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—izusek—Getty Images(SeaPRwire) - Screening for breast, colon, and prostate cancers has led to a reduction in deaths from those diseases over the years. But lung cancer screening has not been as successful. That's because current screening recommendations focus on a single risk factor—a person's history of smoking—and it's becoming clear that there are other factors, from genetic changes to environmental exposures, that can also affect risk. That means screening guidelines leave out a lot of vulnerable people: as many as 65% of people who get lung cancer are not eligible for screening, and 10-20% of people who get lung cancer have never smoked.Scientists have been exploring better ways to identify people who might be at risk of developing lung cancer. In a new study published in JAMA and presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference in Orlando, researchers report that it may be possible to scan the blood for signs of cancer.Researchers at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), which is part of the World Health Organization, found that a blood test that tracked 13 different proteins captured 85% of lung cancers that occurred among smokers, compared to 63% that were detected using the existing screening guideline, if the same criteria for the specificity of the tests in picking up cancer are applied. (The screening test for lung cancer, which is a yearly low-dose CT scan of the lungs, is currently recommended for people who have smoked the equivalent of a pack of cigarettes a day for 20 years, or for those who currently smoke or have quit smoking in the past 15 years.) Researchers led by Mattias Johansson and Hilary Robbins, scientists at IARC and senior authors of the study, started with more than 1,200 proteins they believed might be implicated in lung cancer. They winnowed them down to 13 after analyzing data from thousands of smokers and former smokers in an IARC database who provided blood samples before they knew if they would develop cancer, and who were followed for three years to see if they did. Some of the proteins are known to be involved in lung cancer, while others are new, says Johansson, although the study was not designed to delve deeper into the what those proteins do. In a previous study, the team described the iterative process of isolating the most meaningful blood markers for the test.Johansson and Robbins say the goal of the blood test is not to replace CT scans, which are effective but expensive and may expose people to unnecessary amounts of radiation if they are used broadly in a large population. “This test allows us to identify some of those who actually have high risk,” Johansson says. “This is really about screening in a smarter way, to focus on those likely to benefit, and avoid screening people who don’t need it.”The current study focused on smokers, but ultimately, the same strategy could be used to expand screening guidelines to include nonsmokers who go on to develop lung cancer and are not currently eligible for any lung cancer screening. The test isn’t ready for commercial use yet, but the results make a strong case for developing it further, the researchers believe. “The main thing would be an interventional study—to screen a big group of people if they are eligible based on current criteria, and also using the biomarker tool if they are not eligible under current criteria, and comparing them,” says Robbins. The team is currently planning a small study to determine the likelihood that people would want to get screened using the blood test before moving ahead with the larger study. “We have done serious thinking about how to design the study and how to get funding for it,” says Robbins. This article is provided by a third-party content provider. SeaPRwire (https://www.seaprwire.com/) makes no warranties or representations regarding its content. Category: Top News, Daily News SeaPRwire provides global press release distribution services for companies and organizations, covering more than 6,500 media outlets, 86,000 editors and journalists, and over 3.5 million end-user desktop and mobile apps. SeaPRwire supports multilingual press release distribution in English, Japanese, German, Korean, French, Russian, Indonesian, Malay, Vietnamese, Chinese, and more.

A major fire has broken out in eastern Moscow. Hours earlier, the Russian capital had been the target of heavy drone attacks. —André Ballin—picture-alliance/dpa/Associated Press(SeaPRwire) - At least three people were killed near Moscow in one of Ukraine's largest and deadliest drone attacks on the capital to date on Saturday, underscoring Kyiv’s growing ability to strike deep inside Russian territory despite the capital's comprehensive air defenses. A fourth person was killed in the incident in the Belgorod region, which borders Ukraine, according to local authorities.Russia’s Defense Ministry said air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 1,000 Ukrainian drones across more than a dozen regions over 24 hours. