Chronic stress, lack of sleep and emotional burnout increasingly drive early hair loss among young people. Doctors say noticeable hair thinning once appeared mostly after the age of 35 or 40, but many patients now begin showing the first signs much earlier — often between the ages of 18 and 25. "The hair follicle is a small but highly complex structure within the body. Stress, chronic illnesses, harmful habits and other negative factors can trigger a genetically predisposed process much earlier than it would begin naturally,” surgeon Vladimir Orlovsky explained.

Your torso is more than just visible abs. It is your biological axis. Every movement — whether it is a powerful uppercut or lifting a grocery bag — starts here. The more stable your core is, the more efficiently your muscles work. When the core is weak, the body's kinetic chain breaks down. You waste energy while overloading your joints and spine. It is time to reinforce the foundation. Anatomy of Strength: What You Really Need to Train Forget endless crunches. Core muscles form a complex system. They include the obliques, the rectus abdominis, and the deep transverse abdominal muscle. The muscles of the back, from the pelvis to the shoulder girdle, also belong to this system. Together, they create a muscular corset that supports internal organs and stabilizes the spine. "You cannot run electricity through a broken circuit,” physiologists say. If the center is weak, the power generated by the legs will never transfer properly into the arms.

The redrawing of electoral districts, or gerrymandering, in the United States is reaching unprecedented levels. After the Supreme Court’s late-April ruling changed electoral rules and curtailed minority rights, Republicans have stepped up efforts to dismantle majority-Black districts, especially in the South, though the strategy extends to states beyond that region.

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The financialization of the American electoral process is well documented. Now two key progressive legislators are proposing a new law to do something about it. 

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Democratic Rep. Summer Lee (PA-12) introduced the Abolish Super PACs Act on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. It’s a measure they say will eliminate one the primary ways billionaires funnel cash into elections: super PACs. The bill would limit donations to super PACs to $5,000 for both individuals and corporations.

“Today, the average American gets one vote. Billionaires, however, through their super PACs, can spend unlimited amounts of money to elect the candidates of their choice and to defeat candidates who stand up for working families or a just foreign policy,” Sanders said. 

The measure is necessary, Lee said, to save a democratic process that is under strain from unlimited sums of money poured into elections by billionaires and corporations. 

“Our bill would ensure that millionaires, billionaires, corporations, corporate interests, special interests would no longer be able to get around the guardrails, the limitations that everyday individuals like you and I have,” Lee said. 

A super PAC, or political action committee, is an entity that can currently raise unlimited donations from individuals, corporations, and unions. It can spend that money to independently support or oppose candidates, including through advertising and other election-related expenditures. 

Candidates cannot formally coordinate with a super PAC. But that limitation is often skirted, leaving the wealthiest Americans with disproportionate influence over electoral outcomes.

Both Sanders and Lee pointed to the fallout from the Supreme Court’s Citizens United v. FEC decision in 2010 as a key motivator to overhaul current election laws sooner rather than later. Since the controversial ruling opened the door for unlimited outside spending on elections, corporations and billionaires have turned to super PACs to unleash a barrage of spending. 

“I don’t want people to think this is just another issue. It is a more important issue,” Sanders said at the press conference announcing the bill. 

“We are the only major country on earth not to guarantee healthcare. Why is that? You think it may have something to do with the power of the pharmaceutical industry and insurance companies who spend millions of dollars making sure we don’t move to a Medicare for All system?”

“This is an issue that touches on every single issue facing working people in this country,” said Sanders.

Billionaire Elon Musk used his America PAC to pour roughly $288 million into Trump’s and other Republlicans 2024 presidential campaign. 

The Abolish Super PACs Act comes as a smaller and wealthier group of donors fund a growing proportion of campaign spending. The New York Times reported that just 300 billionaires and their families accounted for 19% of all federal campaign spending in the US in 2024, much of it funneled through Super PACs. Before the Citizens United ruling, contributions from billionaires made up only 0.3%.

“It corrupts, it discourages, I call it functionally disenfranchising the political process from every aspect, from every angle,” Lee said.