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From personal health portals to AI assistants that draft emails, the digital age has simplified endless everyday tasks. But for many older New Zealanders, the rapid march of technology has helped build a wall rather than open doors. Navigating online forms, changing apps, disappearing face-to-face services and the constant threat of scams can be daunting. There is a term for this unease: technostress. Once used to describe the anxiety and frustration felt by workers, it has more recently been ap
Solna (Sweden), Jun 5 (The Conversation) Exercise is important for your heart and cardiovascular health. But for years, research has suggested that very fit people particularly young men have a higher risk of developing atrial fibrillation (an irregular heartbeat) later in life than less athletic people do. But our new large-scale study of more than one million young Swedish men challenges this long-held concern about fitness and heart health. The study shows that atrial fibrillation risk in v
DHAKA, Bangladesh, March 26, 2026 (AP) A bus carrying about 50 people plunged into a major river in central Bangladesh as it was driving onto a ferry, leaving at least 18 people dead, authorities said Thursday. The bus plunged into the River Padma Wednesday afternoon in Rajbari district, about 84 kilometers (52 miles) from the capital, Dhaka, said fire official Dewan Sohel Rana. The bus was traveling to the capital from the southwestern district of Kushtia as people return to work after the Isl
Chandigarh, Mar 19 (PTI) Nearly 18,000 people in the age group of 18-45 died due to heart attacks or heart failures in Haryana between January 2020 and January 2026, the Assembly was informed on Wednesday. The government shared this information in the House in a written reply to a question from a Congress MLA, who had sought to know the year-wise and district wise number of youths in the 18-45 years of age group who have died due to heart attack/heart failure in Haryana from the year 2020 till d
MOGADISHU, Somalia, February 24, 2026 (AP) Nearly 6.5 million people in Somalia are facing severe hunger as worsening drought, conflict and global aid cuts intensify the countrys humanitarian crisis, the federal government and U.N. agencies said Tuesday. New data from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification report shows that 6.5 million people are projected to face crisis or worse levels of food insecurity by the end of March. The report also estimates that 1.84 million children under
The standard diabetes test, HbA1c (glycated haemoglobin), which is commonly used to diagnose and monitor type-2 diabetes (T2D), may not always give accurate results for people in South Asia, especially in India. This is because many people in the region have anaemia, blood disorders like sickle cell disease or thalassaemia, and G6PD deficiency, which can affect HbA1c readings. A recent article published in Lancet Regional Health: Southeast Asia highlighted these concerns. The study suggests that