The technology is the same as that used by engineers to listen for faults in bridges.

The local authority has apologised for the “mistake” which led to a man’s care being reduced.

An ahead-of-print article forthcoming in the March 2020 issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR) comparing cancer detection rates (CDR) for screening digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) versus full-field digital mammography (FFDM) found that DBT results in “significantly increased CDR” — irrespective of tumor type, size, or grade of cancer.

A new software system developed by Brown University researchers turns cell phones into augmented reality portals, enabling users to place virtual building blocks, furniture and other objects into real-world backdrops, and use their hands to manipulate those objects as if they were really there.

The viral shoe from 2017 is back, and it's breaking the internet once again. 

The sneaker in the photo is obviously gray and teal…or most definitely pink and white, depending on who you ask. Lizzo, for one, says she sees gray and teal. 

“I SEE GREY & TEAL BUT MY WHOLE TEAM SEES PINK & WHITE HELP,” the pop star captioned an Instagram post of the shoe. 

Will Smith is also on team gray-teal. "There's no right answer, but it's definitely not pink," Smith said in a video he posted to Instagram. 

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The internet is divided, just as it was back in 2015 when the white and gold (or blue and black?) dress went viral. This time, though, the image comes with something of an explanation for why people see the shoe differently. The theory is that "left-brained people" (those who are more logical and analytical) see gray and teal, and "right-brained people" (the more creative and emotionally in tune kind) see the sneaker as pink and white.

It's not clear where that theory originated, but it's probably not true. Ivan Schwab, MD, clinical spokesperson for the American Academy of Ophthalmology, tells Health, "I don't think I could point to any evidence, any study, that would back that up." 

As for the real reason why people see the shoe differently, Dr. Schwab says, "It's not completely understood, but the best consideration is contextual, meaning the context in which you see it—lighting, background, what's associated with it."

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I know what you're thinking, But all of my coworkers saw the photo in the same context and still saw the colors differently! That was my response, too. Dr. Schwab says that could be because we all have slightly different visual pigments in our eyes.

"Everybody doesn't see exactly the same color," he explains. "When you call something red, your friend might see it as red, but they're not seeing exactly the same wavelength as you." 

Still, he thinks the more likely explanation is that it's contextual, and that much of it has to do with what the person is expecting when they look at the photo. 

Don Vaughn, PhD, a neuroscientist at UCLA, tells Health: "I think what people don't realize is vision is something you learn, it's not something you're given. Plenty of studies have shown that depending on what your exposure is to the world, you can actually see things differently than somebody else." 

Okay, so the science isn't totally clear on why people can see the same image differently. But as Vaughn points out, "What these illusions make us realize is that we're as unique on the inside as we are on the outside." 

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Taking care of young children while also getting enough alone time is one of the hardest things about being a mom. Influencer and mother-of-two Sara Wanselm knows just how hard it can be to keep it all together. Yet she recently learned a powerful lesson when a tiny moment she took for herself was interrupted by her kids. 

On Monday, Wanselm, who lives in Sweden, shared an intimate photo of herself with her two children, Celina and Wincent, as she sat on the toilet crying. 

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In the caption, Wanselm explained that she was so stressd out by her mom duties that went into the bathroom, sat on the toilet, and let the tears roll. But as she sat there and reflected on the situation, she realized something important—the fact that her children wouldn’t leave her alone long enough to go to the bathroom was a sign of how much her children love and appreciate her. 

“To the mom who hides in the bathroom in an attempt to get a second alone, with tears running down your face – because you’re all out of energy, I was her today, I’ve been her in the past and I will be her in the future,” she wrote. “To the mom who’s feeling insecure about what she’s doing, wondering when this ‘phase’ will end, wondering why her baby is screaming unstoppable when everyone else’s baby seems like an angel, I’ve been her, and I’ll be her again.”

Wanselm continued to share some of her most challenging experiences as a new mother. She opened up about her exhaustion from lack of sleep, her stress from not spending enough time with her kids, and the loneliness she experiences regularly. Still, she encouraged other mothers to try to keep a positive attitude through the difficult moments.

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“Motherhood will change your life, it’s scary, energy draining and lonely at times, but it will pass – this, will pass, because it’s a phase in our lives and when we look back at it, it will probably be a way to short phase,” she added. “But while we’re in it – remember to remind yourself that you’re doing a great job, even on your worst day, that you’re greatly loved and that no one would do this better than YOU.”

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She ender her note with a powerful message about what she learned in that moment crying on the toilet. 

“Even though I (in my head) was failing, they love me so much that they couldn’t bare to not be with me for 1 minute, that’s how amazing I am to them,” she wrote. "We all have bad days – we all breakdown, we’re not alone in this – we are mothers, amazing mothers."

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Danielle Fishel, aka Topanga on Boy Meets World, just opened up about feeling something that many new moms experience—"mom guilt"—and how her son's medical condition only exacerbated the problem for her. 

In a new essay for Good Morning America, Fishel, 38, wrote about the stressful events that happened after her son Adler's birth on June 24 of this year, when Adler, who was born four weeks early, was found to have fluid in his lungs. 

After his birth, Adler stayed in the neo-natal intensive care unit (NICU) at Children's Hospital Los Angeles for three weeks and was eventually released—only to be found to have fluid in his lungs again in September. 

