The Advocate Traveling With Your Pet This Holiday? Bone Voyage!The AdvocateFido would love to come along. Here are five tips to help make your job as a pet parent easier. Jamie Halper. Published 2:53 pm, Monday, December 19, 2016. Photo: Inti St. Clair | Getty Images. Image 1of/1. Caption. Close. Image 1 of 1. Photo: … Read more
The Cannabist More U.S. women report using marijuana during pregnancy, amid uncertainty on potential harmsThe CannabistStrong evidence of harms is limited, but besides low birth weights, newborns whose mothers used marijuana while pregnant may face increased risks for anemia and other problems requiring intensive care. (AAron Ontiveroz, Denver Post file) …Marijuana Use on the Rise Among … Read more
Medscape FDA Approves Rucaparib for BRCA Ovarian CancerMedscapeThe US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today granted accelerated approval to the oral therapy rucaparib (Rubraca, Clovis Oncology) for the treatment of women with advanced ovarian cancer who have received two or more prior chemotherapies and …Clovis’s ovarian cancer drug wins accelerated FDA approvalReutersPARP Inhibitor Gets FDA Nod … Read more
Channel NewsAsia Ducks culled in Bulgaria after bird flu found on three farmsReutersSOFIA More than 4,000 ducks were culled in Bulgaria over the past few days after bird flu was found on three farms, the Bulgarian food safety agency said on Monday. Some 3,150 of the ducks were from a farm in the southern village … Read more
NPR Patients Cared For By Female Doctors Fare Better Than Those Treated By MenNPRIn a study that is sure to rile male doctors, Harvard researchers have found that female doctors who care for elderly hospitalized patients get better results. Patients cared for by women were less likely to die or return to the hospital after … Read more
New York Times Pregnancy Changes the Brain in Ways that May Help MotheringNew York TimesPregnancy may help a woman’s brain “recognize the needs of her infant, to recognize social threats or to promote mother-infant bonding,” said Elseline Hoekzema, a researcher who led a recent study at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona in Spain.Pregnancy changes the … Read more
New York Times At Least 48 Dead in Russia After Drinking Scented Bath LotionNew York TimesAt least 48 people died in the Siberian city of Irkutsk after consuming bath lotion containing methanol as a cheap substitute for drinking an alcoholic beverage. By REUTERS. . Watch in Times Video ». embed. MOSCOW — At least 48 … Read more
KWTX Salmonella in a food powder plant adds up to 13 recalls (so far) of popular productsSacramento BeeWhen Publix recalled some of its pancake and waffle mix varieties over salmonella concerns from a powder supplier earlier this month, the Miami Herald warned it could be the first of many such recalls. As of Sunday morning, … Read more
(NaturalNews) I’m a fan of physicist Richard Feynman, and one of his most memorable quotes explains that “Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts.” Indeed, the “experts” of science are so often wrong that it makes their arrogance laughable, and today we have yet another example of an emerging, unexplained technology that’s… … Read more
Washington Post Ronald Reagan nearly died before he became president. The Heimlich maneuver saved him.Washington PostThe campaign plane was high above the clouds, and Ronald Reagan was turning red. It was 1976 and Reagan — he was a candidate then, making his first presidential run — had been eating peanuts and drinking a Coke. Then … Read more