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New drug for lower back pain could be a gamechanger
2025-04-19 05:45:03| Spiritual Career Counseling
Millions of people worldwide with severe back pain may be able to get relief from a new drug that uses antibiotics rather than painkillers to tackle the condition.Doctors who have tested the drug said it could be a gamechanger for the one in four people whose lower back pain is caused by an infection rather than a muscular or spinal problem.An early stage trial of the drug found that six in 10 of those who took it experienced major benefits, including a significant decline in the pain and disability they had previously suffered.The drug, called PP353, is in development by Persica Pharmaceuticals, a Kent-based biotech firm. It staged the trial in conjunction with six NHS hospitals in England and Wales.Dr Shiva Tripathi, an NHS pain consultant and the chief investigator of the trial, said if the drug is approved by regulators and becomes available it would be a gamechanger for chronic lower back pain on the similar levels as [how] antibiotics made a difference to infection. Because if...
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Should I buy a house for my son at university so he can rent out to others?
2025-04-19 02:45:04| Spiritual Career Counseling
There are multiple options for those that want to buy a property for their children at university Is the mortgage market turbulence getting you down? Have you got a mortgage-related question you need answering? Email in and well get one of our experts to reply. Nick Mendes, mortgage technical manager at John Charcol, has given his advice to a reader below. If you have a question for our experts, email us atmoney@inews.co.uk.Question: Our son is heading off to university this autumn and we are considering buying a property for him to live in. Rather than him wasting money on rent, we wondered if it would be possible for him to live there and rent out the other rooms to friends. Is this something we can do, and how would it work from a mortgage perspective?Answer: This is a question were hearing more and more, and its a very sensible one. With student rents continuing to rise and availability often limited, many parents are looking at ways to support their children through university...
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Victims of Indonesian landslide found | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
2025-04-19 02:45:04| Spiritual Career Counseling
Victims of Indonesian landslide foundSURABAYA, Indonesia -- Indonesian rescuers recovered 10 bodies after a landslide struck vehicles on a hilly road on the country's main island of Java, police said Friday.Torrential rains pushed mud, rocks and trees down the mountainside road Thursday, burying a van with seven people aboard and a pickup with three traders near Watu Lumpang, a resort area in East Java's Mojokerto district, said local police chief Andi Yudha Pranata.Pranata said rescuers pulled out the body of the van's driver late Thursday and his six family members, including three children, wife and parents, were retrieved Friday together with the bodies of the three traders.Footage released by East Java's Search and Rescue Agency showed the road covered by thick mud, rocks and uprooted trees.Seasonal rains from about October to April frequently cause flooding and landslides in Indonesia, a vast archipelago of 17,000 islands where millions of people live in mountainous areas or near...
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