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Sunday that more than 120 drones had been intercepted near Moscow, injuring 12 people near the city’s oil refinery, while several residential buildings and infrastructure sites sustained damage. The strike marks a significant escalation in Ukraine’s long-range drone campaign, which has increasingly targeted Russian military and energy infrastructure far from the front lines. Kyiv has developed an arsenal of long-range, one-way precision attack drones that have increased the costs of Russia continuing its invasion. The attacks also bring the war closer to ordinary Russians, particularly in and around Moscow, where residents have largely been shielded from the daily destruction experienced in Ukrainian cities as the war has entered its fifth year.Zelensky calls on Russia to end its war “Our long-range capabilities are significantly changing the situation— and, more broadly, the world’s perception of Russia’s war,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote in a post on X on Sunday. Zelensky said in an earlier post that Ukrainian long-range strikes “reached the Moscow region, and we are clearly telling the Russians: their state must end its war,” while sharing a video of plumes of black smoke, apparently from one of the drone strikes. He added that Ukrainian forces had successfully struck targets more than 500 kilometers from the border, despite what he described as the “highest” concentration of Russian air defense around Moscow.Russian authorities said three people were killed in the Moscow region, including a woman whose home was struck in Khimki, northwest of the capital, and two others in the village of Pogorelki, where a drone reportedly hit a house under construction. A fourth person was killed in Russia’s Belgorod region, which borders northeastern Ukraine. Debris from intercepted drones also fell on the grounds of Sheremetyevo International Airport, Russia’s busiest airport, though officials said no damage was reported, Reuters reported.Long-range attacks from both sides are increasingUkrainian officials said the strike was part of a broader pattern of escalating cross-border attacks, with Zelensky framing the operations as retaliation for recent Russian strikes on Kyiv that killed 24 people earlier in the week, following the collapse of a brief cease-fire.Russian authorities said the overnight assault triggered hours of air defense activity across the capital region, with state media reporting that drones were detected in waves and intercepted over multiple districts surrounding Moscow. Officials described sustained defensive operations that continued into the morning as debris from downed drones caused scattered fires and damage to infrastructure sites.In addition to strikes around Moscow, Ukrainian drones have increasingly targeted Russian oil infrastructure in recent months, producing large fires and disruptions at refineries and energy facilities, according to regional officials, Reuters reported. Those facilities are central to Russia’s export economy, and Ukrainian officials have said the strikes are intended to disrupt Moscow’s war financing capacity rather than solely battlefield targets.Russian attacks on Ukrainian territory have continued in recent weeks. Ukrainian authorities said Russian drone strikes wounded eight people overnight into Sunday in the Dnipropetrovsk region, including in the cities of Dnipro and Kryvyi Rih, with residential buildings damaged in multiple locations. The attack follows one of Russia’s heaviest bombardments of Kyiv since the war began more than four years ago. On Saturday, Russian strikes in Ukraine’s Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions killed two people and injured at least 23, according to Ukrainian officials. Russia’s Foreign Ministry condemned the strikes as attacks on civilians, with spokesperson Maria Zakharova accusing Kyiv of carrying out a “mass terrorist attack.” Ukraine, like Russia, has denied deliberately targeting civilians. This article is provided by a third-party content provider. SeaPRwire (https://www.seaprwire.com/) makes no warranties or representations regarding its content. Category: Top News, Daily News SeaPRwire provides global press release distribution services for companies and organizations, covering more than 6,500 media outlets, 86,000 editors and journalists, and over 3.5 million end-user desktop and mobile apps. 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Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., left, and White House trade advisor Peter Navarro holds a sign depicting Chinese owned farmland in the U.S., during a news conference to announce the National Farm Security Action Plan and "discuss actions being taken to protect American agriculture from foreign threats," outside the USDA Whitten Building on Tuesday, July 8, 2025. —Tom Williams—CQ Roll Call via Associated Press(SeaPRwire) - During his 2024 campaign for the White House, then-candidate Donald Trump repeatedly pledged to block Chinese nationals and companies from purchasing U.S. farmland as part of his “America First” agenda, and shortly after winning a second term, his Administration moved aggressively to curtail Chinese student visas. Today, however, President Trump has reversed course on both issues, a development that threatens to isolate many in his base who view China as an existential threat to U.S. sovereignty. Trump’s pivot on the issues was drawn into focus following his visit to Beijing this week for a high-stakes summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping.In an interview on Friday following the diplomatic visit, Trump defended his turnaround, while offering little explanation for his change of heart. “Frankly, I think that it’s good that people come from other countries and they learn our culture, and many of them want to stay here. I think it’s a good thing,” Trump said in an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity on May 15, defending his plan to approve some 500,000 visas for Chinese students.In the same interview, Trump defended the Chinese ownership of U.S. farmland, directly contradicting his own campaign speeches in which he vowed to stop Beijing from “buying up our farmland” and warned that foreign ownership threatened American independence.