The culprit? Fishel's breastmilk, which only exacerbated a rare condition called chylothorax in her son Adler, according to People. Fishel wrote about coming to terms with the fact that her breast milk was harming her child in the GMA essay: “The guilt arrived with gusto," she wrote. "‘Why is my milk hurting my child? Is my baby allergic to me? Formula is bad for him because it’s full of high fructose corn syrup. This is all my fault.'"

Fishel didn't go into too much detail about her son's condition, but, she explained, "the doctors assured me Adler would most likely grow out of this someday and I should keep pumping and eventually, hopefully, he'd be able to reap the benefits of breast milk." However, a subseqent x-ray revealed the presence of fluid and prompted doctors to direct Fishel to stop breastfeeding. "I was, quite honestly, an emotional wreck," writes Fishel.

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What is chylothorax, exactly?

Chylothorax is rare, affecting just one in every 20,000 pregnancies, and it causes lymphatic fluid to leak into a space found between the chest wall and lungs, per the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). A number of things can cause chylothorax, according to CHOP, including tumors, injury to the central lymphatic system, infections, and congenital syndromes; and symptoms of chylothorax include chest discomfort, difficulty breathing, and a cough.

Imaging tests—x-rays, ultrasounds, CT scans—are often used to diagnose children with the condition, per CHOP, and treatment depends on what exactly caused the condition. Fortunately, children with chylothorax usually do well and treatment typically provides a long-term cure. According to People, baby Adler is doing fine now.

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In addition to worries related to her son’s medical condition, Fishel wrote about guilt she felt related to her career. She reflected on the night she came home from her first day at work since Adler’s birth. “Does he remember me? Does he think I abandoned him? Am I hurting my son by desiring a career outside the home? Am I selfish?” Fishel recalls thinking. She concluded that “none of us escape mom guilt.”

However, Fishel sees a silver lining around the mom guilt, in the form of what her son has already accomplished in his lifetime. She told a GMA reporter: “I will always be able to tell him, ‘You’ve already done hard things. You did one of the hardest things ever when you were first born, so no excuses. You can do hard things.’”

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Hospital bosses in the UK had tried to block attempts to move Tafida Raqeeb to the hospital in Genoa.

Have you ever considered going vegan? Or is this something you would never consider? However you look at it, meat consumption has a large carbon footprint and is more costly than a diet focusing on plant-based food.

According to The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, livestock production contributes an estimated 14.5% to global greenhouses gas emissions.

Drought and limited water supply also add to the concern, as it takes around 15 500 litres of water to produce 1kg of beef.

Animal agriculture also uses a third of arable land and is one of the leading causes of water pollution and rainforest fires for land clearance.

Dr Lize Barclay, lecturer in Future Studies and Systems Thinking at the University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB) says the following:

“South Africa is a country with an agricultural economy, very heavily dependent on the production of animal-based products, with numerous industries related thereto. With an increase in veganism, the global demand for animal-based products will decrease.

“It is not only direct animal products that will be impacted on, but also many other consumables, such as sweets and wine, which use some kind of animal product in their manufacture. The wine industry already took note and is producing vegan wine ranges,” notes Dr Barclay in a press release.

South Africans as meat eaters

But for many South Africans, veganism remains something they would never consider.

Dr Barclay says a unique challenge in South Africa regarding converting to veganism is the deep relationship people have with animal products.

“This ranges from the slaughtering of sacrificial animals for religious and cultural festivals to the “braai culture” that remains the mainstay of many social events. Navigating the ethics of animal rights and the environment on the one hand and the right to religions and cultural expression, on the other hand, will be very complicated.”

A growing trend

But even so, South Africa, especially Cape Town, has seen a sharp increase in the rise of veganism and the availability of vegan options. This is very much because of the growing concern about the environment, mostly among the younger generation.

Dr Barclay explains that the increase in veganism is a great opportunity for new restaurants, cookbooks and the development of meat alternatives.

“Most supermarkets have taken note of the trends and have introduced various plant-based and vegan alternatives. New faux meat companies, such as Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods have gained support from investors and consumers, even though these products are not entirely considered to be vegan.

“Most ridicule and questions vegans have to endure are often based in ignorance and thus don’t be sheepish: go try a vegan dish on Meat-Free Mondays, visit a vegan restaurant, or enrol in Veganuary. It might just change your world, literally.”

Simply reduce your intake

Even if a vegan diet is something you would never consider, reducing the amount of meat you consume can hold great benefits for your health, your wallet and your environment. Our dietitians at Nutritional Solutions suggest the following easy tips to help you reduce your meat intake:

• Make beans and legumes such as lentils and chickpeas a pantry staple. They give a hearty texture to casseroles and soups and don’t only contain healthy plant protein, but also a lot of fibre.
• Rethink your portion sizes – reduce the amount of meat in your dish by bulking a Bolognese or other meaty soup or stew with lentils or beans. Soon, you’ll be keen to make an entirely plant-based dish.
• Make vegetables the main, instead of the sides. Baked potatoes in their skin provide fibre and a whole range of valuable vitamins and minerals, especially potassium, to the meal. Top the potato with low-fat chunky cottage cheese, chopped gherkins and peppadews and serve with steamed broccoli and baked butternut.
• Instead of buying three different meats and one salad for a weekend braai, eat one type of meat with several vegetable sides. Alternatively, swap the chops and wors for a vegetable patty or fish wrapped in foil (with tomato onion, lemon juice and fennel) served with an onion tomato chilli relish, a chickpea salad and a green salad.  

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Compiled by Marelize Wilke