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CHRYSLER 300 IS OUT, THE PORTAL ISIN, BUT QUESTIONS REMAIN

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‘Average price in Canada was$475,500 in August, rising by 1% inprevious 12 months.

OTTAWA: Activity in Canada's housing market has picked up after atrough earlier in the year, but on a national level average prices arestill barely higher than they were a year ago.The Canadian Real Estate Association, which represents 125,000realtors across the country, said home sales increased by 0.9 percent in August, the fourth monthly increase in a row af ter new mor t-gage rules implemented in January took a big bite out of the market inthe first par t of the year. But the monthly sales figure is still four per

cent lower than it was a year ago. "The new stress-test on mor tgageapplicants implemented earlier this year continues to weigh on na-tional home sales," CREA President Barb Sukkau said in a release."The degree to which the stress-test continues to sideline home buy-ers varies depending on location, housing type and price range."The number of sales every month is inching higher, and so too areprices, on average.CREA says the average price of a Canadian home sold last monthwas $475,500, a figure that has increased by one per cent in the pastyear. But CREA says the average figure isn't the best gauge of the market,because it is skewed by higher prices in big markets like Toronto and Vancouver.So instead the realtor group touts a different figure, known as theHouse Price Index, which it says strips out the volatility.

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BRAMPTON: The downsized Chrysler brand will eliminate the last ofits sedans but gain a second people-mover nameplate in 2020 withthe introduction of the Chrysler Portal electric van, based on the con-cept of the same name.The Chrysler 300 is built at FCA’s assembly plant in Brampton, Ont. Itis not yet known how the end of the vehicle’s production will affectthat factory’s future or where the Portal will be built."The Chrysler 300 will be available for the 2019 model year," FCACanada spokeswoman LouAnn Gosselin said in an email to Automo-tive News Canada. "We don’t speculate on rumours regarding futureproduct." “There is nothing official from the company. It’s all beensecondhand information, but the 300 is going to be gone and replacedby a CUV. That’s been thrown out there before,” said Unifor Local 1285President Jaspal Brar. “But, we’re waiting for something more defini-tive. We’re anticipating something sooner rather than later.”In January 2018 at the Nor th American International Auto Show inDetroit, FCA CEO Sergio Marchionne hinted at the end of the DodgeGrand Caravan and that a new product could be bound for theautomaker ’s assembly plant in Windsor, Ont.

PRUNES: Commonly known as dried plums, prunes are a good sourceof phenolic compounds that help to increase bone formation, whichhelps prevent bone loss, and their antioxidant nature also helps im-prove bone health.NUTS: These are packed with potassium and magnesium, nutrientsimpor tant for good bone health. Magnesium helps to maintain yourVitamin D levels, and deficiency can have adverse effects. Potas-sium on the other hand, helps to neutralize the acid in our body thatcan deplete calcium levels in our bones.SALMON: Yes, we know that salmon is an excellent source of vitaminD but did you know that it’s also rich in protein? Protein is essen-tial in production of collagen, which helps in maintaining bonestrength and is impor tant for repair af ter bone injury. And that is notall — salmon also contains omega-3 fatty acids, which help in main-taining skeletal health.EDAMAME: This is an excellent alternative for those looking for anon-dairy or a vegetarian source to maintaining good bone health. Itis rich in protein, magnesium and potassium, all crucial for strongerbones. They also help in maintaining our bone mineral density.

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HIGH BLOOD SUGAR DURING PREGNANCY IS

LINKED TO OBESITY RISK IN KIDS

‘High blood sugar levels duringpregnancy can put babies atlong-term risk of obesity — evenmore than a decade later, a studyhas found.

Babies born to woman with higher blood sugar levels duringpregnancy could be at significantly greater long-term risk ofobesity — even more than a decade later, a study has found.

The higher the woman’s blood sugar, the greater the risk of her childbeing obese. The researchers suspect that epigenetic changes arelikely to be influencing these long-term outcomes and those changesbegin quite early in pregnancy.“The mother’s blood sugar level during pregnancy is an independentcontributor to the child’s weight and risk of being obese later in child-hood,” said Boyd Metzger, professor at the Nor thwestern UniversityFeinberg School of Medicine.In addition, mothers with higher-than-normal blood sugar during preg-nancy — even if not at the level of gestational diabetes — also weresignificantly more likely to have developed Type-2 diabetes a decadeaf ter pregnancy than their counterparts without high blood sugar, theresearchers said in the paper published in the journal JAMA.Lowering a mother’s blood sugar during her pregnancy reduces thebir th weight of the child, as well as the risk of pre-eclampsia —potentially life-threatening condition in which the mother has highblood pressure that affects her and the baby. If not regulated on time,these can potentially increase the number of women and children atrisk of acquiring lifelong chronic medical conditions.

“The results are impor tant because they demonstrate that even womenwith mild hyperglycaemia during pregnancy and their offspring are atrisk of harmful maternal and child health outcomes,” said co-authorWendy Brickman, associate professor at Feinberg. “Research isneeded to identify interventions that will improve the health outcomesof these women and children,” Brickman saidThe study evaluated children 10 to 14 years af ter bir th in 10 clini-cal centres in seven countries: the US, Canada, Israel, the UK,Hong Kong, Thailand and Barbados. The study included 4,697mothers and 4,832 children.

ASTHMA RISK HIGHER INBABIES WHOSE MOTHERSARE EXPOSED TO POLLEN

Babies born to mothers who were exposed to pollenduring the last trimester may be at increased risk ofdeveloping respiratory diseases such as asthma, saysa study. The findings showed that those born during thepeak grass pollen season had high immunoglobulin E(IgE) levels in umbilical cord blood — a marker used topredict the development of allergic diseases.“We know that outdoor pollen exposure during the firstcouple of months after bir th can lead to allergic respira-tory diseases and we suspected that exposure duringthe later stages of pregnancy may also be impor tant,”said lead researcher Bircan Erbas, Associate Professorfrom La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia. “Manystudies have shown that babies with high levels of IgE incord blood can go on to develop allergies later in child-hood, but little is known about how these levels areaffected by exposure to pollen in utero.”However, the study published in Environment Interna-tional, also showed that being pregnant for an entiregrass pollen season may have a protective effect onbabies. “We found these babies had lower IgE levels.This was a significant finding and indicates the possibledevelopment of a sensitisation bar rier,” Erbas said.Erbas stressed that the study did not suggest that allbabies born during high pollen seasons would developrespiratory disease or other allergies. “The study pro-vides new insight that could help us predict and managediseases like asthma — which are a significant publichealth burden. However, it’s impor tant to remember thereare a number of factors that can determine who getsasthma or allergies. This is one piece of the puzzle,” sheexplained. For the study, the team analysed cord bloodcollected from hundreds of babies born in Melbourne,Denmark and Germany.

