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Music agency creates parody ‘Bravura’ drug ad to amplify its knack for pharma marketing scores
The new video ad for Bravura seems to have it all — a reassuring voiceover, tired and concerned patients, an overly long list of potential side effects and music crescendos and fadeouts. The only thing missing is a real drug, and that’s because “Bravura” is a made-up medicine for the fictitious condition of sonic deficiency.…
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Nigel Farage to be dumped in middle of Australian outback for I’m a Celebrity
Nigel Farage will be stranded in the middle of the Australian outback when I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here! gets under way. He will be one of three unsuspecting stars who will be dropped in the red desert in the scorching heat and tasked with helping his campmates thousands of miles away.…
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How Princess Diana went from frumpy dresser to 90s fashion icon
What does the British royal family think of Netflix’s The Crown? As Netflix gears up to release its sixth and final season of The Crown this month, viewers are in for a fashion treat. While 80s Di was undeniably influential – those tartan suits, big-collared pregnancy dresses and outsize shoulder pads were copied around the…
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Book Review: Back to Bangka, by Georgina Banks
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Future Directions for CAR T-Cell Therapies in Solid Tumors
Michael Hurwitz, MD, PhD, associate professor of internal medicine (medical oncology) at Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut, discusses the advances being made for the treatment of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapies and next steps for evaluating the agent across solid tumors. According to Hurwitz, CAR T cells may even be used…
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Buffalo County takes a giant leap with 911 technology
KEARNEY — Buffalo County law enforcement dispatchers soon will be using modern cell phone technology to improve responses to emergency calls. During Tuesday’s Buffalo County Commissioners meeting, Sheriff Neil Miller and Communications Center Director Lt. Rob Tubbs told the board that after 50 years, the shortcomings of 911 technology are well known. For example, if a…
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Choctaw Nation debuts five new food and drink venues in Durant
DURANT — Five new restaurants inside the Choctaw Casino in Durant are now open after two years of planning and construction. The District Food Hall offers something for everyone with options ranging from smoked pit BBQ to flatbread pizzas and gourmet tacos. “We’re excited to open the five new venues here at the Sky Casino.,”…
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Live concerts and television performances come with different nerves for Dan + Shay
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Live concerts and television performances come with different nerves for Dan + Shay
Disney/Frank Micelotta Dan + Shay are no greenhorns to bringing their songs to live concerts and television screens. But, as Shay Mooney explains, both types of performances come with a different set of nerves. “First of all, it’s very nerve-wracking to do live television because I feel through the course of [a live concert], if you screw up…
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U.S. women now live 6 years longer than men—and a lack of male-targeted mental health care might be to blame
The gap in life expectancy between U.S. women and men widened to nearly six years in 2021, reaching a near two-decade high due to COVID mortality and “twin crises of deaths from despair and firearm violence.” That’s according to a research letter published Monday in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, authored by medical professionals at…