CNBC Chances of passing Obamacare replacement bill improve amid talk of changes to plan, as House awaits CBO scoreCNBCThe odds of getting an Obamacare replacement bill passed by the House of Representatives improved late Wednesday as the White House reportedly offered to tweak the plan by getting rid of the set of minimum benefits health … Read more
Reuters Children in Fresno, California have three times the rate of lead poisoning as the children in FlintQuartzFlint, Michigan put lead poisoning on the map for many. But the midwestern city is far from an outlier. Children in thousands of places in the US are plagued by high blood levels of lead—and a new report … Read more
The Daily Chronic Illinois General Assembly to Consider Ending Marijuana Prohibition, Regulating and Taxing Marijuana for Adult UseThe Daily ChronicSPRINGFIELD, IL — State lawmakers introduced legislation Wednesday that would end marijuana prohibition in Illinois and establish a system in which marijuana is regulated and taxed for adult use. The Senate bill, SB 316, is sponsored … Read more
NPR Pharmacy Owner Acquitted Of Murder In Meningitis Outbreak That Caused 64 DeathsNPRThe owner of a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy was acquitted on 25 counts of second-degree murder, but guilty of racketeering and fraud in the 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak that killed 64 people and hurt more than 700. A jury found Barry Cadden, …Pharmacist convicted of … Read more
The Boston Globe Sperm count via smartphone? Yes, it’s a thing.The Boston GlobeWalk through the family-planning aisle of any pharmacy, and you’ll fine a preponderance of options for a woman seeking to sort out her fertility status. From ovulation kits to pregnancy tests, the available offerings are a blunt representation of the …Want to examine … Read more
Fox News Boy with skin disorder finds best friend in dog with same conditionFox NewsAn 8-year-old Arkansas boy and a 14-year-old dog in Oregon diagnosed with the same skin condition met for the first time this weekend, after an anonymous donor saw a news report on their online friendship and offered to help. Carter Blanchard … Read more
TIME The Benefits of Being an Older MotherTIMEThe baby-making dictum is about as old as childbearing itself: Have your children while you’re young; they’re healthier, you’re healthier, everyone’s happier. Maybe, but a growing body of work is showing that while the dangers of later-life …Older mothers are better mothers, study suggestsThe Independent all 11 news … Read more
Mirror.co.uk Face of Cambridge man brought to life 700 years after his deathThe GuardianThe man’s skull, found in a burial site below St John’s College, and a reconstruction of how he may have looked. Photograph: Chris Rynn/University of Dundee. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share via Email; View more sharing options; Share … Read more
(Natural News) Every government in the world today is founded on a “big lie” that you’re about to see explained below. This is true regardless of party affiliation, nationality or era in which the government operates. All governments — past, present and future — are founded on this “big lie,” without exception. What is this… … Read more
(Natural News) While you’d be hard pressed to find anyone willing to use a known herbicide for medicinal purposes, that hasn’t stopped Monsanto from patenting the star ingredient of their flagship herbicide, Roundup, as a type of antibiotic. In 2003, the corporate giant first submitted a patent for glyphosate as a parasitic control-type antimicrobial agent… … Read more