NEW INFECTIONS DOWN, BUT WAR ON AIDS FAR FROM WONNEW DELHI: Has India won the war against HIV? At best, some skir-mishes have been won, but the National AIDS Control Programme needsto pull out all the stops to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030 byreducing new infections by 75% by 2020 against the 2010 baseline.New infections have gone down, but not enough. Between 2010 and 2017,annual new infections fell from 120,000 to 87,580, AIDS-related deaths

from 160,000 to 69,110, and people living with HIV from 2.3 million to2.14 million despite the average 1.24% annual increase in the country’spopulation of 1.3 billion. Annual new infections, which indicate whetheran epidemic is growing or ebbing, have fallen by 27% during theperiod, compared to the global average decline of 16%, but havestubbornly hovered around 80,000 for the past five years.

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SITTING IS BEING CONSIDERED THE NEWSMOKING, YOUR DESK JOB IS TO BLAME

Sugar pills may help in relieving chronic pain

‘New scientific studies aroundbackaches becoming a lifestyledisorder suggest that sitting could bethe new smoking. Your desk jobcould be your worst enemy if cautionisn’t practised in good time.

Your lower back is where the bones, joints, nerves, muscles andligaments interconnect and work in sync with one another toprovide suppor t to your upper body. However, the impor tant

role that the lower back plays as the centre of this matrix leaves itmore prone to pain and in more extreme cases, injuries.The rat race of modern life is making bad back a lifestyle disorder,with most people complaining of a catch or a longer period of painthat may keep recurring. Lower back pain can emerge abruptly due toan exercise injury, if you’ve lif ted anything heavy or it may just be anage-related disintegration in the body. However, if you have a deskjob and spend over 4-5 hours sitting constantly in the incorrect posture, you areprime candidate for recurrent lower backache. Newer scientific studies also pointout that sitting is perhaps the new smoking.Roger Chou, a back pain expert and professor at Oregon Health andScience University, told Vox.com, “Our best understanding of low backpain is that it is a complex, biopsychosocial condition - meaning thatbiological aspects like structural or anatomical causes play somerole but psychological and social factors also play a big role.”Lower backache treatments generally depend on the intensity of thepain, and by and large involve nursing the pain while working onreducing the chance of its recurrence. Treatments may be active so-

lutions like Yoga, Pilates, Tai chi etc. or passive solutions like a backmassage, physiotherapy, acupuncture etc. Simple tweaks in yourdaily routine star ting with consciously having a proper posture whilesitting and standing can go a long way. Include stretches (arms, legs,hips, shoulders) every half hour or so.Most o f all, remember to eat right and only keep one day of cheat-ing (if at all you need to) and get enough sleep so you don’t tireyourself out unnecessarily and live a healthier life, which in turnwill boost your productivity.

High-fibre diet can reduce braininflammation caused by ageing

Dietary fibre — found mainly in fruits, vegetables, wholegrains and legumes — reduces brain inflammation duringageing, finds a study. Dietary fibre promotes the growth ofgood bacteria in the gut. When these bacteria digest fibre,they produce short-chain-fatty-acids (SCFAs), includingbutyrate, as by-products.“Butyrate is of interest because it has been shown to haveanti-inflammatory properties on microglia and improvememory in mice when administered pharmacologically,”said Rodney Johnson of University of Illinois.Although positive outcomes of sodium butyrate — the drugform — were seen in previous studies, the mechanismwasn’t clear. The new study reveals, in old mice, that bu-tyrate inhibits production of damaging chemicals by in-flamed microglia. One of those chemicals is interleukin-1ß, which has been associated with Alzheimer’s diseasein humans. Understanding how sodium butyrate works is astep forward, but the researchers were more interested inknowing whether the same effects could be obtained sim-ply by feeding the mice more fibre. “People are not likely toconsume sodium butyrate directly, due to its noxious odour,”Johnson said. “A practical way to get elevated butyrate is toconsume a diet high in soluble fibre.” The concept takesadvantage of the fact that gut bacteria convert fibre intobutyrate naturally. “We know that diet has a major influenceon the composition and function of microbes in the gut andthat diets high in fibre benefit good microbes, while dietshigh in fat and protein can have a negative influence onmicrobial composition and function. Diet, through alteringgut microbes, is one way in which it affects disease,” saidJeff Woods, co-author on the study.

According to a recent study, someday doctors may prescribe sugar pills for cer tain chronic painpatients based on their brain anatomy and psychology. And the pills can reduce the pain aseffectively as any power ful drug on the market.A. Vania Apkarian, author of the study said, “Their (Patients) brain is already tuned to respond.They have the appropriate psychology and biology that puts them in a cognitive state that assoon as you say, ‘this may make your pain better,’ their pain gets better.” There’s no need to foolthe patient, Apkarian said.“You can tell them, ‘I’m giving you a drug that has no physiological effect but your brain willrespond to it. You don’t need to hide it. There is a biology behind the placebo response,” Apkarianadds. The findings of the study have three potential benefits:Prescribing non-active drugs rather than active drugs“It’s much better to give someone a non-active drug rather than an active drug and get the sameresult,” Apkarian said. “Most pharmacological treatments have long-term adverse effects oraddictive properties. Placebo becomes as good an option for treatment as any drug we have onthe market.”Eliminating the placebo effect from drug trials“Drug trials would need to recruit fewer people, and identifying the physiological effects wouldbe much easier,” Apkarian said. “You’ve taken away a big component of noise in the study.”Reduced health care costsA sugar pill prescription for chronic pain patients would result in vast cost savings for patientsand the healthcare system, Apkarian said.As part of the research, about 60 chronic back pain patients were randomized into two arms ofthe study. In one arm, subjects didn’t know if they got the drug or the placebo. Researchers didn’tstudy the people who got the real drug. The other study arm included people who came to theclinic but didn’t get a placebo or drug. They were in the control group.The individuals whose pain decreased as a result of the sugar pill had a similar brain anatomyand psychological traits. The right side of their emotional brain was larger than the left, and theyhad a larger cor tical sensory area than people who were not responsive to the placebo. Thechronic pain placebo responders also were emotionally self-aware, sensitive to painful situa-tions and mindful of their environment.