“Look, it’s not that I love it. You want to see farm prices drop. You want to see farmers lose a lot of money, just take that out of the market. But they’ve had a lot of land for a long time. Obama did nothing about it. They bought a lot during the Obama Administration, and he did nothing about it,” Trump said. Some prominent Trump supporters have spoken out against the shift. MAGA influencer Mike Cernovich shared a clip of the Hannity interview and asked: “Has China defeated our country?”Conservative commentator Robby Starbuck criticized the president’s remarks on social media, arguing that Chinese students should be treated as potential security risks and that Chinese companies should be barred entirely from owning American farmland. Former Georgia Representative and MAGA stalwart Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has fallen out with Trump over the last year over her campaign to release the Epstein files, wrote on X that it was in fact “not common sense” to permit either Chinese students' enrollment or Chinese farmland ownership. Chinese farmland ownership animates Trump’s base For years, many Republicans have treated Chinese land ownership in the United States, particularly agricultural land, as both a security concern and a political rallying cry. States, including Texas and Florida, have passed laws restricting land purchases by Chinese nationals, often invoking fears of espionage or strategic influence. Just last year, Trump’s own administration pledged to intensify scrutiny of foreign agricultural ownership, particularly from China, CBS News reported.In Congress earlier this month, Rep. John Moolenaar (R-MI), who chairs the House Select Committee on China, introduced a bipartisan bill to restrict Chinese purchases of American farmland and real estate near sensitive military sites, underscoring how firmly the issue has become embedded in Washington’s bipartisan national-security agenda. Ahead of Trump’s meeting with Xi, lawmakers backing the legislation argued that existing loopholes leave sensitive military and agricultural assets vulnerable. Moolenaar said in a statement that “food security is national security.”TIME reached out to Rep. Moolenaar’s office for comment. China owns a ‘tiny sliver’ of U.S. farmland According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, foreign entities own roughly 46 million acres of agricultural land in the United States, about 3.6% of the nation’s total farmland as of 2024. Chinese investors held nearly 248,000 acres, which is 0.02% of all U.S. farmland, and slightly less than 1% of foreign-held acres, a comparatively small share dwarfed by holdings from Canada (34%), the Netherlands (10%), Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom (6%).Farmland policy is similarly more complicated than political slogans suggest. Analysts note that while land purchases near military installations may warrant scrutiny, broad prohibitions on foreign ownership can conflict with property rights and investment norms.Scott Lincicome, vice president of general economics at the Cato Institute, told CBS News that Chinese ownership of U.S. farmland remains “a tiny, tiny sliver” of total agricultural land and that fears about it are often overstated.International students, particularly those from China, meanwhile, contribute billions of dollars annually to the U.S. economy and remain a crucial financial lifeline for many American universities. Business leaders and higher-education advocates have long argued that broad visa restrictions harm American competitiveness more than they protect it, The New Republic reported.The backlash to Trump’s comments comes amid his Administration’s broader policy of pursuing détente with China in return for trade deals and energy. His China visit focused on economic cooperation between the two global rivals, as well as a host of international issues, including the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. One result of the visit was a notably softer U.S. stance on Taiwan. President Trump said following the visit that he was undecided about whether to approve a planned $14 billion arms sale to Taiwan, casting doubt on U.S. support for the self-governing island that China has long claimed as its own territory. This article is provided by a third-party content provider. SeaPRwire (https://www.seaprwire.com/) makes no warranties or representations regarding its content. Category: Top News, Daily News SeaPRwire provides global press release distribution services for companies and organizations, covering more than 6,500 media outlets, 86,000 editors and journalists, and over 3.5 million end-user desktop and mobile apps. 