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A Seattle menopause specialist who helped Halle Berry navigate the condition is calling for better medical training and earlier support for women experiencing the physical and psychological changes of midlife. Dr Sarah de la Torre, a double board-certified physician, discussed menopause care during the fifth edition of the “For the Girls: Women on the Rise” series. Her work has also led to a partnership with Berry, who founded the midlife health platform Respin.Health, where Dr de la Torre serves as chief medical officer. ([lumaniwellness.com](https://www.lumaniwellness.com/?utm_source=openai)) The physician said many women are still dismissed when they report symptoms including brain fog, depression,…

Robert Fletcher fears a proposed crackdown on AI smart glasses could strip away the independence he regained after losing almost all of his sight. The Melbourne man lost his central vision and most of his peripheral vision within eight weeks when he was 41. He was left with around 4 per cent vision and unable to read, write, watch television or recognise faces. Now, as Australia considers tighter restrictions on camera-enabled wearable devices, Mr Fletcher says a blanket ban would feel like losing his eyesight for a second time. “It would be like going up to you and saying, ‘Can…

The long-running 7 Up documentary series is to come to an end this month, bringing the cameras back to the group of Britons whose lives have been followed since they were seven years old. The final instalment, 70 Up, will air on ITV in two 90-minute episodes from Tuesday, September 15. It will mark the conclusion of a social experiment which began in 1964 with 14 children selected to represent different backgrounds and social classes. They never set out to become television personalities. Some have admitted that they came to regret allowing their private lives to be chronicled so closely,…

Hong Kong’s first five-year plan will seek to expand the use of the offshore yuan and deepen financial links with mainland China, Chief Executive John Lee has said. Speaking at a Hong Kong Association of Banks luncheon on Friday, Mr Lee said the city would broaden its range of renminbi investment and risk-management products while strengthening its position as an international financial centre and offshore hub for China’s currency. “We are committed to enriching the Renminbi liquidity pool, expanding offshore Renminbi investment and risk management products, and reinforcing our financial market infrastructure,” he said. The plan will also propose expanding…

Three more measles cases have been confirmed in connection with a daycare outbreak in the metro Atlanta area, taking the number linked to the cluster to eight. The Georgia Department of Public Health said on Friday, September 4, that the latest cases were associated with the person whose infection was confirmed on August 18. The children involved were either unvaccinated or had not received the full course of vaccinations. Health officials are contacting people who may have been exposed and are at increased risk of developing the highly contagious disease. The daycare involved has not been publicly identified, and officials…

Australian playwright Suzie Miller has turned the birth of the AFLW into a new stage production, inspired by the moment she watched Adelaide defeat Brisbane in the competition’s inaugural grand final on the Gold Coast in March 2017. Strong Is The New Pretty receives its world premiere at the 2026 Brisbane Festival, tracing the determined campaign to establish a professional women’s Australian rules league after generations in which the sport was largely presented as a male preserve. Miller, who grew up in Melbourne, said she had struggled to understand why girls were excluded from the game she saw around her.…

The murder trial of Lindsay Clancy ended without a verdict on Friday, 4 September, after a Massachusetts jury failed to reach a unanimous decision over whether she was criminally responsible for the deaths of her three children. Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial on the seventh day of deliberations at Plymouth Superior Court, bringing an end to weeks of testimony and intense debate over Clancy’s mental state at the time of the killings in January 2023. The 12-member jury had repeatedly told the court it was deadlocked. A note from the foreperson indicated that one juror was preventing agreement, prompting…

Japan and the United States have taken further steps towards implementing a $550 billion investment initiative, with artificial intelligence and semiconductor projects expected to dominate the next phase of the agreement. Ryosei Akazawa, Japan’s trade minister, said Tokyo and Washington would continue working closely on the investment vehicle after meetings in Washington with US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. Mr Akazawa did not disclose details of a possible third group of projects. However, he said discussions on AI and chips would carry “very significant weight” as the two governments seek investments that deliver benefits to…

Duane “Keffe D” Davis has maintained his innocence after being found guilty of orchestrating the drive-by shooting that killed rapper Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas. The 63-year-old former South Side Compton Crips leader was convicted of first-degree murder in connection with Shakur’s death on 7 September 1996. The rapper was 25 when he was shot while travelling in a BMW driven by Death Row Records co-founder Marion “Suge” Knight. Davis told the judge after the verdict that he intended to appeal. His defence has argued that earlier accounts in which he described his involvement were fabricated or exaggerated for financial…

A first-time father delivered his breech baby daughter in the front seat of a car after his partner went into labour while they were driving to hospital in Brandon, Florida. Yasser Solorzano and Aysha Tenouri had been on the road for only a few minutes on Thursday evening when Tenouri realised the birth was imminent. Solorzano pulled into the first car park he could find, outside a Value Pawn & Jewelry shop, and called 911. “The baby’s head is about to come out, pull over,” Tenouri told him. Baby delivered in front seat Solorzano said he began to see the…