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POLLUTION BEHIND MORE AILMENTS

THAN SMOKING: RESEARCH

‘Around 25% of COPD cases in Indiaare attributable to smoking, said thepaper on the burden of chronicrespiratory diseases. COPD cases inIndia nearly doubled from 28.1million in 1990 to 55.3 million in 2016

Smoking causes more than 80% of chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD) cases in the developed world. But overhalf (54%) of them in India are attributable to indoor and out-

door air pollution, according to a Lancet Global Health research pa-per. This makes the air we breathe as bad as smoking, depending onour proximity and exposure to pollution sources. Around 25% of COPDcases in India are attributable to smoking, said the paper on the bur-den of chronic respiratory diseases. COPD cases in India nearlydoubled from 28.1 million in 1990 to 55.3 million in 2016. Other smokesources impact the lungs too. “For example, smoke from one mos-quito coil can be as bad as smoking 100 cigarettes and burning one‘dhoop’(shor t 4-cm incense) can be as harmful as smoking 500 ciga-rettes because they are usually lit indoors and release a lot of finepar ticulate matter which is very harmful to the airways ...” said thepaper ’s lead author and Chest Research Foundation director, DrSundeep Salvi.He said there is an acute lack of awareness on how indoor and out-door air pollution cause systemic changes in the body.About 10.7% of Indians smoke, according to the Global Adult TobaccoSurvey 2016-17. Salvi, in his paper, has underlined that a substantialpor tion of COPD cases in India occurs in people who have neversmoked.Apar t from COPD, air pollution also raises risk of cancer, cardiovas-cular diseases and diabetes prevalence. Air pollution contributes to

about 4-5% of diabetes cases in India. “Air pollution is an endocrinedisruptor; it gets into the blood and impacts the hormones. It damagesthe beta cells in the pancreas that produces insulin...” said DrVishwanathan Mohan, lead author of the paper on diabetes in thejournal.“Air pollution also contributes or is a risk factor for 3.3% of all cancersand 43% for lung cancer,” said Indian Council of Medical Research’sDr Prashant Mathur, who is the lead author of the paper on cancerprevalence.Cases of COPD are rising in the contiguous nor thern states of Jammuand Kashmir (J&K), Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Haryana,which have high indoor pollution because of smoke from heating andcooking fires.

Suicide biggest killer among 15-39 year olds: StudyAmong women, the suicide death rate, or the deaths per 100,000population, went down by 26.7%, from 20 in 1990 to 14.7 in 2016, butthis was still 2.1 times higher than the global average.Indeed, India accounts for a dispropor tionately high proportion of glo-bal suicide deaths among women. Around 36.6% of the total globalsuicide deaths among women occurred in India in 2016, up from25.3% in 1990, said the Lancet Global Health Study.Suicide deaths among men as a percentage of global deaths alsorose from 18.7% to 24.3% in the same period.“Globally, suicide death rates are higher among men and it’s high inIndia too. But we saw that the burden of suicide was high amongwomen in India, which shows we need a comprehensive policy forsuicide prevention,” said lead author Dr Rakhi Dandona who is aprofessor at the Public Health Foundation of India.In the country, among men, the number of suicide deaths remainedalmost stagnant 21.2 per 100,000 in 2016 compared to 22.3 per 100,000in 1990, although it was still 1.4 times higher than the global average.The study also shows a large variation in the suicide death ratesacross states.Tamil Nadu recorded the highest suicide death rate among women, at26.9 for every 100,000 women.Among men, the highest rates were in Karnataka at 36.1 deaths forevery 100,000 men.

Fewer people killed themselves in India in 2016 than 25 years ago (asthey did in the world), but suicide emerged as the leading cause ofdeath in the 15-39 year age group.The data is especially alarming for women.

Diverse trends in diseases needstate-specific remedies: Experts

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and their risk fac-tors have gone up in every state in India and now causemore disease and death than infections, maternal, neo-natal, and nutritional diseases put together in each state,according to the first comprehensive analysis of dis-ease trends and their risk factors in all states from 1990to 2016. NCDs, which include hear t diseases, stroke,diabetes, chronic respiratory disease, cancers and inju-ries, are the leading causes of death worldwide, buttheir co-existence with infectious diseases are leadingto a “double burden” of disease in less developed statesstill battling infections like diarrhoea, lower respiratorytract infections and tuberculosis, among others.Risk factors for NCDs have increased in every stateover the past 25 years, the study shows.“The rising prevalence in NCDs did not surprise as itvalidated earlier findings, but the massive change in arelatively shor t time is of immense concern. Such im-mense magnitude of change usually occurs over a largeperiod of time... and India needs strong social and policyinterventions to slow this telescoping ...” said lead au-thor of the diabetes study Dr Nikhil Tandon, professorand head, department of endocrinology, metabolism anddiabetes, All India Institute of Medical Sciences.The less developed states with large, underserved popu-lations have their work cut out because of changing di-ets that are moving away from traditional foods to pack-aged foods, rising air pollution, and use of smokelesstobacco, which is pushing up oral and other cancers.With the ageing of the population adding to the increas-ing burden of NCDs, these findings emphasise the needfor the prevention and early management with policysupport that is as high as that for communicable andchildhood diseases.



