BGR Health vlogger eats poisonous plant on livestream, and you’ll totally believe what happens nextBGRIn the fascinating world of second-tier YouTube health vlogging, chemicals bad and plants good. Only, that doesn’t work so well when the plant in question is Agave Americana, a Mexico-dwelling poisonous plant that can easily kill a human. Don’t Miss: …Health Vlogger … Read more
Press Herald ‘Bumper crop’ of mosquitoes has Maine health officials on alertPress HeraldAn employee of All Habitat Services LLC of Branford, Conn., scoops water from a swamp in Milford, Conn., on April 17. The Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell University reports that it was the fourth-wettest spring on record from West Virginia …A new … Read more
NBCNews.com Reminders on Firework Safety During Fourth of July CelebrationsNBCNews.comSome 11,000 people are injured in fireworks accidents each year across the U.S. And it’s sparklers — which can become hot enough to melt metal — in the hands of children that are often the most dangerous. Share Video; Facebook · Twitter · E-mail; Embed. and … Read more
Washington Post 2 dead from E.coli outbreak in Utah polygamous communityWashington PostSALT LAKE CITY — Utah health authorities were investigating Monday what triggered an E.coli outbreak in a mostly-polygamous community on the Utah-Arizona border after the bacteria killed two children and sickened four others. Early indications suggest …2 children dead, 4 others treated in E. coli … Read more
CNN Heartburn drugs tied to increased risk of early death, study saysCNN(CNN) At prescription strength, proton-pump inhibitors are associated with a potential 25% increased risk of early death from any cause, suggests new research published Monday in the British Medical Journal Open. This study did not examine …Some heartburn drugs linked with increased risk of deathCBS … Read more
Medscape Infant Mortality Racial Gap Increasing in United StatesMedscapeInfant mortality rates recently increased for blacks in the United States, whereas the rates in whites continued to decline, a new study shows. The difference in mortality rate between black infants and white infants, per 1000 births, fell from 8.6 to …Progress reducing infant mortality uneven between … Read more
Washington Post Vatican hospital calls AP investigation into care a ‘hoax’Washington PostROME — When doctors and nurses at the Vatican’s showcase children’s hospital complained in 2014 that corners were being cut and medical protocols ignored, the Vatican responded by ordering up a secret in-house investigation. The diagnosis: The …The Latest: Vatican hospital says AP investigation is … Read more
USA TODAY Man behind ALS Ice Bucket Challenge hospitalizedUSA TODAYPete Frates, who inspired people around the world to dump buckets of ice over their heads to raise money for Lou Gehrig’s disease, was in a Boston hospital Monday battling the debilitating disorder. Frates, 32, was diagnosed five years ago with …Man who inspired ice bucket … Read more
(Natural News) A new study has revealed an uncomfortable sign of the times: The physical activity levels of teenagers are at an all-time low. So much so that, according to the researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, they get as much exercise as senior citizens. Led by professor Vadim Zipunnikov, the… … Read more
(Natural News) It’s shocking — and depressing — that despite an estimated 842 million starving people in different parts of the world, we are wasting as much as 20 pounds of food each month. That’s according to Ruth Litchfield, professor of food science and human nutrition at Iowa State University. “It’s a huge problem. When you… … Read more