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—Photo-illustration by TIME (Source Image: Delia Pindaru via Canva)(SeaPRwire) - When your best friend, partner, or child reacts sharply, it's easy to label them as difficult. Anna Elton, a marriage and family therapist based in Palm Beach, Florida, encourages you to consider an alternative perspective. "Anger is just the tip of the iceberg," she explains. "It’s a secondary emotion. Underneath, there may be sadness, disappointment, or stress." This is where empathy comes into play. By tapping into it, you can look beyond the surface and uncover what's truly happening beneath, according to Elton.Your level of empathy determines whether you feel closer to someone after a challenging conversation or whether you end up on opposite sides—or, as Elton puts it, whether you're on the same team versus being on a "you versus me" footing. With consistent practice, empathy transforms how you engage in every relationship. It’s something you can improve over time, and it will serve you well by helping you resolve arguments more quickly or even prevent them altogether.Here are five simple ways to strengthen your empathy before or after your next disagreement.Pretend you’re explaining things to a childImagine you're walking a child through a disagreement. HJ Cho, a clinical social worker in Bridgewater, New Jersey, suggests doing this by clearly outlining what happened. Avoid using emotionally charged language, lengthy explanations, or words that paint the other person in a negative light. Instead, focus on describing the situation honestly—including your own feelings and thoughts."We’re not projecting; we’re not exaggerating," Cho says. "We’re sharing the facts so everyone can understand." This exercise works because simplifying the situation forces clarity and reveals a more neutral version of events—one that leaves room for other perspectives, Cho adds.Write from your partner’s point of viewChoose a recent interaction that didn’t go well. First, write a paragraph about it from your perspective. Then, rewrite the same situation from the other person’s viewpoint—using "I" statements as if you were them.For example, you might write: “My partner seems distracted and doesn’t care about what I share when I talk about my day.” Next, reflect on what they might have been experiencing. Your second paragraph could read: “I had a stressful day and felt mentally exhausted. I don’t have the energy to fully engage right now, but I really do care.”“This helps you step into their shoes so you’re not simply reacting,” says Eden Garcia-Balis, a marriage and family therapist in Los Angeles. The goal isn’t to convince yourself they were right. Instead, it’s to recognize that multiple truths can coexist. “More than one explanation can be true at the same time,” she says. “You can feel dismissed while they feel stressed—and when you approach the situation with empathy, you can work together to find a solution.”Speak to yourself like a supportive friendBefore you can offer empathy to others, you must first extend it to yourself. That’s advice Cho often gives her clients. “The empathy we show others stems from the empathy we hold for ourselves,” she explains. “It’s essential to treat yourself with kindness, or else we struggle to do the same for others.”When you’re feeling tense before or after a difficult conversation, take 60 seconds to speak to yourself as you would to your closest friend in the same situation. Don’t say things like “calm down” or “you’re overreacting.” Instead, offer genuine validation: “That was tough to hear. Of course you’re upset. It makes complete sense given what happened.”The aim isn’t to prove you’re right—it’s to calm your emotions enough to be fully present with the other person. “When you’re regulated, everything functions properly,” Cho notes. “That allows you to be your best self.”Shift your perspective for 90 secondsEven during an ongoing argument, you can try this technique. Set a timer for 90 seconds and answer three questions as if you were the other person, advises Elton:“What am I feeling right now?”“What am I worried about or trying to protect?”“What do I wish the other person understood about me?”Once the timer ends, return to your own perspective and ask: “What did I overlook?”This approach helps you regain control over your emotions—the first step toward building empathy. “Often, we’re overwhelmed by feelings and want to defend ourselves or prove we’re right,” says Garcia-Balis. “This method lets you pause, calm down, and reflect: ‘What else could possibly be true here?’”Find one thing you both shareDuring a heated disagreement, the person across from you may start to feel like a stranger. According to Patty Van Cappellen, a social psychologist at Duke University, this is why empathy becomes harder to access mid-fight. “Conflict often makes people feel farther apart,” she says. “Like, ‘I don’t recognize this person anymore.’”The solution lies in what she calls psychological closeness. “Focus on elements in your relationship that bring you together,” she recommends. Before or during a tough conversation, remind yourself of something you share—like a hardship you faced together, an inside joke, or a chaotic trip where everything went wrong yet turned out to be fun. Then continue the discussion.In the end, empathy allows you to stop reacting defensively and begin truly listening. “When you recognize your partner’s emotions,” Elton says, “it fosters connection and makes them feel seen and understood.” This article is provided by a third-party content provider. SeaPRwire (https://www.seaprwire.com/) makes no warranties or representations regarding its content. 