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Lung ailments common inDelhi, heart problems in poorstates, says a new study in TheLancet Global Health.‘

AIR POLLUTION, DIET, WEIGHT: LANCET REPORT

LISTS WHAT AILS INDIA

Establishing a definitive link between death from chronic respiratory diseases and air pollution in nor th India, a new study inThe Lancet Global Health said high exposure to outdoor and

indoor air pollution in nor thern states is the leading cause of the highburden of chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD) in these states,where the death rate from COPD is twice as high as states withcleaner air. Apar t from COPD, polluted air also raises the risk of hear tdisease, stroke, diabetes and cancers, said the first-evermulti-centric public-private study of five non-communicable diseases(NCD) across all states.Chronic respiratory diseases, which includes COPD (55 million)and asthma (37.9 million cases in 2016), were responsible for10.9% of all deaths in 2016. COPD cases have almost doubled overthe past 25 years.It went from 28 million in 1990 to 55 million from 1990 to 2016. Thestudy highlights the challenge before policy planners, although it canalso be used to inform their decisions and focus. NCDs and injuriestogether led to 57–86% of healthy life years lost (disability-adjustedlife-years, or DALYs, which is a composite metric of premature deathsand disability for monitoring disease burden) across all states in2016, which is far more than the total loss to health and life fromcommunicable diseases, infections, maternal, neonatal, and nutri-tional diseases.There were regional variations. “One striking finding is that the rate ofincrease in the prevalence of ischaemic hear t disease and diabe-tes is the highest in less developed states where the COPD andcommunicable diseases burden is already high and where healthinfrastructure is less than optimal,” said Professor Lalit Dandona,director, India State-level Disease Burden Initiative, which repor tedoverall trends for cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, chronic respi-ratory diseases, cancer, and suicide in India from 1990 to 2016 forevery state in India.Deaths from hear t diseases and stroke almost doubled, going upfrom 15.2% of all deaths in 1990 to 28.1% in 2016. Diabetes accounted

for 3.1% of all deaths, leading to more deaths among women (3.4%)than men (2.9%). The number of people with diabetes went up from 26million in 1990 to 65 million in 2016, said the study, with the esti-mates being slightly lower than the International Diabetes Federation’sestimates of 73 million for 2017.Diabetes prevalence in adults who are 20 years and older increasedfrom 5.5% to 7.7%, with every state registering an increase. TamilNadu, Kerala and Delhi showed the highest prevalence, but the high-est rates of increase were in less developed states.The propor tional contribution of cancers to the total health loss inIndia has doubled from 1990 to 2016, but the incidence and types ofcancers vary widely between the states. “Data guides public policyand will help in evidence-based planning in collaboration with thestates for prevention, disease management and other services beingprovided under Health and Wellness Centres to strengthen compre-hensive primary healthcare in each state,” said Union health andfamily welfare minister JP Nadda.Undiagnosed mental health disorders emerged as a growing con-cern, with suicides among women in India being 2.1 times than theglobal average. Suicides in women went up from 25.3% in 1990 to36.6% in 2016, and among men, from 18.7% to 24.3%. “The findingsshow that NCDs or injuries do not follow similar trends among lessdeveloped states or among more developed states... The insightsprovided by these findings will be useful for the state-specific planning ofAyushman Bharat,” said Dr Vinod K Paul, member (health), NITI Aayog.

THIS NEW DRUG MAY HELPIN TREATING TUBERCULOSISScientists say they have developed the first non-antibi-otic drug to successfully treat tuberculosis (TB) in ani-mals. Researchers at The University of Manchester inthe UK hope the compound developed after 10 years ofpainstaking research will be trialled on humans withinthree to four years. The drug works by targeting Myco-bacterium tuberculosis’ defences rather than the bacte-ria itself. The drug can also take out its increasinglycommon antibiotic resistant strains, according to theresearch published in the Journal of Medicinal Chemis-try. Although a vaccine for TB was developed 100 yearsago, one in three people across the world are thought tobe infected with the infectious disease, researchers said.About 1.7 million die from the bug each year worldwideand 7.3 million people were diagnosed and treated in2018, up from the 6.3 million in 2016, they said. Theresearchers said TB is most common in Africa, Indiaand China, but on the rise in the UK with London oftendescribed as the TB capital of Europe.The team’s discovery has been proven effective in guineapigs at Rutgers University in the US, researchers said.“The fact that the animal studies showed our compound,which doesn’t kill the bacteria directly, resulted in a sig-nificant reduction in the bacterial burden is remarkable,”said Professor Lydia Tabernero, who led the study. “Butresistance is becoming an increasingly worrying prob-lem and the prolonged treatment is difficult and distress-ing for patients,” said Tabernero. Mycobacterium Tuber-culosis secretes molecules called Virulence Factors -the cell’s secret weapon - which block out the immuneresponse to the infection, making it difficult to treat.

INCREASE IN CORNEALDONATION ANDTRANSPLANT AT DELHI AIIMSAt 1,844 corneas, the All India Institute of Medical Sci-ences (AIIMS) recorded its highest ever donations in2017, according to the data from the National Eye Bank.The donor corneas are transplanted in people with cor-neal blindness.The National Programme for Control of Blindness (NPCB)estimates that there are around 1,20,000 corneal blindpersons in the country and about 20,000 to 30,000 casesget added every year.Dr Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences,which runs the National Eye Bank in AIIMS, also re-corded a utilisation rate higher than the country’s aver-age.“Last year, 1,285 corneal transplant surgeries were car-ried out at the centre using 1,844 donor corneas. That isa utilisation rate of 70%,” Dr JS Titiyal, chairman, Na-tional Eye Bank, said.Nationally, in the financial year 2017-18, a total of 57,138corneas were collected and 26,143 transplant surgerieswere carried out, according to the Eye Bank Associationof India. That is a utilisation of less than 46%.This increase in the number of donations and utilisationis a result of the new Hospital Cornea RetrievalProgramme (HCRP), officials said.“The hospital has put in place a system wherein alldeaths are notified in real-time to the ORBO (Organ Re-trieval Banking Organisation). So, a counsellor can im-mediately get in touch with the family and tell them aboutthe organ and tissue donation. This prompt system hasled to 40% of families of eligible patients agreeing todonate corneas,” Dr Aar ti Vij, chief of ORBO, said.Sixty percent of all the corneas retrieved by theNational Eye Bank was through the hospital cor-nea retrieval programme, which resulted in goodquality donor corneas.“The utilisation rate of corneas increases if the quality isgood. As per the guidelines, the sooner the tissueis collected af ter the death of a patient, the better.For the donor corneas to be in a good condition,there is a windowof about six to eight hours after death, without preserva-tion of the body, and up to 12 hours if the body is properlypreserved,” Dr Titiyal said.

