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The triplet lion cubs have made their public debut, just a few hundred meters from the newborn giraffe, at the Taronga Western Plains Dubbo Zoo. Key points: Three lion cubs and a giraffe cub have made their public debut at the Taronga Western Plains Zoo The lions were born in April but spend time away from the public eye to bond with their parents Giraffes born on weekends in front of zoo guests It came after a giraffe was born over the weekend in front of shocked zoo guests. The three lioness cubs were born in April but have been kept away from the public until now, in order to bond with their parents and be vaccinated. First parents Marion and Lwazi accompanied their little ones out of their cage where they quickly became the center of attention. “Guards and guests enjoyed watching her cubs climb trees and rocks, although Marion seems to be very wary as a first-time mother with these very confident cubs,” said lion watchdog Justine Powell. Lion cubs climb trees and tackle...

Exercise-based physical therapy remains in no way inferior to arthroscopic partial meniscectomy for treating degenerative meniscal tears, according to long-term data from the ESCAPE trial, suggesting physical therapy to be the preferred treatment over surgery. At the 5-year mark, the patient’s reported knee function after 16 sessions of physical therapy was not lower than that observed after surgery, with a between-group difference of 3.5 points on the International Knee Documentation Committee Subjective Form 100 points (95% CI 0.7-6). ,3, P For the surgery and exercise therapy groups, respectively, the mean improvement from baseline was 29.6 and 25.1 points at 5 years. The progression of knee osteoarthritis, assessed radiographically, was equally low between the two groups, Noorduyn’s team reported in JAMA Network Open . The main findings from the first 2 years of ESCAPE are retained in the long term. These results may inform future guideline recommendations for treating...