgery or a stent? New advice on the choice between open heart surgery and inserting a stent via a catheter after a heart attack is launched today. The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) Guidelines on myocardial revascularization are published online in European Heart Journal.
	Study investigates major cause of heart attacks in women The initial findings of a study on spontaneous coronary artery dissection, a major cause of heart attacks in women, are reported today in a late breaking science session at ESC Congress 2018.
	A smartphone application can help in screening for atrial fibrillation A smartphone application (app) can help in screening for atrial fibrillation, according to late breaking results from the DIGITAL-AF study presented today at ESC Congress.
	Scans cut heart attack rates and save lives, major study finds Heart scans for patients with chest pains could save thousands of lives in the UK, research suggests.
	Too much of a good thing? Very high levels of 'good' cholesterol may be harmful Very high levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL or "good") cholesterol may be associated with an increased risk of heart attack and death, according to research presented today at ESC Congress 2018.
Unnecessary heart procedures can be avoided with non-invasive test Unnecessary heart procedures can be avoided with a non-invasive test, according to late breaking research presented today at ESC Congress 2018 and published in Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
	Jury still out on aspirin a day to prevent heart attack and stroke The jury is still out on whether people at moderate risk of a first heart attack or stroke should take daily aspirin to lower their risk, according to late breaking results from the ARRIVE study presented today in a Hot Line Session at ESC Congress 2018 and with simultaneous publication in the Lancet.
Extended use of oral anticoagulant after hospital discharge reduces non-fatal blood clots The use of an oral anticoagulant medicine in medically ill patients for 45 days following their discharge from the hospital reduces the rate of non-fatal symptomatic blood clots with no impact on fatal blood clots, according to late breaking results from the MARINER trial presented today in a Hot Line Session at ESC Congress 2018 and published in The New England Journal of Medicine.
	Oxygen therapy for patients suffering from a heart attack does not prevent heart failure Oxygen therapy does not prevent the development of heart failure. Neither does it reduce the long-term risk of dying for patients with suspected heart attack. This has been proven for the first time by researchers at Karolinska Institutet as a result of a major Swedish study. The study is to be presented at the European Society of Cardiology's (ESC) cardiology congress in Munich and published at the same time in the journal Circulation. The researchers expect their results to have a global impact on recommended healthcare for treating heart attacks.
	Cooking with coal, wood, or charcoal associated with cardiovascular death Long-term use of coal, wood, or charcoal for cooking is associated with an increased risk of death from cardiovascular disease, according to a study presented today at ESC Congress 2018.
	Finding the sweet spot of a good night's sleep: Not too long and not too short Researchers have found a sweet spot of six to eight hours sleep a night is most beneficial for heart health. More or less is detrimental. Their findings are presented today at ESC Congress 2018.
	Sleeping five hours or less a night associated with doubled risk of cardiovascular disease Middle-aged men who sleep five hours or less per night have twice the risk of developing a major cardiovascular event during the following two decades than men who sleep seven to eight hours, according to research presented today at ESC Congress 2018.
	Short and fragmented sleep linked to hardened arteries Sleeping less than six hours or waking up several times in the night is associated with an increased risk of asymptomatic atherosclerosis, which silently hardens and narrows the arteries, according to results of the PESA study presented today at ESC Congress 2018.
Weight loss drug does not increase cardiovascular events A weight loss drug does not increase cardiovascular events, according to late breaking results from the CAMELLIA-TIMI 61 trial presented today in a Hot Line Session at ESC Congress and published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
	Blood pressure and cholesterol lowering drugs continue to improve survival after a decade Blood pressure and cholesterol lowering drugs continue to improve survival in patients with hypertension after more than a decade, according to late breaking results from the ASCOT Legacy study presented today at ESC Congress 2018 and published in The Lancet.
	Patients with high blood pressure unlikely to reduce salt Patients with high blood pressure are relying solely on medication to reduce their risk of heart attack, stroke and heart failure, rather than decreasing salt intake as instructed by their physicians, according to research presented today at ESC Congress 2018, the annual meeting of the European Society of Cardiology.
Four out of ten patients with atrial fibrillation have unknown brain damage Four out of ten patients with atrial fibrillation but no history of stroke or transient ischaemic attack have previously unknown brain damage, according to the first results of the Swiss Atrial Fibrillation Cohort Study (Swiss-AF) presented today at ESC Congress 2018.
	Impaired mental status is associated with doubled death risk after heart attack in elderly Impaired mental status is associated with a doubled risk of death one year after a heart attack in elderly patients, according to research presented today at ESC Congress 2018.
	Security millimetre wave body scanner safe for patients with pacemakers and defibrillators Body scanners used for security checks are safe for patients with pacemakers and defibrillators, according to late breaking research presented today at ESC Congress 2018.
Bleeding in patients treated with anticoagulants should stimulate search for cancer Bleeding in patients treated with anticoagulants should stimulate a search for cancer, according to late breaking results from the COMPASS trial presented today at ESC Congress 2018.
	CDC approves nasal-spray vaccine for flu season After advising the public to avoid the nasal-spray version of the flu vaccine for the past two years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now giving it the green light.
Fish oils do not prevent heart attack or strokes in people with diabetes Fish oil supplements do not prevent heart attacks or strokes in patients with diabetes, according to late breaking results from the ASCEND trial presented today in a Hot Line Session at ESC Congress 2018 and published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
	Apps a timely reminder for those on heart medication We use them for everything from banking to workouts, and now research from the University of Sydney shows mobile apps could potentially save lives by helping people with coronary heart disease keep on top of their medication.
Ten-year outcomes of the Arterial Revascularisation Trial revealed today The ten-year outcomes of the Arterial Revascularisation Trial (ART) are presented today in a Hot Line Session at ESC Congress 2018.
	Aspirin disappoints for avoiding first heart attack, stroke Taking a low-dose aspirin every day has long been known to cut the chances of another heart attack, stroke or other heart problem in people who already have had one, but the risks don't outweigh the benefits for most other folks, major new research finds.
	DR Congo rolls out prototype Ebola drugs as death toll rises to 67 An outbreak of Ebola in eastern DR Congo has killed 67 people this month, authorities said Saturday, as they roll out a battery of new drugs to tackle the virus amid concerns it has spread to a rebel-encircled area.

Biology news

French farmers furious as wild boars run amok With a gaping hole in the ground and tangled corn stalks strewn across Yves Rolland's field, it looks as if it has been hit by a tornado. He already knows who the culprits are.

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