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Where random good news can go. To maybe help people understand that things aren't all bad in the world.

Here. I'll start with two stories i found to be pretty good news to hear.

KFC to sell Beyond Meat's plant-based 'fried chicken' in the southern U.S.

[Fast-food chains including McDonald’s, Burger King, and Dunkin Brands have raced to add imitation meat products to their menus as Americans cut down on animal protein consumption. While those companies have rolled out imitation pork or beef patties, Yum Brands Inc’s KFC is the first to launch plant-based “chicken.”]

That's pretty awesome. I'm pretty sure they'll find a way to screw it up but it's a start. :)

Lungs 'magically' heal damage from smoking

[Your lungs have an almost "magical" ability to repair the cancerous mutations caused by smoking - but only if you stop, say scientists.

The mutations that lead to lung cancer had been considered to be permanent, and to persist even after quitting.

But the surprise findings, published in Nature, show the few cells that escape damage can repair the lungs.

The effect has been seen even in patients who had smoked a pack a day for 40 years before giving up.]

That is also pretty awesome news. More work needs to be done of course to see how much lungs regenerate but the fact that they do at all is great news.
 

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I should probably, given current events in a lot of different areas, start focusing more on this thread than others.

Anyway, i'd consider this very good news.

Santa Cruz decriminalizes psychedelic mushrooms

[ "This Council initiative is part of a diversity of strategies taking care of mental health in our community," Councilmember Chris Krohn told ABC News in a statement. "This resolution ensures that only people 21 and over have access to these plants and the Council has given direction to our Police Department to make it a low priority infraction."

Krohn also said: "Entheogenic plants offer many in our community a way out of the addictive pharmaceuticals known as opioids. People came forward at last night’s meeting telling of the beneficial effects of how these plants changed their lives." ]
 
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in the rare good news dept
Australia bushfires seem to have simmered down for now
never known of an entire nation to have such a catastrophic relatively natural event happen to them
not forgetting Californias

well
thats not correct
boxing day tsunami etc
 
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in the rare good news dept
Australia bushfires seem to have simmered down for now
never known of an entire nation to have such a catastrophic relatively natural event happen to them
not forgetting Californias

well
thats not correct
boxing day tsunami etc

serious question I haven't been paying attention, wasn't there something about floods now?
 
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serious question I haven't been paying attention, wasn't there something about floods now?



yes
they did get a few heavy rainfall bouts to help quell the fires in NSW/Vic
were even worried re landslides into the water catchment dams
but i think,not sure

the floods were more prevalent in the Queensland state
very prone to the 'big wet' further up north

again
not sure re that

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serious question I haven't been paying attention, wasn't there something about floods now?
 
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yes
they did get a few heavy rainfall bouts to help quell the fires in NSW/Vic
were even worried re landslides into the water catchment dams
but i think,not sure

the floods were more prevalent in the Queensland state
very prone to the 'big wet' further up north

again
not sure re that

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serious question I haven't been paying attention, wasn't there something about floods now?
Glad to see the Australians are finally catching a break. Hopefully this eco- conflagration will subside. For the land, animals and the humans there.
 
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I would imagine that this good news is dependent on certain things but ah well it's good news none the less.

Cervical cancer could be eliminated within a century

[ Cervical cancer could be eliminated worldwide as a public health issue within the next century. This is the conclusion of two studies published today in The Lancet by an international consortium of researchers codirected by Professor Marc Brisson from Université Laval's Faculty of Medicine and the CHU de Québec-Université Laval Research Centre. The researchers are even more optimistic about North America, stating that the disease could be almost completely eliminated by 2040.

The study used the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination and cervical screening targets defined in the WHO draft strategy of cervical cancer elimination. The plan calls for 90% of girls to be vaccinated against HPV by 2030. The plan also calls for 70% of women to be screened for cervical cancer once or twice in their lifetime, and for 90% of women with precancerous lesions or cervical cancer to receive appropriate treatment.

The researchers' analyses show that with vaccination alone, the cervical cancer cases will drop by 89% within a century in the 78 countries worst affected by the disease, with 60 million cases of cancer averted as a result. By adding the two screening tests and the treatment of precancerous cervical lesions, cervical cancer cases will drop by 97% and 72 million cervical cancer cases will be averted over the next century. Furthermore, with scale-up of appropriate cancer treatment, 62 million cervical cancer deaths will be averted.]

I'm not 100% sure how all this works but i would imagine men being vaccinated against hpv would help out tons more.
 

