Wynn Resorts Continues to Soar Despite Flat Day for Entrepreneur Index™

Tom Patriot

After one of its best starts in 20 years, the stock market took a bit of a breather today as corporate earnings season kicks into gear this week. The Dow index fell 0.32 percent. Both Boeing and General Electric were down sharply after being downgraded by Wall Street analysts. The Nasdaq Composite index was up 0.19 percent and, with a strong finish, the S&P 500 index rose 0.1 percent, maintaining its current eight-day winning streak. The Entrepreneur Index™ posted a gain of 0.03 percent today. Analysts are expecting an average 4.2 percent…

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Why do women get more migraines?

Tom Patriot

Research published today reveals a potential mechanism for migraine causation which could explain why women get more migraines than men. The study, in Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, suggests that sex hormones affect cells around the trigeminal nerve and connected blood vessels in the head, with estrogens — at their highest levels in women of reproductive age — being particularly important for sensitizing these cells to migraine triggers. The finding provides scientists with a promising new route to personalized treatments for migraine patients. “We can observe significant differences in our experimental migraine…

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Ability to lift weights quickly can mean a longer life

Tom Patriot

Lisbon, Portugal – 12 April 2019: Prolong your life by increasing your muscle power. That’s the main message of a study presented today at EuroPrevent 2019, a congress of the European Society of Cardiology.1 “Rising from a chair in old age and kicking a ball depend more on muscle power than muscle strength, yet most weight bearing exercise focuses on the latter,” said study author Professor Claudio Gil Araújo, director of research and education, Exercise Medicine Clinic – CLINIMEX, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. “Our study shows for the first time…

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Combining genetic and sun exposure data improves skin cancer risk estimates

Tom Patriot

By combining data on individuals’ lifetime sun exposure and their genetics, researchers can generate improved predictions of their risk of skin cancer, according to findings presented at the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) 2018 Annual Meeting in San Diego, Calif. Pierre Fontanillas, PhD, and colleagues at 23andMe, Inc., collected genetic and survey data from over 210,000 consented research participants of European descent. They analyzed the data to identify correlations between previously known and potentially novel skin cancer risk factors and the occurrence of three forms of skin cancer: melanoma,…

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