Month: August 2017

CNN Suicide rate hit 40-year peak among older teen girls in 2015CNN(CNN) The suicide rate among girls between the ages of 15 and 19 reached a 40-year high in 2015, according to new data from the National Center for Health Statistics. In the shorter term, the suicide rate for those girls doubled between 2007 and … Read more

BBC News Extreme weather ‘could kill up to 100000 a year’ in Europe by 2100BBC NewsExtreme weather could kill up to 152,000 people each year in Europe by 2100 if nothing is done to curb the effects of climate change, scientists say. The number is 50 times more deaths than reported now, the study in … Read more

Washington Post Doctor told to stop marketing 3-person baby techniqueWashington PostU.S. regulators on Friday warned a New York fertility doctor to stop marketing an experimental procedure that uses DNA from three people — a mother, a father and an egg donor — to avoid certain genetic diseases. The doctor, John Zhang, used the …FDA Slams Fertility … Read more

The Independent Charlie Gard medic hits out at ‘soap opera’ surrounding the court case and meddling of politiciansThe IndependentA member of the 200-strong team who helped treated terminally baby Charlie Gard at Great Ormond Street Hospital has criticised the political and religious leaders who stirred up emotions during the court battle. Eleven-month-old Charlie Gard died … Read more

MassLive.com West Nile virus found in 2 Holyoke mosquitoes: stateMassLive.com9/8/10 – SCARBOROUGH, Maine – Mosquitoes are studied at the Maine Medical Center Research Institute in Scarborough, Maine in relation to the West Nile virus in September 2010. 9/8/10 – SCARBOROUGH, Maine – Mosquitoes are studied at the Maine …Nassau resident tested positive for West Nile virusNewsdayMosquitoes … Read more

U.S. News & World Report DEA Proposes Cutting Production of Some Opioid PainkillersU.S. News & World ReportA pharmacist counts tablets of Hydrocodone at a pharmacy in Portsmouth, Ohio, June 21, 2017. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston Reuters. (Reuters) – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on Friday proposed a 20 percent reduction in the manufacture of …DEA Proposes Reducing … Read more

Detroit Free Press Legionnaires’ disease cases spike 143% in MichiganDetroit Free PressHealth officials across the state are trying to determine what’s causing a 143% increase in cases of Legionnaires’ disease, a respiratory infection that can be deadly, especially for people with weak immune systems. “In the warm months, there is an …Metro Detroit Legionnaires’ cases … Read more

NPR Your ZIP Code Might Be As Important To Health As Your Genetic CodeNPRWhen a receptionist hands out a form to fill out at a doctor’s office, the questions are usually about medical issues: What’s the visit for? Are you allergic to anything? Up to date on vaccines? But some health organizations are now asking … Read more

Los Angeles Times Here’s where experts say we should draw the line on gene-editing experiments on human embryosLos Angeles TimesA day after a blockbuster report that researchers had edited harmful genetic mutations out of human embryos in an Oregon lab, an international group of genetics experts urged scientists against taking the next step. A panel … Read more