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—stellalevi—Getty Images(SeaPRwire) - Few would dispute that the world presents numerous challenges, especially in the present moment. While many demands are foreseeable and call for responsibility and effort, others come unexpectedly. Schools and workplaces require timely completion of tasks. We must shop for groceries, prepare meals, pay bills and taxes, and plan for our financial future. Yet we also face rising fuel costs, global pandemics, and significant climate-related events.To cope effectively—and even thrive—amid these stressors, we need psychological flexibility: the willingness and capacity to adapt our thoughts, emotions, and behaviors in response to challenging circumstances.Although research on psychological flexibility dates back to the 1960s, scientific study and clinical application have surged with the emergence of the third wave of cognitive-behavioral therapy. This shift in therapeutic approaches emphasizes mindfulness and acceptance of thoughts and feelings rather than attempting to challenge or alter them.Decades of evidence show that psychological flexibility helps mitigate the harmful effects of stress and a wide range of mental health conditions, including depression and anxiety. Its benefits have been demonstrated across diverse groups, such as healthcare workers, police officers, children with juvenile arthritis and their parents, and veterans exposed to trauma.When faced with challenges—big or small—most people respond in familiar ways: through habitual patterns of perception, emotional reaction, and behavior. As a trauma psychologist with 25 years of experience, I’ve worked with survivors including combat veterans, former prisoners of war, individuals who experienced sexual abuse or assault throughout their lives, and those who escaped the World Trade Center or served as first responders during the 9/11 attacks.Naturally, many of my clients were hypervigilant, constantly scanning their surroundings for threats and ready to react with tension and defensiveness. In such a state, fear clouds judgment, and responses tend to be impulsive. Chronic activation of this kind severely limits attention and decision-making abilities.What I emphasize to those I work with is that these are reactions, not thoughtful responses. Together, we aim to become more open to experiences and more skilled in adaptive coping.I never want my clients to feel that their thoughts, feelings, or actions are wrong. I remind them that I, too, am human—with blind spots and implicit biases like everyone else. I often share a quote attributed to American business leader Henry Ford: “If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.” In other words, relying solely on past knowledge and experience restricts growth.Psychological flexibility means being adaptable, versatile, and responsive. Imagine dancing the Moonwalk on a crowded dance floor—when space runs out, you shift to another move like The Floss or Two-Step. Having a broad range of responses available is essential, and staying open to learning new ones is vital.During moments of acute stress, I strive to maintain a wider perspective and encourage my patients to do the same. It’s crucial not to cling to a single way of thinking, reacting, or feeling.Simon Rego, Chief Psychologist at Montefiore Medical Center and author of *The CBT Workbook for Mental Health*, described psychological flexibility as akin to physical flexibility. He explained that people can cultivate it by easing “their grip on the belief that there’s only one ‘correct’ way to think, feel, or act.” He added that suffering often worsens when we become inflexible—such as when we resist our emotions or insist that life must follow a specific path. Fortunately, psychological flexibility can be developed over time through mindfulness and acceptance practices.This aligns with findings from a 2017 study by a small team of Swiss researchers who examined psychological flexibility and its connection to stress and both physical and mental health outcomes in a representative sample of the Swiss population. Those who could adapt their responses to stress showed consistently better results. The researchers noted that because psychological flexibility can be taught, the public should have access to techniques that foster it—particularly mindfulness and the acceptance of all emotions as they arise.It’s important not to dismiss or deny emotions but simply to let them exist. Instead of reacting immediately, we can ride out an emotion like bodysurfing a wave. Other strategies include problem-solving, reflecting on deeper purpose or meaning, and focusing on the breath. I advise my patients to visualize a giant stop sign during stressful moments—as a cue to pause (not react) and reconsider.I agree. It’s difficult not to hold tightly to our views of how the world should be. There’s comfort in familiarity and in believing we’re always right.Yet to not only survive but flourish in these demanding times, we must be willing to shift, recognize that we’re all works in progress, and expand our range of responses. We benefit most by approaching life as explorers—open to new experiences, curious about different perspectives, and receptive to a wide array of possibilities. This article is provided by a third-party content provider. SeaPRwire (https://www.seaprwire.com/) makes no warranties or representations regarding its content. Category: Top News, Daily News SeaPRwire provides global press release distribution services for companies and organizations, covering more than 6,500 media outlets, 86,000 editors and journalists, and over 3.5 million end-user desktop and mobile apps. SeaPRwire supports multilingual press release distribution in English, Japanese, German, Korean, French, Russian, Indonesian, Malay, Vietnamese, Chinese, and more.