(NaturalNews) Tens of millions of people break bones every year, and many of those who do wind up with life-changing, chronic injuries. What would it be like if an injured person could simply replace a bone that, say, had been crushed and was largely irreparable? Well, we may be on the cusp of that technology,… … Read more
Fortune L’Oreal’s ‘Smart’ Hairbrush Wants to Help Solve a Huge Beauty ProblemFortuneThe French cosmetics and beauty giant this week will debut a connected smart hairbrush called the Kérastase Hair Coach at CES 2017 in Las Vegas. The device is a brush that comes with sensors that L’Oreal promises will measure the quality of a user’s … Read more
CNN Trial to begin for pharmacist linked to fungal meningitis outbreakCNN(CNN) More than 700 people in 20 states were diagnosed with fungal meningitis and other infections after receiving contaminated medication in 2012. Sixty-four patients in nine states died, making it the deadliest meningitis outbreak in US history. Now …Trials of Compounding Pharmacists Facing Murder Charges … Read more
The Boston Globe Study suggests parental obesity could put babies at risk for developmental delaysThe Boston GlobeOne more thing for new parents to fret about? According to a new study from scientists at the National Institutes of Health’s Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), offspring of obese parents could … Read more
Metro.us Is your city crawling with bed bugs?Metro.usMiniscule and blood-sucking, bed bugs are a growing public health problem in the United States. And they are a big problem in New York City and Philadelphia. Both ranked among the worst cities in the nation for bed bugs, according to an annual list by …Don’t Let the … Read more
Live Science Gut Decision: Scientists Identify New Organ in HumansLive ScienceDr. J. Calvin Coffey, a professor of surgery at the University of Limerick in Ireland, has concluded that the mesentery, which is a membrane found in the gut, is its own organ. Credit: Alan Place. A mighty membrane that twists and turns through the gut … Read more
CNN Why you shouldn’t use cotton swabs to clean your earsCNN(CNN) The doctors’ advice hasn’t changed much, but it’s still so unsatisfying: You should not use cotton swabs to clean your ears. Updated clinical guidelines published Tuesday in the journal Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery say they’re not …Earwax There to Protect Your Hearing, Doctors SayWebMDIf you … Read more
DesMoinesRegister.com Flu kills second Iowan as winter illnesses spreadDesMoinesRegister.comTwo wintertime bugs — the flu and norovirus — are ramping up in Iowa, with the flu causing its second death of the season, the state’s top public-health expert said Tuesday. Both types of virus have begun to cause outbreaks around the state. “We’re …Number of flu … Read more
Minneapolis Star Tribune Select Comfort’s new bed tracks how you sleep, and then does something about itMinneapolis Star TribuneSelect Comfort and Resound were Minnesota’s innovation winners at CES, the big tech trade show. By Patrick Kennedy Star Tribune. January 3, 2017 — 5:42pm. itemprop. Select Comfort Select Comfort unveiled a new bed that, working with … Read more
(NaturalNews) As you sit down to your various holiday feasts during the next week or so, maybe you ought to think about what’s in your food. Do you really know the chemicals and GMO ingredients, which the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) probably EVEN doesn’t know many of them due to Monsanto’s probable unreported and/or… … Read more