Month: August 2017

Forbes More Than Papayas – And What You Need To Know About Salmonella And Food OutbreaksForbesThe CDC expanded its warning to not eat Maradol papayas imported from the Carica de Campeche farm in Mexico today, after three more states reported illnesses. HLB Specialties. Unripened Maradol papayas. The papayas are sold under the brand names …Deadly salmonella … Read more

Forbes Southwest Airlines Employee Goes Extra Miles To Help Cancer PatientForbesPictured here are Southwest airlines planes on the tarmac at Chicago’s Midway Airport. (Photo: KAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images). Good customer service makes a big difference…especially for those struggling with major health problems. Here’s what …Airline worker tracks down cancer patient’s bag, delivers itABC NewsMom Battling Cancer Thanks … Read more

National Review Teen-Pregnancy Prevention Programs Are Largely IneffectiveNational ReviewThis summer, the mainstream media have lobbed a considerable amount of criticism at the Trump administration for cutting funding to the Teen Pregnancy Prevention (TPP) Program. This program began during the Obama administration and is funded by the …Programs That Fight Teenage Pregnancy Are at Risk of Being … Read more

Washington Post A sleeping mother suffocated her newborn in the maternity ward. Now she’s suing the hospital.Washington PostMonica Thompson had given birth to her first child, a baby boy, and was almost ready to take him home from the hospital. It was nearly midnight one Sunday in the summer of 2012 when Thompson, who had … Read more

FierceBiotech What’s next after CRISPR clears hurdle in quest to transplant pig organs into humans?FierceBiotechTransplanting animal organs into humans is an attractive approach, but the risk of immune rejection or catching a virus from the organ has been a significant roadblock. eGenesis used CRISPR to address the latter concern. Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn …Gene Editing Spurs … Read more

Washington Post One in eight American adults are alcoholics, study saysWashington PostA new study published in JAMA Psychiatry this month finds that the rate of alcohol use disorder, or what’s colloquially known as “alcoholism,” rose by a shocking 49 percent in the first decade of the 2000s. One in eight American adults, or 12.7 percent … Read more

CNN 5 deaths reported while using weight loss balloon treatment, FDA saysCNNFive people who were using an obesity treatment that places balloons inside their stomachs have died since 2016, according to the US Food and Drug Administration. Four of the deaths involved people using the Orbera Intragastric Balloon System and one …FDA: 5 deaths tied to … Read more