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A |     WASHINGTON -- Millions of Social Security recipients will get a 3.2% increase in their benefits in 2024, far less than this year's historic boost and reflecting moderating consumer prices.The cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, means the average recipient will receive more than $50 more every month beginning in January, the Social Security Administration said Thursday. The AARP estimated that increase at $59 per month. “This will help millions of people keep up with expenses,” said Kilolo Kijakazi, Social Security’s acting commissioner.About 71 million people — including retirees, disabled people and children — receive Social Security benefits. Thursday's announcement follows this year’s 8.7% benefit increase, brought on by record 40-year-high inflation, which pushed up the price of consumer goods. With inflation easing, the next annual increase is markedly smaller.“Compared to last year's 8.7% increase, this is going to feel small and the perception is that its not keeping up with the inflation and the higher costs that retirees are still seeing,” said Martha Shedden, president of the National Association of Registered Social Security Analysts.On top of that, an anticipated increase in Medicare premiums for 2024 will eat into the Social Security cost-of-living bump.Medicare hasn’t announced the increase for traditional Medicare, but said the cost of Medicare Advantage plans is expected to remain stable.Still, senior advocates applauded the annual Social Security adjustment.“Retirees can rest a little easier at night knowing they will soon receive an increase in their Social Security checks to help them keep up with rising prices,” AARP CEO Jo Ann Jenkins said. “We know older Americans are still feeling the sting when they buy groceries and gas, making every dollar important." Social Security is financed by payroll taxes collected from workers and their employers. The maximum amount of earnings subject to Social Security payroll taxes will be $168,600 for 2024, up from $160,200 for 2023. Retirees whose sole income comes from Social Security are not subject to taxes on that income.Nancy Altman, president of Social Security Works, an advocacy group for the social insurance program, said that the COLA is a “reminder of Social Security’s unique importance" and that “Congress should pass legislation to protect and expand benefits.”However, the program faces a severe financial shortfall in the coming years.The annual Social Security and Medicare trustees report released in March said the program’s trust fund will be unable to pay full benefits beginning in 2033. If the trust fund is depleted, the government will be able to pay only 77% of scheduled benefits, the report said.There have been legislative proposals to shore up Social Security, but they have not made it past committee hearings.A March poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that most U.S. adults are opposed to proposals that would cut into Medicare or Social Security benefits, and 79% of people polled said they oppose reducing the size of Social Security benefits.The Social Security Administration is still without a permanent leader. President Joe Biden in July nominated former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley to lead the agency.The COLA is calculated according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Price Index, or CPI. But there are calls for the agency to instead use a different index, the CPI-E, which measures price changes based on the spending patterns of the elderly, like health care, food and medicine costs.Any change to the calculation would require congressional approval. But with decades of inaction on Social Security and with the House at a standstill after the ouster of Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., seniors and their advocates say they don’t have confidence any sort of change will be approved soon. The cost of living adjustments will have a big impact on people like Alfred Mason, an 83-year-old Louisiana resident. Mason said that “any increase is welcomed, because it sustains us for what we are going through.”As inflation is still high, he said, anything added to his income “would be greatly appreciated.”。

B |     胶质母细胞瘤是一种侵略性的癌症，五年内的存活率只有5%。它的治疗方法通常是通过手术切除肿瘤，然后进行放疗或化疗来清除任何剩余的细胞。

C | 不幸的是，这种癌症经常以对这些治疗有抵抗力的形式复发。

D | 但在一项新研究中，斯坦福大学的科学家们开发了一种创伤性较小的方法来治疗脑瘤，在小鼠的测试中，这种方法大大增加了生存时间。只需每天进行15分钟的治疗，持续15天，甚至在小鼠只是做他们平常的事情的时候。该技术是在一种新兴的治疗各种类型癌症的方法上发挥作用，该方法涉及将纳米粒子注入肿瘤，然后触发它们升温。

E | 触发器可以采取电磁场、超声波或光的形式，由于癌细胞对热量比健康细胞更敏感，这可以在对周围组织伤害最小的情况下杀死它们。斯坦福大学的新设备被设计为植入皮肤和颅骨之间，并在开启时发出红外光。由黄金制成的星形纳米粒子通过颅骨上的一个小孔被注入脑瘤，来自该设备的红外光将它们加热到5°C之多。经过几轮这样的治疗，癌细胞被成功杀死。该团队说，调整红外能量的功率以及光的波长可以使他们针对不同大小的肿瘤和大脑内的不同位置。在对小鼠的测试中，科学家们发现这种治疗方法能够减少大脑中的癌细胞，并大大延长动物的寿命--平均来说，是未接受治疗的小鼠生存时间的三倍。当化疗被添加到这个组合中时，小鼠的存活时间甚至更长。尽管到目前为止这项研究看起来很有希望，但当然很难将其结果推及到人类。但该团队希望扩大该设备的规模，以用于人类患者，作为对抗这种致命癌症形式的另一种武器。该研究发表在《自然-纳米技术》杂志上。

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