Month: October 2017

Second Death From Flesh Eating Bacteria Infection After Hurricane Harvey Reported – Forbes

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Forbes Second Death From Flesh Eating Bacteria Infection After Hurricane Harvey ReportedForbesI cover breaking news in medicine, med tech and public health Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Tweet This. The aggressive and deadly soft tissue infection is formally referred to as necrotizing fasciitis · Necrotizing fasciitis …‘Flesh-Eating Bacteria’ Causes 2nd Death in … Read more

Narcan Opioid Overdose Spray Is Now Stocked By All Walgreens Pharmacies – NPR

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NPR Narcan Opioid Overdose Spray Is Now Stocked By All Walgreens PharmaciesNPRWith America confronting an opioid epidemic, Walgreens says it will stock naloxone spray at all of its pharmacies. Here, a man checks out an anti-overdose kit he was given at a clinic. Richard Lautens/Toronto Star via Getty Images hide caption. toggle …Walgreens to offer … Read more

Industrial agriculture terrorizes Borneo: Palm oil plantations are responsible for deforestation, fires, habitat loss, air pollution

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(Natural News) Palm oil plantations may have brought revenue into the country, but they’ve caused a multitude of problems of well. From fire-induced deforestation to shrunken orangutan populations, the environmental impact of palm oil plantations is nothing short of overwhelming. Yet a small team of researchers from the Stability of Altered Forest Ecosystems (SAFE) project… … Read more

Walgreens Stocks Narcan Opioid Overdose Spray In All Pharmacies – NPR

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NPR Walgreens Stocks Narcan Opioid Overdose Spray In All PharmaciesNPRWith America confronting an opioid epidemic, Walgreens says it will stock naloxone spray at all of its pharmacies. Here, a man checks out an anti-overdose kit he was given as the pop up clinic. Richard Lautens/Toronto Star via Getty Images hide caption.Walgreens to offer drug naloxone, … Read more

Health Ranger: Why independence science TERRIFIES the food and supplement industries (but shouldn’t)

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(Natural News) Over the last few years, Natural News has set something in motion that absolutely terrifies the food and supplement industries. What have we done that’s so frightening? We’ve started to use good science to analyze foods and supplements for heavy metals, pesticides, industrial chemicals and more. We were instrumental in accelerating the independent… … Read more

Still craving carbs? Try these 8 tricks to kick the habit

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(Natural News) A lot of comfort food contains carbohydrates such as bread, pasta, and grains. And when you’re craving some garlic bread, spaghetti carbonara, or rice pudding, it’s easy to forget that processed carbohydrates can make it harder to lose weight. Since some of these foods are processed carbohydrates and eating a lot makes your… … Read more

Contaminated chicken: Government looks at farmers, rather than processing plants, for the blame

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(Natural News) Butchers and small-scale farm shops are currently being scrutinized by the Food Standard Agency (FSA) amidst allegations that they are selling chicken contaminated with the food poisoning bacterium Campylobacter, according to a report by The Daily Mail. The FSA has determined 54 percent of chicken sold on High Street (a primary business street market… … Read more