Back pain is associatedwith unhealthy behaviourlike smoking, drinking

NEW DELHI: A new study indicatesthat adolescents who experienceback pain more frequently are alsomore likely to smoke cigarettes, drinkalcohol, and repor t problems likeanxiety and depression. During ado-lescence, the prevalence of muscu-loskeletal pain (pain arising from thebones, joints or muscles) in general,and back pain, in par ticular, risessteeply. Although often dismissed astrivial and fleeting, adolescent backpain is responsible for substantialhealth care use, school absence, andinter ference with day-to-day activi-ties in some children.The study aimed at determiningwhether adolescents who experienceback pain more often were also morelikely to report other health risk indi-cators, such as alcohol use.


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SUFFERING FROM CRITICAL ILLNESS FOR A WHILE,YOU COULD BE AT RISK OF KIDNEY DISEASE

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‘More than half of the patients(53%) were above 65 years of ageand two-thirds (67%) had highblood pressure. Patients who hadexperienced acute kidney illness wereat an increased risk of renalcomplications, developing chronickidney disease and end-stage renaldisease, with septicemia and septicshock being the strongest risk factors.

People with acute critical illness have an increased risk of kidney complications and death, finds a study. “Patients with acutecritical illness without apparent underlying renal disease -- a

group traditionally considered to be at low risk of renal diseases --have clinically relevant long-term renal risks,” wrote Dr. Shih-TingHuang and Dr. Chia-Hung Kao of Taichung Veterans General Hospitaland China Medical University, Taiwan, respectively.

Most studies have looked at patients with pre-existing kidney dis-ease, while this study looked at data on 33, 613 Taiwanese patientswith critical acute illness and no pre-existing kidney disease com-pared with 63, 148 controls for a medium-term renal outcome.More than half of the patients (53%) were above 65 years of age andtwo-thirds (67%) had high blood pressure. Patients who had experienced acutekidney illness were at an increased risk of renal complications, developing chronickidney disease and end-stage renal disease, with septicemia and septic shockbeing the strongest risk factors.Of the critically ill patients in the study, 335 developed an end-stagerenal disease, with a rate of 21 per 10 000 person-years comparedwith 4.9 per 10 000 person-years in the control group. Patients whodeveloped chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease wereat a higher risk of death.

On World Suicide Prevention Day, let’send the stigma around mental healthAccording to the World Health Organisation (WHO), almosteight lakh people commit suicide every year, which comesto one person every 40 seconds. There are many more whoattempt suicide. The theme for this year’s World SuicidePrevention Day is ‘Working Together to Prevent Suicide.’Previous years had themes like ‘Connect, Communicate,Care’ (2016) and ‘Take a Minute, Change a Life’ (2017).Suicide is also the second leading cause of death among 15-29-year-olds all over the world. The National Crime RecordsBureau (NCRB) in its 2015 data made a shocking revelationthat in India, one student commits suicide every hour.Various events and activities are organised all around theworld for spreading awareness about suicide and mentalhealth. One of them is ‘Cycling Around the Globe’ which isorganized by the International Association for Suicide Pre-vention. In 2017, 287 par ticipants from 48 countries cycled3.57 lakh kilometers, which is nine times the circumferenceof the Ear th, in suppor t of World Suicide Prevention Day.Par ticipants included individuals from countries like India,Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Australia, Brazil, Canada and China.If you want to be par t of this endeavour, go to the officialwebsite of International Association for Suicide Preventionand visit the WSPD Cycle Around the Globe Registration andSubmission form page. “When people attempt to take theirlife or take their life, it’s because they can’t bear the pain anylonger and not because they want to die. With an estimated 56million people suffering from depression and 38 million from anxi-ety disorders, India faces a serious mental health crisis.Despite these grave numbers, there is an acute lack of aware-ness and tremendous stigma associated with this condi-tion,” said Anna Chandy, chairperson, board of trustees, TheLive Love Laugh Foundation (TLLLF), in a press statement.



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HIGH FEVER AND HEADACHE, DENGUE SIGNS ANDSYMPTOMS YOU SHOULD WATCH OUT FOR

‘The World health Organisation(WHO) estimates that 40%?of world’spopulation is at risk of being infecteddue to environmental conditions andburden of disease; people of all agegroups are at risk. Most people who areinfected have mild or no symptoms.

Dengue fever is a painful, debilitating mosquito-borne diseasecaused by dengue viruses. Each year, an estimated 400 million people globally are infected with the virus; about 100 mil-

lion get progressively sick and 2.5 percent of those patients die. It isthe fastest growing mosquito borne infection in the world.The World health Organisation (WHO) estimates that 40%?of world’spopulation is at risk of being infected due to environmental conditionsand burden of disease; people of all age groups are at risk. Mostpeople who are infected have mild or no symptoms.Dr Mohammed Sakeel of For tis Hospital, Kalyan, said that mild symp-toms of dengue may be confused with other illnesses that causefever and flu-like symptoms. He stated that the most common symp-toms are fever, and one or more of the following:1) Headache2) Eye pain (typically behind the eyes)3) Muscle, joint, or bone pain4) Rashes5) Nausea and vomiting6) Unusual bleeding (nose or gum bleed, small red spots under theskin, or unusual bruising)Severe symptoms of dengue can be labelled as an emergency. There-fore, it is impor tant to recognise the warning signs early.Warning signs:Watch for signs and symptoms of severe dengue, which develop 24-48 hours af ter initial fever goes away. If you or a family memberdevelops any of these warning signs, go to a physician or nearestemergency depar tment immediately:1) Severe stomach pain or vomiting (at least 3 vomiting episodeswithin 24 hours)2) Bleeding from the nose or gums

3) Vomiting blood, or blood in the stool4) Drowsiness or irritability5) Pale, cold, or clammy skin6) Difficulty in breathingAccording to Rasika Parab of For tis Hospital, Mulund and RajeshwariShetty of SL Raheja Hospital, dengue has the most vague myths as-sociated with itself and the rise of social media just adds to the prob-lem.“We try to look up our symptoms and make a guess about our diagno-sis; we also receive plethora of information on social networking andmessaging platforms, some true and some untrue. Believing and fol-lowing every piece of information received on networking platforms,and otherwise, is not a wise thing to do,” they said.Therefore, if you have symptoms of dengue, rather than following theadvice on social media, consult your doctor immediately. To reducethe mosquito population, get rid of places where mosquitoes canbreed - these include old tires, cans, or flower pots that collect rain-water. Stay wise and keep your surroundings clean.

