Christian Science Monitor Why has Jackson, Miss., been labeled ‘the fattest city’ in the US?Christian Science MonitorThe top 20 cities on the list are all in the southern United States, with Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue coming in at the bottom. Monitor’s Best: Top 5. Hawaii’s Beth Fukumoto is quitting the GOP. Whose defection is it? Could a Moore’s … Read more
(Natural News) In just a few short days, Revolution for Truth will be holding a national call-in day for vaccine safety and reform, which aims to get as many people as possible to contact both Congress and President Trump to urge support for the establishment of an independent vaccine safety commission. This call-in day is… … Read more
(Natural News) Bees are facing life-threatening challenges such as habitat loss and the use of bee-killing pesticides and herbicides. Many bee species are declining at such a worrying rate that if we don’t act fast, we could lose one of the world’s most important pollinators. Honey Nut Cheerios manufacturer General Mills came up with an… … Read more
Washington Post Outlook good as formerly conjoined twins leave NY hospitalWashington PostVALHALLA, N.Y. — Formerly conjoined twins from the Dominican Republic have left a New York hospital two months after surgery to separate them. Ballenie and Bellanie Camacho were released Friday from Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital in Valhalla, north …Parents rejoice as their formerly conjoined twin … Read more
WBUR A Friend Dies As Scientists Ponder: Just How Preventable Are Most Cancers?WBURIn this 2016 photo, a Chinese doctor Peng Limei looks at a CT scan of a lung cancer patient. (Andy Wong/AP). This story is part of our “This Moment In Cancer” series. Sign up here to get series updates in your inbox. A … Read more
Huffington Post Mom Who Beat Cancer While Pregnant Dies A Day After Giving BirthHuffington PostA mother who beat cervical cancer twice, including once while pregnant, died of heart failure one day after giving birth to twins. Jamie Snider, of Fresno, California, gave birth to twins Camila and Nico on March 16. During the pregnancy, Snider … Read more
KING5.com Virginia doctor believes he found cure for sepsisKING5.comNORFOLK, Va. (WVEC) — A critical-care physician at Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS) believes he found a simple, inexpensive cure for sepsis. Sepsis is a condition that leads to multiple organ failure. It is estimated that nearly 8 million people …Doctor says improvised ‘cure’ for sepsis has … Read more
Orlando Sentinel Medical marijuana doctors gain approvals, await next stepsOrlando SentinelDr. Raphael Bones of Prixus Medical talks about his role in certifying patients for medical cannabis treatment, Thursday, March 23, 2017. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel). Orlando Sentinel. Privacy Policy. More than 600 Florida physicians, including 32 …Marijuana organizations given green light on political donationsChicago Sun-TimesRegulating marijuana … Read more
NBC Bay Area Almost 1M Pounds of Breaded Chicken RecalledWebMDMarch 24, 2017 — Concerns over the possibility of bits of metal in its product has led OK Food, Inc., to recall almost a million pounds of breaded chicken from the market. A notice posted on the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) website …OK … Read more
Daily Mail CancerLocator Tool Aims to Non-Invasively Diagnose Cancer, Pinpoint Tissue of OriginGenomeWebNEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – Researchers have developed an approach to glean whether blood samples contain tumor DNA and in which tissue that tumor, if present, is located. The approach, called CancerLocator, detects circulating cell-free DNA and uses …Computer program developed to diagnose and locate … Read more