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Michael G. Fradley, MD, discusses real-world data on atrial fibrillation incidence and its cardiovascular and health care impact in CLL. If a [patient] developed atrial fibrillation within 1 year of their CLL diagnosis, we saw that they had significantly worse cardiovascular outcomes. Michael G. Fradley, MD, a professor of clinical medicine (cardiovascular medicine), section chief of Consultative Cardiology, and medical director of the Thalheimer Center for Cardio-Oncology at Penn Medicine, discussed real-world data presented on the incidence of atrial fibrillation (AFib) in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) or small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL), and its effect on cardiovascular outcomes and health care resource utilization. In a retrospective study, data from which were presented at the 2026 ASCO Annual Meeting, Fradley and colleagues used the US Symphony Health open claims database, which captures both privately insured and Medicare populations, Fradley explained. Among 233,362 patients with newly diagnosed CLL/SLL, 13.1% developed AFib within 1 year of diagnosis.

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Gallery: Gravel Worlds finds its spirit in Nannup Venturing outside Europe for the first time in its existence, the UCI Gravel World Championships might finally have come into its own.

As is our tradition here at Slowtwitch, we begin our post-Kona gear articles with the swim. In case you’re wondering why women’s swim leader Lucy Charles-Barclay doesn’t appear on the list, athletes need to finish to be included. This year’s swim was a choppy affair, to the point where even experienced pros like Laura Philipp complained of getting seasick. Thanks to those conditions, the times were considerably slower than in years past, with Charles-Barclay (51:28) running up to the pier over three minutes slower than her best time (48:14) set in 2018. On the men’s side, swim-leader Marten Van Riel (48:17) went 2:34 slower than Aussie age-grouper Sam Askey-Doran’s (45:43) swim course record set in 2024.

<iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/nx-s1-5996547/nx-s1-9961398" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> DonnaJean Wilde held a plank for five hours at the Huntsman World Senior Games earlier this month in Utah. It could be a new world record for longest plank held by a woman. But why does she do it?

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This animated orbital-map view shows the route NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has taken from time of its 2021 landing to Oct. 11, 2026 — the day it broke the off-world driving record previously held by the agency’s Opportunity rover. As of that date, Perseverance has driven over 28 miles (45 kilometers). Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has driven farther than any vehicle ever has on the surface of another world. On Oct. 11, the rover’s odometer reached 28.10 miles (45.22 kilometers), eclipsing the record of 28.06 miles (45.16 kilometers) set by NASA’s Opportunity rover, which explored Mars from 2004 to 2018. Perseverance reached the mark on the 2,006th Martian day, or sol, of its mission, covering in five and a half years a distance that took Opportunity almost 15.

The World Health Organization (WHO) welcomes today’s adoption by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) of the Political declaration on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response (PPPR). The Declaration provides a strong reaffirmation of the global solidarity and commitment needed to protect future generations from the devastating impacts of pandemics. “WHO welcomes this strong commitment by UN Member States to continue working together on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General. “The world has come a long way since COVID-19. We urge countries to now fulfil the commitments they have made – especially to finalize negotiations on the Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing system (PABS) annex, so the WHO Pandemic Agreement can be opened for signature, begin the process of ratification and enter into force as international law.”Member States considered the Declaration during the second UNGA High-level Meeting on PPPR on 25 September 2026 and referred it to the full General Assembly for today's adoption.

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Bike choices and tech hacks from the 2026 Worlds in Nannup, Western Australia

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Adventurer Karl Bushby has finally stepped foot on UK soil after a 28-year journey across the world. On Oct. 5, he announced he swam the English Channel, from France to England. While resting in Dover, he said, "I’m staring at the Union Jack flying outside this hotel. I’ve seen many flags over the days, but that one is special. "On social media he shared one of his first meals back, overjoyed to have authentic British fish and chips again. DALE 'GREY BEARD' SANDERS RECLAIMS TITLE AS OLDEST PERSON TO THRU-HIKE THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL AT 91 Karl Bushby celebrates after swimming across the Caspian Sea from Kazakhstan to Azerbaijan in September 2024. (Resul Rehimov/Anadolu via Getty Images)His journey is not over yet. He hopes to reach the finish line — his mother’s home in Hull — by the end of the month. According to his website, he received a birthday card in the 1990s from his father about two soldiers arguing over an impossible feat, walking from London to New York via the Bering Strait. Karl grabbed a map and drew a single line, knowing he found his life’s mission.

Updated October 13, 2026 01:52PMHow We Reported This: Triathlete’s Abby Levene was on the ground in Kona reporting on the 2026 Ironman World Championship, documenting the shoes on the feet of the top 10 men and women. Together with Outside’s Senior Gear Editor Jonathon Beverly, they tapped into their knowledge from testing 20-plus pairs of super shoes currently on the market to provide analysis of the athletes’ choices. The 2026 Ironman World Championship proved, once again, that this event may just be the toughest endurance feat on Earth. A choppy swim and a windy bike gave way to a hot and especially humid run with blow-ups and meltdowns not even Hollywood would dare to script. Watching the top contenders run down Ali’i in the early stages of the marathon, one thing that struck our team on the ground in Kona was just how unique the running shoe demands are in these conditions.

The first unit at Bangladesh's Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant achieved criticality - a self-sustaining nuclear reaction - at 15:34 on Sunday, 11 October. The milestone was achieved three days after the go-ahead was given by the country's national atomic regulator.

Matt Richardson has been withdrawn from the Great Britain squad for this week's World Track Cycling Championships in Shanghai amid reports he is under investigation for misconduct. British Cycling confirmed the 27-year-old Olympic medallist's removal in a statement but did not give a reason. When approached by BBC Sport, British Cycling declined to comment on allegations first reported by The Times, external it was because of a misconduct investigation. Last Wednesday, Richardson was named in the British squad for the championships, which run from 14-18 October. He had been expected to contend for three medals in the team sprint, individual sprint and keirin. Richardson switched allegiance from Australia to Britain after the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, where he won two silver medals and a bronze. He was also forced to miss his anticipated England debut at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in July after crashing during a keirin event in Japan. BBC Sport has approached Richardson's representatives for comment.