THIS NEW THERAPY COULDBOOST THE IMMUNESYSTEM’S ABILITY TO FIGHTSKIN CANCER

Scientists say they have identified a molecule that canbe added to a cancer vaccine to boost the immunesystem’s ability to fight skin cancer.A study, published in the journal PNAS, found that addingthe molecule called Diprovocim to an existing vaccinecan draw cancer-fighting cells to tumour sites.Experiments in mice with melanoma suggest the therapycould increase chances of recovery in cases where adrug therapy alone is not working, researchers said.Melanoma is a form of skin cancer that arises whenpigment-producing cells - known as melanocytes -mutate and become cancerous.“This co-therapy produced a complete response - a cura-tive response - in the treatment of melanoma,” said DaleBoger, a professor at the Scripps Research Institute inthe US. The vaccine also prompts the immune systemto fight tumour cells should they ever return, a capabilitythat could prevent cancer recurrence, researchers said.“Just as a vaccine can train the body to fight off externalpathogens, this vaccine trains the immune system to goafter the tumour,” Boger said. Diprovocim works as an“adjuvant,” a molecule added to a vaccine to fire up thebody’s immune response. The molecule is easy tosynthesise in the lab and easy to modify, which makesit attractive for use in medicine. The researchers tested thevaccine design on mice with a form of notoriously aggressivemelanoma. All mice in the experiment were given the anti-cancer therapy anti-PD-L1. The mice were then split into threegroup: eight received the cancer vaccine, eight received thecancer vaccine plus Diprovocim, and eight received the cancervaccine plus an alternative adjuvant called alum. The research-ers observed a 100% survival rate over 54 days in the micegiven the cancer vaccine and Diprovocim.



Sonam Kapoor is stylish, noquestion about it. But we’renot so sure about her latestfashion choice. Spotting her inthis denim jacket immediatelyprompted the question “Is thisa new trend?”

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SONAM KAPOOR WORE THE MOST BIZARRE

BOLD DENIM JACKET

Sonam Kapoor has a dar-ing sense of style, so it’sno surprise she’s on ourwatch-list when it comesto celebrity trend spotting.The actor always finds away to make wardrobebasics look incrediblychic. The latest SonamKapoor outfit to capture ourattention is a denim lookthat she was wore to the

airport on Thursday.A denim jacket is nothing new in the world of fashion, but there was something different about Sonam’sensemble that immediately caught our eye. If you look closely, you’ll notice something is a little off abouther jean jacket, apart from the baggy fit.Sonam seems to champion bizarre fashion like no other, but with her latest cheeky and fun airpor t look,Sonam proves that when it comes to denim jackets, bigger is better. Taking double denim into statementoutfit territory, Sonam’s asymmetrical jacket, plucked from Dubai-based Reemami by Reema Al Banna’sspring/summer 2018 collection, is eye-catching but also kind of confusing.Sonam’s raw-hem denim jacket, complete with an extra collar and breast pocket, creates the illusion of twomismatched jackets - an oversized dark-wash denim and a contrasting lighter wash - sewn together.Here’s how Sonam (probably with a little help from her stylist sister Rhea Kapoor) made the chic happen:She kept the rest of her outfit incredibly sleek. A breezy black midi dress, a pair of white Nike sneakers anda black polished Hermes handbag finished off the look with ease.

CHILDREN WITH ASTHMAMAY LAG AT SCHOOL, OPTFOR NON-MANUAL JOBSPeople who suffer from persistent asthma at a youngage are more likely to leave school at the age of 16, andthose who make it to university are more likely to dropout early, a new study reveals. The research was presentedat the European Respiratory Society International Congress,2018. It also suggested that when this group of children growup; they are less likely to work in certain non-manual occupa-tions such as police officer, clerk or foreman. Researchersbehind the study say these results suggest that children withasthma are disadvantaged in education and future work. Theresearch was presented by Dr Christian Schyllert. “Asthma isone of the most common chronic diseases among children,and we know that it can interfere with daily life and affectschool attendance. However, we know a lot less about theimpact childhood asthma has on subsequent life chances inadulthood,” he said. The study was based on children living inthree districts in Sweden. In 1996, all children aged betweenseven and eight years were invited to participate in the studyand 97% agreed. Participants were followed-up at age 11-12,19 and 27-28 years. By 2015, researchers were still in contactwith 2,291 (59%) of par ticipants. At the start of the study and ateach follow-up, researchers noted whether children hadasthma. This meant they had been diagnosed with thecondition by a doctor and suffered wheezing or had takenasthma medication during the previous 12 months.

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DIET CAN HELP YOU LIVELONGER, HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO EATNEW DELHI : Adhering to a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grain bread, nuts, olive oil andcanola oil may help you live longer, a new study has found. The findings, published in the Journalof Internal Medicine, suggest tha t those who closely follow an anti-inflammatory diet have an 18% lowerrisk of all-cause mor tality.The researchers also found that those who follow the diet experience a 20% lower risk of cardiovascularmor tality, and a 13% lower risk of cancer mor tality, when compared with those who followed the diet to alesser degree. “Our dose-response analysis showed that even par tial adherence to the anti-inflammatory dietmay provide a health benefit,” said lead author Joanna Kaluza, Associate Professor at the Warsaw Universityof Life Sciences in Poland.It was also found that smokers who followed the diet experienced even greater benefits whencompared with smokers who did not follow the diet, the team said. For the study , the researchteam involved 68,273 Swedish men and women aged between 45 and 83 years. The par ticipantswere followed for 16 years.The anti-inflammatory potential of the diet was estimated using the validated anti-inflammatorydiet index (AIDI), which includes 11 potential anti-inflammatory and five potential pro-inflammatoryfoods. Anti-inflammatory foods consist of fruits and vegetables, tea, coffee, whole grain bread,breakfast cereal, low-fat cheese, olive oil and canola oil, nuts, chocolate, and moderate amountsof red wine and beer. Pro-inflammatory foods include unprocessed and processed red meat, organmeats, chips, and soft-drink beverages, the team said.



