NBCNews.com Ohio Councilman Sparks Fury After Asking If EMS Can Stop Responding to OverdosesNBCNews.comOne question touched off a firestorm of outrage and turned an obscure Ohio city councilman into the target of anger: Is the city legally required to keep dispatching ambulances to rescue drug addicts who repeatedly overdose on opioids? Councilman Dan …As Opioid Overdoses … Read more
Los Angeles Times Americans keep having fewer babies as US birthrates hit some record lowsLos Angeles TimesThe number of births in the U.S. last year fell 1% from 2015 while the general fertility rate for women ages 15 to 44 dropped to a record low. (CaseyHillPhoto / Getty Images). By Karen KaplanContact Reporter …Preterm Birth Rates … Read more
Washington Post Her newborn kept getting sick because she was ingesting placenta, CDC saysWashington PostThe baby was born healthy and without complication in September, but then its health began to deteriorate rapidly. Doctors — scrambling to uncover the cause of the infant’s respiratory distress — transferred the baby to the neonatal intensive care …New Moms … Read more
KTVZ Algae health alert issued for parts of Lake Billy ChinookKTVZCULVER, Ore. – A health advisory for high levels of blue-green algae and the toxins they produce was issued Friday for parts of Lake Billy Chinook, located about 12 miles west of Madras in Jefferson County. The advisory boundaries are different for …Health advisory issued … Read more
Patch.com West Nile Disease Found in Rockland MosquitoesPatch.comThe first pool of mosquitoes to test positive this season for West Nile Virus in Rockland County was found earlier in June. By Lanning Taliaferro (Patch Staff) – Updated June 30, 2017 3:58 pm ET. West Nile Disease Found in Rockland Mosquitoes. NEW CITY …First Human West Nile Case … Read more
U.S. News & World Report Nevada dispensaries prepare for legal pot salesABC NewsMarijuana for sale is displayed at Reef Dispensaries, Thursday, June 29, 2017, in Las Vegas. Recreational marijuana becomes legal to buy Saturday in Nevada, but that doesn’t mean anything goes in the place where most people think anything goes.CANNABIS COUNTDOWN: Nevada gears up … Read more
Reuters Oklahoma sues opioid drugmakers; New Hampshire presses epidemic probeReutersOklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter speaks at a news conference about a lawsuit where the state accused drugmakers of misrepresenting the risks of opioid pain medications in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S., June 30, 2017. REUTERS/Heide Brandes.Oklahoma AG Sues Drug Manufacturers Over Opioid AddictionU.S. News & World … Read more
The Sun UK hospital says terminally ill baby to have ‘more time’ABC NewsThis is an undated hand out photo of Charlie Gard provided by his family, at Great Ormond Street Hospital, in London. The parents of a terminally-ill baby boy lost the final stage of their legal battle on Tuesday, June27, 2017 to take him … Read more
(Natural News) A fascinating new study published in Precision Oncology has found that a combination of three plant-based nutrients “melts away” prostate cancer cells. The study, led by University of Texas researcher Stefano Tiziani, is entitled Combinatorial treatment with natural compounds in prostate cancer inhibits prostate tumor growth and leads to key modulations of cancer… … Read more
(Natural News) In the future, will the production of meat for human consumption be grown in laboratories and not on millions of acres of ranch land? The answer is yes, say a growing number of experts, as soon as the process can be perfected. But Natural News founder/editor Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, says in… … Read more