Business Insider Can drinking a little bit help you live longer?Business InsiderA bartender prepares a beer in a bar in central Sydney in this May 11, 2009 file photo. Thomson Reuters. By Lisa Rapaport. (Reuters Health) – Having a little wine or beer to unwind most days may help lower the odds of a premature … Read more
Chicago Tribune Mosquitoes in Burr Ridge, Hinsdale test positive for West Nile virusChicago TribuneA batch of mosquitoes from a trap in Harvester Park in Burr Ridge tested positive for the West Nile virus this month. (Pioneer Press/Chicago Tribune). Kimberly FornekContact ReporterPioneer Press. Burr Ridge officials reported the DuPage County Health …Insecticide to be sprayed in Rock … Read more
New York Daily News Alternative medicine for cancer more than doubles death riskNew York Daily NewsTraditional medical treatments for cancer are more effective than alternative medicines, according to a new study. (XiXinXing/Getty Images/iStockphoto). BY Ariel Scotti. NEW YORK DAILY NEWS. Tuesday, August 15, 2017, 4:00 PM. Crystal healing stones are …Risk of dying goes up when … Read more
Albany Times Union Protect eyes to prevent vision loss during solar eclipseAlbany Times UnionOphthalmologist, Doctor Robert Schultze with Cornea Consultants of Albany, holds a model of an eye and shines an light through the lens and onto the retina as he talks about how looking at the sun without … more. Photo: PAUL BUCKOWSKI, Albany … Read more
Washington Times South Carolina sues drug manufacturer over opioid crisisABC NewsSouth Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson, left, stands next to Rep. Eric Bedingfield, whose son died last year of a drug overdose, on Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017, at his offices in Columbia, S.C. Wilson on Tuesday announced the state had sued Purdue …South Carolina files lawsuit … Read more
CNN Australian bodybuilder with rare disorder dies eating high-protein dietCNN(CNN) Meegan Hefford, a 25-year-old bodybuilder, was found unconscious on June 19 in her Mandurah, Western Australia, apartment, according to CNN affiliate Australia News 7. Days later, Hefford was pronounced dead. Only after her death did her family …Mom’s death blamed on bodybuilding supplements ahead of competitionUSA … Read more
Washington Post There’s plague in Arizona. Authorities warn of fleas that can infect people and pets.Washington PostPublic health officials in two Arizona counties are warning residents about the discovery of plague bacteria, an endemic concern among those who live in the American Southwest but unsettling, nonetheless, given the disease’s devastating impact on human …Fleas are testing … Read more
(Natural News) In November of 1737, decades before America officially declared its independence from the king of England, a young Benjamin Franklin published an essay in The Pennsylvania Gazette entitled, “On Freedom of Speech and the Press.” In it, Franklin wrote, “Freedom of speech is a principal pillar of a free government; when this support… … Read more
(Natural News) On its website, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) claims that its mission is to “protect human health and the environment.” This it promises to do in a variety of ways, including by ensuring that “all Americans are protected from significant risks to human health and the environment where they live, learn and work,”… … Read more
(Natural News) The average onshore wind turbine is a good source of energy, but the same can’t be said of their smaller cousins. To some, the smaller, cylindrical wind turbines are too inefficient to be of any real use. To others, that need not be the case. Lam Nguyen and Meredith Metzger, both mechanical engineers… … Read more