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When Aaradhya Bachchanand Deepika Padukone worematching princess gowns

Victoria Beckham’s show,scheduled for Sunday, isexpected to attract a host ofVIPs, starting with theBeckham tribe - her husbandDavid and their four children.

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LONDON FASHION WEEK 2018ALL EYES ON VICTORIA BECKHAM, BURBERRY

London Fashion Week opens Friday with all eyes on VictoriaBeckham, who debuts at the event on the 10th anniversary ofher label’s launch, and on Burberry’s new star designer Riccardo

Tisci. The ex-Spice Girl, celebrating a decade since her brand’s 2008unveiling in New York, has since defied the naysayers and won therespect of her peers.The Briton now heads a fashion empire valued at £100 million ($131million) by the industry press, but will be presenting at the country’spremiere fashion gathering for the first time.“Ten years ago, when Victoria Beckham star ted, many saw her asjust another example of a celebrity wanting to have a fashion rangewith no formal fashion training,” University of Westminster ProfessorAndrew Groves told AFP.“Through hard work and determination she has proved those earlycritics wrong.”Ahead of her homecoming of sor ts the 44-year-old mother-of-fourrecently featured on London’s legendary Piccadilly Circus adver tis-ing screens, fulfilling a childhood dream.“When I was a kid my parents would always drive us up to Londonand show us around Big Ben and Buckingham Palace, and... PiccadillyCircus,” Beckham told The Daily Telegraph newspaper this week.“I remember looking up, thinking ‘wow, how cool would that be, toliterally see your name in lights.’The designer’s show, scheduled for Sunday, is expected to attract ahost of VIPs, star ting with the Beckham tribe - her husband David andtheir four children. British Vogue magazine, which features them onits October cover, is hoping some former bandmates may also attend.“Fingers crossed for some Spice Girls on the front row,” it wrote.The other big highlight of London’s week, dedicated to the spring-summer 2019 collections and which ends on Tuesday, will see Tiscipresent his much anticipated first collection for Burber ry. The Italian

designer, formerly of Givenchy, replaced Christopher Bailey as chiefcreative officer of the luxury British fashion house in March and willshowcase on Monday.He was credited with reviving Givenchy during his 12-year tenurethere by cultivating links with celebrities. His arrival at Burberry isintended to reinvigorate the brand following disappointing profits inrecent years.Burberry is relying on Tisci, praised for his ability to blend streetwearwith high fashion, to re-energise its high-end presence.“Riccardo’s creative vision will reinforce the ambitions we have forBurber ry and position the brand firmly in luxury,” chief executive MarcoGobbetti said in a statement.Naomi Braithwaite, senior lecturer in fashion marketing and brand-ing, Nottingham Trent University, told AFP that Tisci “seems a per fectchoice for Burberr y.”“His tendency to not be afraid to take creative risks and innovate(are) characteristics that have underpinned Burberry’s philosophy inthe last few years,” she said.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and daughter Aaradhya Bachchanof ten dress in per fectly coordinated outfits. Aishwarya washonoured with the inaugural Meryl Streep Award for Excel-lence at the Women In Film and Television (WIFT) IndiaAwards in the US on Sunday. Making the occasion extraspecial, Aishwarya and her six-year-old daughter schooledus in the ar t of mother-daughter dressing. The pair woreregal-looking ball gowns. Proud mama Aishwarya posted aseries of pictures of their outing on Instagram:While Aishwarya’s extravagant black and gold gown fromKhosla Jani — accented with geomtric crystals and featur-ing an exuberant, multi-tiered skir t — was fit for a queen,Aaradhya’s frilly pink and red dress by designer duo Gauriand Nainika exuded a touch of whimsy and playfulness. Avoluminous skir t with tulle ruffles is what princess dreamsare made of.It’s natural for moms to dress up with their daughters inmatching outfits, and no one does this more frequently thanAishwarya and Aaradhya. But the most fun detail aboutAaradhya’s blush frock is that it looks a lot like a dress actorDeepika Padukone wore in 2017. In fact, Aaradhya andDeepika’s dresses not only have matching styles, but arefrom the same designer duo. While the appliquéd red flow-ers on Aaradhya’s frock gave it a 3-D dose of flower powerand kept her look sweet and age-appropriate, Deepika lookeddecidedly adult:Deepika’s ravishing ball gown from Gauri and Nainika’sspring-summer 2018 collection is unexpected, unconven-tional, and every bit beautiful. The hyper rich, voluminousskir t of Deepika’s gown is made with close to 300 yards ofdip dyed tulle, which took the designers more than 100 work-ing hours to handcraft.



BANKRUPTCY CAN DO MORE HARMTO YOUR FAMILY THAN YOU THINKBankruptcy can dent your credit score for several years. It can even restrict you from acquiring

credit for a car, home and other such things in that period of time. It will without a doubt, disrupt yourwhole financial situation, peace of mind and overall lifestyle. But, a lesser thought about aspect of

