Month: July 2017

Washington Post Zion, the world’s youngest double hand transplant recipient, can now swing a baseball batWashington PostIn 2015, Zion Harvey became known to the public as the youngest person in the world to go through a successful bilateral hand transplant. Zion, who was 8 at the time, captured hearts with his upbeat attitude toward life … Read more

North Wright County Today Maple Lake Family in Mourning after Infection Kills One Child, Hospitalizes AnotherNorth Wright County TodayA popular farm west of Wright County is in the spotlight after the two children were hospitalized. One of them has since died. July 19, 2017 By Mike Schoemer. A Maple Lake family – the mother a … Read more

HuffPost Colorado’s Marijuana Tax Revenue Now Exceeds Half A Billion DollarsHuffPostThe funds have been put to a wide range of uses, such as rebuilding infrastructure. By Ryan Grenoble. DENVER ― These days, cannabis is Colorado’s cash crop. (Ciao, corn!) In the three-and-a-half years since the state began allowing adults to purchase …Colorado’s government raking in cash … Read more

Fox News NJ doctor charged in drug ring wrote thousands of bogus opioid prescriptionsFox NewsNewark, N.J. – New Jersey authorities arrested an internist for allegedly writing fraudulent prescriptions for tens of thousands of painkillers and anxiety pills as part of a drug dealing ring, the state attorney general said Wednesday. Dr. Craig …NJ doctor fueled … Read more

The Verge Alabama’s mad cow had an unusual form of the diseaseThe VergeAn “atypical” form of mad cow disease has been found in an 11-year-old beef cow in Alabama. Luckily, this is the form that is not dangerous to humans, and the disease was detected before the animal was slaughtered. This is only the fifth … Read more

New York Daily News A toddler’s brain damage has been reversed over a year after near drowningNew York Daily NewsDoctors used a series of oxygen treatments, like hyperbaric oxygen therapy, to significantly reverse 2-year-old Eden Carlson’s brain damage after she fell into her family’s swimming pool in February 2016 and was in the water for … Read more

New York Post Brave animal lover fights off rabid bobcat after it attacks dogNew York PostSteve Verschoor, of Anthem, Ariz., was driving near the Anthem County Club on Monday when he spotted a throng of people. “I slowed down initially to see what everyone was standing around watching,” he told The Arizona Republic. “Then I … Read more