WBUR Morning Sickness Pill Gets Second Look From Persistent ResearchersWBURMorning sickness treatments range from steady consumption of dry crackers to a pill not much better than a placebo. (Getty Images). A Canadian doctor who is opposed to a widely used drug for morning sickness has fired another volley. Writing in the …Morning sickness drug’s efficacy … Read more
CIDRAP US flu activity shows steady riseCIDRAPWith the holidays winding down, flu activity gained steadily last week, according to today’s FluView from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The H3N2 influenza A subtype accounted for the majority (93.5%) of these cases, the CDC …Flu cases hit US coastal cities hard, particularly NYCUSA TODAYThat cold … Read more
Bloomington Pantagraph Local doctors support new peanut-allergy guidelinesBloomington PantagraphBLOOMINGTON — Feeding babies peanut-containing foods at a younger age is a good way to reduce the odds of them becoming allergic to peanuts, Bloomington-Normal doctors agreed Friday. An allergist and pediatrician sided with landmark federal …New advice: Peanuts in baby’s diet can prevent scary allergyCNSNews.comMarion Nestle on … Read more
The Cannabist I made my autistic son cannabis cookies. They saved him.The CannabistMarie Myung-Ok Lee, with her husband and their son at age 12. “At age 9, my son became the youngest person with a medical-marijuana license in Rhode Island,” the author writes. (Dean Jacoby, Washington Post) …Doctors say patients want medical marijuana, but few are … Read more
Fox News Family plans to sue after 9-year-old dies following routine tonsillectomyFox NewsA Detroit family is demanding answers after their 9-year-old daughter died within hours of having a tonsillectomy— the third most common childhood procedure, with 530,000 operations performed per year. The Detroit News reported that Sonia Gambrell …Girl, 9, DIES just 4 hours after getting … Read more
CNN US cancer deaths down 25% since 1991, report saysCNN(CNN) Cancer remains the second leading cause of death in the United States. Still, there’s reason for hope: Overall, the death rate from all cancers fell 25% between its peak in 1991 and 2014, the most recent year for data, according to a report from …US … Read more
Medscape Top US Cancer Center Cuts 1000 StaffMedscapeThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston is cutting its staff by about 1000 people, including 800 to 900 layoffs, and the rest via retirement and other forms of attrition, center officials announced today. No doctors or clinical …MD Anderson cutting staff by 1000 workers … Read more
The Boston Globe New advice: Peanuts in baby’s diet can prevent scary allergyThe Boston GlobeWASHINGTON — New parents, get ready to feed your babies peanut-containing foods — starting young lowers their chances of becoming allergic. The National Institutes of Health issued new guidelines Thursday saying most babies should regularly eat …Dr. Richard Besser Breaks Down New … Read more
(NaturalNews) If you thought a $5 cup of coffee from Starbucks was expensive, maybe you’ve never had a $100 cup of civet coffee – the rarest and most expensive coffee in the world. Civet coffee is derived from normal coffee beans, but the beans are first digested and excreted by palm civets, a mongoose-like creature… … Read more
(NaturalNews) “When did the future switch from being a promise to being a threat?” ― Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters (Article by John W. Whitehead, republished by rutherford.org) Despite our best efforts, we in the American police state seem to be stuck on repeat, reliving the same set of circumstances over and over and over again:… … Read more