bankruptcy is its effect on your family.There are many significant negative effects of bankruptcy, not only on the person filing for it but also ontheir loved ones.Family, which is the sole valuable suppor t system in the world for a person, can suffer immensely fromthe hor rors and consequences of bankruptcy. The stress that builds up star ts showing on family dynam-ics. Not only adults, but children suffer too. Parents can try to protect their children from difficulties of life,but bankruptcy and other financial difficulties that lead to it can have a long lasting impact on their mindsand in general life.Emotional ties can get broken.The person who filed for bankruptcy does not seem trustwor thy to their spouse anymore. One of the mosthur tful effects of bankruptcy iswhen children lose huge amountof respect for parents. That per-son can also be questioned bytheir own family about their fail-ure to disclose their f inancialstruggle when it could still be solved.When financial difficulties combine withthe emotional distress, it can get evenmore difficult to cope with the effects ofbankruptcy.Family members can drift apart.Bankruptcy can lead to divorceor estrangement betweencouples. The battle of custody ofthe children can be lost by the personwho has filed for bankruptcy. In worst cases, law may even not let them come near to their family at all. Apart from immediatefamily, friends and relatives too start disassociating themselves from the person.Important family assets can be lost.More often than not, bankruptcy proceedings lead to families losing their assets such as home, vehiclesand other proper ties. This is most difficult for kids because not only precious belongings are being takenaway from them, but it also takes away the memories associated with them. It is impor tant that opendiscussions are conducted with children and they are comfor ted. Even adults need to be there for eachother's moral suppor t.Drastic lifestyle changes take place.The effects of bankruptcy expand from one area of life to other. When there is no sufficient income to takecare of the bills in a timely manner or afford expensive lawyers, whole lifestyle of the family changes.There is no more extravagant shopping from designer brands, no more vacations, no more lavish dining.These changes, no matter how drastic, need to be accepted by everyone.Honest and open communication is the key to survive through bankruptcy as a family.Productive and healthy discussion is the key to string and healthy family ties. This holds true in all cases,whether it's a personal tragedy, bankruptcy or some other testing situation. Family members should beable to communicate well with each other about the effects of bankruptcy and how they can go through itwhile staying strong together.Bankruptcy is of ten the last resor t for a person who is in a dire need of instant relief from overwhelmingdebts. But, considering the life-altering effects of bankruptcy, people should search for alternate optionspersistently, and in case bankruptcy becomes inevitable, deal with it with courage and determination.Incase if you want any help regarding debts call 416 650 5800 or visitwww.gtacredit.com

CALORIE COUNT ONRESTAURANT MENUSCAN HELP YOU ORDERLESS, EAT HEALTHY

You might star t ordering food with fewer calories, ifrestaurants mentioned calories on their menus, sayCornell University researchers. They found that din-ers at full service restaurants whose menus listedcalories ordered meals with three percent fewercalories — about 45 calories less — than those whohad menus without calorie information.Customers ordered fewer calories in their appetiserand entree courses, but their desser t and drink or-ders remained the same. “Even if you’re an edu-cated person who eats out a lot and is aware of nutri-tion, there can still be surprising things in these calo-rie counts,” said co-author John Cawley.Even the chefs at the restaurants in the study werestar tled by the high number of calories in somedishes, such as a tomato soup/grilled cheese sand-wich combo. To find out how this affects consumerbehaviour, the researchers conducted a randomisedfield experiment in two full-service restaurants. Eachpar ty of diners was randomly assigned to either acontrol group, which received the usual menus, or atreatment group, which got the same menus but withcalorie counts next to each item.The study also found that diners valued the calorieinformation. Majorities of both the treatment and con-trol groups suppor ted having calorie labels onmenus, and exposure to the calorie counts increasedsuppor t by nearly 10%. “It’s clear that people valuethis information,” Cawley said. The study appears inthe National Bureau of Economic Research.

Most of the people have allergies in their lifetime once or manya times. Allergy is an overreaction of the human immunesystem to a foreign substance that is eaten, breathed into

the lungs, injected or touched.New research has revealed that aller-gies are vir tually everywhere in the US and Canada, with no regionbeing allergy-free.Causes of allergiesThe ever increasing prevalence of ar tificial chemicals, poisonoustoxins and unhealthy lifestyle habits impact both men and women interrifying ways.Genetic Link to AllergiesAllergies have a genetic component. This means parents can passthem down to their children. However, only a general susceptibility toallergic reaction is genetic. Your immune system plays a great role.Common types of allergens include:" Animal products. These include pet dander, dust mite waste,and cockroaches." Drugs. Penicillin and sulfa drugs are common triggers." Foods. Wheat, nuts, milk, shellfish, and egg allergies arecommon." Insect stings. These include bees, wasps, and mosquitoes." Mold. Airborne spores from mold can trigger a reaction." Plants. Pollens from grass, weeds, and trees, as well asresin from plants such as poison ivy and poison oak, are very com-mon plant allergens." Other allergens. Latex, often found in latex gloves andcondoms, and metals like nickel are also common allergens." Personal care products are manufactured with unique chemi-cal ingredients which are known or suspected carcinogens, toxic tothe reproductive system.Types of AllergiesSeasonal allergies, also known as hay fever, are some of the mostcommon allergies. These are caused by pollen released by plants.They cause:" Constant sneezing" Ter rible coughing" Runny and itchy nose" Blocked nose" Nasal and sinus discharge" Red, watery and itchy eyes" Dry itchy throat and tongue" Itchy ears" Itchy palate (roof of mouth)Hayfever is related to asthma and eczema and often runs in the fam-ily. Usually some family members have asthma; some could havehayfever while others may have eczema or a combination these con-ditions.Asthma and allergies: Asthma is a common respiratory condition. Itmakes breathing more difficult and can narrow the air passagewaysin your lungs.Asthma is closely related to allergies. Indeed, allergiescan make existing asthma worse. It can also trigger asthma in aperson who's never had the condition.Sinusitis: Any infection of the nasal passages that cause it to swellcan affect the opening of the sinuses. Air and mucus secretions col-

lect and cause pressure on the sinus cavity walls.Sinus headache: It is the result of trapped or congestion mucus build-ing up in the para-nasal sinus cavities; this results in pain and pres-sure felt around the eyes, temple, cheeks, upper teeth and foreheadregions.Food Allergies: Food allergies can be narrowed down to just 8 foods…" Milk" Soy" Eggs" Wheat" Peanuts" Tree nuts" Fish" ShellfishBut, if simply avoiding these 8 simple foods would do the trick…Help from Advanced GenomicsAdvanced Genomics is a preventive healthcare company, using 21stcentury next generation technologies like gene testing to find out theroot cause of allergies and other chronic diseases, information aboutthe diseases you are likely to be affected by in future, and the healthrisk of diseases that run in your family.Advanced Genomics is using a 360 degree approach to design uniquepersonalized prevention programs that can reverse these chronic dis-eases, get rid of allergies permanently and balance your immunesystem. The good news is that all these prevention programs areinexpensive and affordable.

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