February 16, 2021 PET scans demonstrate that middle-aged individuals with early signs of cardiovascular disease also have reduced brain metabolism, according to researchers from Spain. The findings indicate that the early stages of Alzheimer s disease could begin years before dementia occurs.
Researchers with the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC) in Madrid used PET to examine over 500 individuals participating in the Progression of Early Subclinical Atherosclerosis (PESA) project. Directed by CNIC general director Dr. Valentin Fuster, PhD, the PESA study is following over 4,000 employees from Banco Santander in Spain to identify lifestyle and other risk factors that lead to atherosclerotic diseases.
January 21, 2021, 11:44 AM)
A pump jack operates in an oil field, Wednesday, July 29, 2020, in Midland, Texas.
Even though economic activity is expected to pick back as the coronavirus vaccine becomes available to the public, the Energy Information Agency predicts natural gas demand and production will be in decline through 2022.
The most recent short-term outlook from the agency says in 2020 natural gas consumption was down 2.5% from the previous year. The EIA expects consumption to fall by 2.8% this year, and 2.1% in 2022. The largest natural gas-consuming sector in the United States is the electric power sector, the Outlook report reads, noting that the EIA estimates the power sector will consume 11% less natural gas this year than in 2020. EIA forecasts that higher prices for natural gas (compared with coal prices) for power generation and rising electricity generation capacity from renewable energy in 2021 will likely cause power sector natural gas consumption to d