Christina Frangou

@cfrangou.bsky.social

Journalist, writer, teacher. Likes bikes and books. www.christinafrangou.com

Nearly all ovarian cancers — and nearly all fatal ovarian cancers — are actually cancers of the fallopian tubes. Specialists and medical orgs are calling on doctors to offer tube removal to patients at the time of other abdominal surgeries. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/h...

There’s a Way to Prevent Ovarian Cancer. Few Know About It.

The vast majority of cases begin in the fallopian tubes — and removing them can reduce the risk by nearly 80 percent.

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“My objective is world dominance in clinical enterprises.” 🇨🇦 @uhn.ca President and CEO Kevin Smith is pitching a national plan to build a $100B health science power base in Canada. Read @cfrangou.bsky.social's profile of the “Wayne Gretzky of health care”: www.begiant.ca/stories/peop...

UHN’s Kevin Smith has a grand vision to supercharge Canada’s health science sector

The CEO of Toronto’s University Health Network has a bold proposal: Canadian world domination in clinical enterprises

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Yesterday, WIRED learned that Madison Square Garden was suing us for our accurate reporting. We stand by our work. That’s why we’re removing the paywall from two of the MSG stories they don’t want you to read, making them free for everyone.

"The definition of the TTT I’ve given before is if you’re fighting a bear: you don’t stop when you’re tired, you stop when the bear is tired.” How to win the 2026 Tour de France team time trial: The science behind cycling’s most complicated test www.nytimes.com/athletic/741...

How to win the 2026 Tour de France team time trial: The science behind cycling’s most complicated test (Gift Article)

Celebrating the mechanical beauty of the TTT as the Tour prepares to begin with one for the first time since 1971

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In front of fans and kids taking photos, a Dallas police officer starts shoving staff members of the Egyptian national team here for the World Cup. At one point, he even reaches for his handcuffs. The video is already being shared internationally by news outlets.

A Provincial Flood Watch is now in effect for the Elbow River upstream of Calgary, and High Streamflow Advisories are in effect for both the Bow and Elbow Rivers within the city. The good news is that we are not expecting overbank river flooding in Calgary. Stay up to date at www.calgary.ca/flood

It will never cease to amaze me that you can beat yourself up for weeks trying to write something, grinding out crap, and then suddenly, one day, it's just... there. Like you're typing as fast as you can just to keep up with the words flowing. (I will also likely never trust that this will happen.)

An observation about this World Cup compared to the previous two. Russia and Qatar made massive efforts for obvious reasons to change public perceptions and really went extra mile with hosting. The United States seems to not care about external reputational harm in same way. And we are seeing that.

Five diabetes researchers, including the editor of a leading journal, were removed from the field’s premier conference, after handing out copies of an editorial criticizing the Trump administration’s “dismantling” of the biomedical research enterprise. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

Diabetes researchers ejected from conference after criticizing White House

The scientists, including the editor of a leading journal, were handing out copies of an editorial criticizing the Trump administration’s handling of biomedical research.

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