NPR Aetna Mailer Accidentally Reveals HIV Status Of Up To 12000 CustomersNPRA photo provided by the AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania shows an Aetna mailer in which a reference to HIV medication is partly visible though the envelope window. AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania hide caption. toggle caption. AIDS Law Project of …Aetna envelopes reveal customers’ … Read more
KOMO News Rabid bat found in Seattle neighborhoodKOMO NewsKing County Public Health is issuing a warning after a rabid bat was discovered in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood. (Photo courtesy: King County Public Health). AA. SEATTLE – King County Public Health is issuing a warning after a rabid bat was …Rabid bat found in Ballard neighborhoodseattlepi.comRabid bat … Read more
NPR Is The Secret To A Healthier Microbiome Hidden In The Hadza Diet?NPRThe words “endangered species” often conjure up images of big exotic creatures. Think elephants, leopards and polar bears. But there’s another of type of extinction that may be occurring, right now, inside our bodies. Yes, I’m talking about the …Gut microbes found in … Read more
MedPage Today Lowering Nicotine in Cigarettes Could Help Most VulnerableMedPage TodayAn FDA proposal to reduce nicotine levels in combustible cigarettes to non-addictive levels could prove to be an especially effective smoking-cessation strategy among adults with psychiatric disorders and other highly vulnerable populations, research …Lower nicotine, less addictive cigarettes would especially benefit these peopleNew York Daily NewsFDA … Read more
Telegraph.co.uk Health officials advise older people to walk fasterBBC NewsMiddle-aged people are being urged to walk faster to help stay healthy, amid concern high levels of inactivity may be harming their health. Officials at Public Health England said the amount of activity people did started to tail off from the age of 40 …6 million … Read more
CareSource will cover final county without an ACA option in 2018Healthcare DiveCareSource announced Thursday it will cover the last county at risk for no for Affordable Care Act (ACA) plans in 2018. CareSource will offer health insurance plans in Paulding County, Ohio, which the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) said was the only … and more » … Read more
CBS News High school friendships might predict future mental well-beingCBS NewsMany teens may feel like being popular is the ultimate goal in high school, but the lasting benefits of having a few close friends appear to outweigh those of having lots of superficial ones. That’s the takeaway from a new study that finds the types … Read more
New Haven Register West Nile virus found in human-biting mosquito, detected in 20 townsNew Haven RegisterNEW HAVEN >> The risk of people contracting West Nile virus may be rising, as a mosquito species that is more likely to bite humans has been found to carry the disease, according to Philip Armstrong, medical entomologist at the … Read more
ABC Action News Hospital cited in death of boy placed under heating blanketWashington PostHERSHEY, Pa. — The Health Department has cited a Pennsylvania hospital in the death of a 6-year-old boy whose temperature topped 107 degrees (41.7 Celsius) while he was under a special heating blanket. The state Health Department says that there …Penn ethicist proposes … Read more
(Natural News) It’s absurd that anyone can be a socialist after seeing its perfect record of horror, the latest example being Venezuela. Perhaps people simply aren’t well-informed about poverty being the inevitable result of socialist policies. (Article by Tom Knighton republished from Pjmedia.com) Well … maybe they actually are: Uh oh. Someone asked Ami Horowitz, who made the… … Read more