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Glad to see the Australians are finally catching a break. Hopefully this eco- conflagration will subside. For the land, animals and the humans there.

thanks Todd
yes, such a dramatic turn of event for the people
shudder to think of there future
indeed everyone's future
very sad indeed'folk/authorities seem so blind,bordering on ignorance, to look at alternatives
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good news
recent Xmas day NZ
father and daughter spent most of the day escorting/herding a family of dolphins out into the open ocean
having lost there way in one of our river inlets


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animals capable of helping own


 
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Double trouble: A drug for alcoholism can also treat cancer by targeting macrophages

[ A research group led by Yuya Terashima from the Tokyo University of Science saw this as an opportunity to explore the realm of developing novel anti-cancer drugs. Their seminal work in Nature Immunology 2005 reported the discovery of a new target protein called FROUNT, which is linked to regulation and movement of the TAMs. Since FROUNT amplified "chemokine signaling," a type of cellular communication, an integral process for TAM accumulation and activity, it was therefore linked directly to TAM regulation.

The team decided to expand on these findings, in order to investigate whether a therapeutic strategy can be formulated and have published their findings in Nature Communications. Through animal experiments, the researchers found that by regulating FROUNT expression in TAMs, cancer growth could be suppressed. ]
 

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good news observation,currently

woman cat be complaining about suppression or not having equal rights of a fashion, as formerly
especially judging by the many reporters etc filling our screens

great/like, best thing ever
now we need more entering the political arena

geuss we can attribute that to a WW movement,change of laws
apart from certain countries that still pigheadly do so

ps
NZ was the first in the world, to allow women the vote,apparently
 

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This might not be considered good news to some given the context of it but i think it is so here we go.

Berlin Freezes Rents for 5 Years in a Bid to Slow Gentrification

[ BERLIN — Rental prices on more than 1.5 million Berlin apartments will be frozen or lowered for five years as a result of new legislation aimed at halting a recent spike in rents that is driving out older and lower-income residents.

The measure, which lawmakers approved on Thursday and which is to take effect next month, is an attempt by Berlin’s leftist government to slow the gentrification of a city that built a reputation on a creative scene but is being squeezed by real estate investors and infrastructure projects.

“We have created an instrument that will stop the partially absurd price developments for the next five years,” Katrin Lompscher, Berlin’s senator for city development and living, said at a news conference on Friday. “It is up to politicians to create the basic conditions for lower- and middle-class earners to be able to afford to live in Berlin.” ]
 
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This might not be considered good news to some given the context of it but i think it is so here we go.

Berlin Freezes Rents for 5 Years in a Bid to Slow Gentrification

[ BERLIN — Rental prices on more than 1.5 million Berlin apartments will be frozen or lowered for five years as a result of new legislation aimed at halting a recent spike in rents that is driving out older and lower-income residents.

The measure, which lawmakers approved on Thursday and which is to take effect next month, is an attempt by Berlin’s leftist government to slow the gentrification of a city that built a reputation on a creative scene but is being squeezed by real estate investors and infrastructure projects.

“We have created an instrument that will stop the partially absurd price developments for the next five years,” Katrin Lompscher, Berlin’s senator for city development and living, said at a news conference on Friday. “It is up to politicians to create the basic conditions for lower- and middle-class earners to be able to afford to live in Berlin.” ]


i think anything that benefits people is good news
that is to me
many in authority seem to be one track minded and depending on there circumstances often selfishly impose there will on others

unrelated
but case in point
i noticed someone in the UK mention
still paying for a TV licence
NZ gave that up maybe 15 years ago
surely there are other deceptive/less intrusive ways for govtrs to earn revenue duh
havent checked,maybe pensioners are free or rebated, but thats not the point
 

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This one is kind of a no shit sherlock good news thingy but hey good news is good news.

HIV Outcomes Improved by State-Purchased Insurance Plans, Study Finds

[ Health insurance purchased by state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs for people living with HIV in states that did not expand Medicaid are improving outcomes and have the potential to save millions in healthcare costs, a new study suggests.

The researchers are urging efforts to increase enrollment in the programs, believing that they can even reduce HIV transmissions.

“Increased enrollment in state-funded Qualified Health Plans was found to be associated with improved rates of viral suppression for people living with HIV in three states. State AIDS Drug Assistance Programs, especially those in the South and those in states without Medicaid expansion, could consider investing in purchasing Qualified Health Plans because increased enrollment could improve viral suppression rates,” said researcher Kathleen A. McManus, MD, of the School of Medicine and UVA Health. “This evidence-based intervention could contribute to the federal government’s Ending the HIV Epidemic Initiative.” ]
 
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Well this one might be a little tough to read. I know it was difficult for me to understand. Seeing as how i sometimes have a bunch of chubby hamsters in my brain when reading complicated things. But yeah. This one is about...

Low doses of lithium being used to treat alzheimers.

NP03, a Microdose Lithium Formulation, Blunts Early Amyloid Post-Plaque Neuropathology in McGill-R-Thy1-APP Alzheimer-Like Transgenic Rats. - PubMed - NCBI

[ Epidemiological, preclinical, and clinical studies have suggested a role for microdose lithium in reducing Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk by modulating key mechanisms associated with AD pathology. ]
 
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