Sodium valproate is an effective epilepsy drug, but it isn’t recommended to take during pregnancyMiljan Zivkovic/Shutterstock The drug rapamycin could prevent the epilepsy medication sodium valproate from causing developmental problems during pregnancy. Sodium valproate is used to treat epilepsy, bipolar disorder and sometimes migraines. Although effective, it isn’t recommended during pregnancy because it can cause congenital conditions such as spina bifida, as well as lifelong learning difficulties. Giovanni Pietrogrande at the University of Queensland in Australia and his colleagues wanted to understand why sodium valproate can have such effects. So they used stem cells to create mini spinal cords, called…
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SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the country would not hesitate to use all available offensive forces including nuclear weapons if the enemy attempted to use force to encroach on its sovereignty, state news agency KCNA reported Friday.Kim criticized South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol for threatening to end the North Korean regime at a military day event on Tuesday, saying the comment showed which side was destroying regional security and peace.Kim said Yoon “bragged about overwhelming counteraction of military muscle at the doorstep of the state possessed of nuclear weapons and it was a great irony…
Quang Doan HongThere are about 600 pigs on Quang Doan Hong’s farmQuang Doan Hong is a busy person. The accountant, who lives with his family in Hưng Yên, Vietnam, also owns a farm with about 600 pigs.He’s had to learn quickly about pig health, from which vaccines are effective to when to use antibiotics.“When the weather changes, I give the pigs antibiotics,” Mr Hong says. In his experience, rapid changes between sunny and rainy weather make it necessary to administer antibiotics for respiratory and diarrhoeal diseases.Mr Hong has also had to learn which sources of information are reliable. He’s joined…
Thousands have been displaced and entire towns have been swept away after Hurricane Helene. Countless people remain missing. I have heard reports that they are sending refrigerated trucks to the beach areas by me to collect bodies but the news does not want anyone to know the true devastation of the storm. North Carolina, in particular, has not recovered and people are continuing to perish as federal assistance has not arrived. It appears the majority of the heavily impacted towns in North Carolina happen to be predominately conservative, and our liberal government is allowing these citizens to die. Experts have…
Gage Skidmore, The United States Senate – Office of Senator Kamala Harris, Wikimedia By Kenin Spivak for RealClearPolitics The Supreme Court had multiple opportunities during the last term to end the censorship of conservatives by social media. It chose a different path. Now, Democrats are free to double down on the Biden-Harris administration’s massive censorship enterprise. There is every indication they intend to do so. RELATED: 16 State Coalition Sues Biden Administration to Block Amnesty Plan The bedrock of American democracy, the First Amendment, prohibits Congress from making laws “abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.” The prohibition…
Superstar Taylor Swift knows ‘all too well’ how to make sure those closest to her know they are loved!Whether it’s her dedicated fanbase of ‘Swifties,’ certain song subjects, or her significant others, the “Love Story” songstress is keen on acknowledging their influence. Sometimes, she’s more subtle than other times; remember the song “Hey Stephen?”In this case, the 34-year-old pop icon is paying tribute to her boyfriend of more than a year, Travis Kelce, in a manner she has perfected.Swift is making sure the love she has for her football fella is commemorated on National Boyfriend Day, and she’s seemingly being…
A woman who says she worked as a hair-and-makeup stylist for country singer Garth Brooks alleged in a lawsuit filed Thursday (Oct 3) that he raped her in a Los Angeles hotel in 2019. The woman does not use her name and goes by Jane Roe in the lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court. An email seeking comment from Brooks’ publicist and attorney were not immediately answered. The woman says in the lawsuit she had worked for Brooks’ wife, country singer Trisha Yearwood, since 1999, and had started also working for Brooks in 2017. She said the assault occurred when…
The now 21-year-old woman has returned home to her family in Iraq after complex rescue involving Israel, US and Jordan.A 21-year-old woman kidnapped by Islamic State fighters in Iraq in 2014 was freed from Gaza this week in a secret operation that involved Iraq, Israel, Jordan and the United States. The Yazidis, whose faith is rooted in Zoroastrianism, mostly live in Iraq and Syria. They were targeted by ISIL in Iraq’s Sinjar district in a campaign that killed nearly 10,000 people in a matter of days and saw thousands of women kidnapped, raped or abused as sex slaves. The woman…
The New York Mets stunned the Milwaukee Brewers, scoring four runs in the ninth inning to win Game 3 of the National League wild-card series, 4-2. With the dramatic win, they move on to face the rival Philadelphia Phillies with a trip to the NLCS on the line. Here are three takeaways from the Mets’ incredible victory. Pete Alonso comes up clutch as Mets continue to look like a team of destiny This year’s wild-card round has already shown that baseball can be outrageously unpredictable. But the Mets’ ride continues to defy even the most optimistic of baseball enthusiasts. In what could have…
“I always wanted to make a difference,” Emily Hikade, founder and CEO of luxury sleepwear and home company Petite Plume, tells Entrepreneur. “I wanted to make a change. I wanted to do something that meant something.”Image Credit: Courtesy of Petite Plume. Emily Hikade.Growing up in Central Wisconsin, Hikade was curious about the world from a young age. She biked to the library to teach herself French before high school. At 13, she convinced her parents to let her do a summer exchange program in the South of France — and returned home fluent. Hikade went on to attend the University…