This year has seen a record number of cases of a mysterious paralyzing illness in children, U.S. health officials said Monday. It’s still not clear what’s causing the kids to lose the ability to move their face, neck, back, arms or legs. The symptoms tend to occur about a week after the children had a […]
Terrifying “superbug” tears through maternity hospital
Romanian authorities say the number of babies diagnosed with a drug-resistant superbug at a maternity hospital in the capital has risen to 39. Raluca Alexandru, spokeswoman for Giulesti Maternity hospital, closed Nov. 30 due to the outbreak, on Monday said tests have confirmed the latest figure. It is triple the number of newborns diagnosed with […]
SAD! U.S. life expectancy declines
Suicides and drug overdoses pushed up U.S. deaths last year, and drove a continuing decline in how long Americans are expected to live. Overall, there were more than 2.8 million U.S. deaths in 2017, or nearly 70,000 more than the previous year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday. It was the most […]
More adults turn to yoga and meditation for health benefits
If you can do a downward-facing dog, you’re among the increasing numbers of Americans doing yoga. A new report says more adults — and even kids — are practicing yoga and meditation. A government survey conducted last year found 14 percent of adults said they had recently done yoga, and the same percentage had recently […]
More Energy in 33 Minutes? (AMAZING!)
[sponsored] It’s happened to all of us. You’re exhausted… struggling to get a good night’s sleep… yet you’re groggy and out of focus all day. And to top it all off… you’re gaining weight, too. But when you tell your mainstream doc, he just shrugs and tells you these symptoms are just a “normal part […]
Deadly shooting at Chicago hospital Monday started over…
An argument outside a Chicago hospital turned deadly when a man pulled out a gun and killed an emergency room doctor whom he knew, then ran into the hospital and fatally shot a pharmacy assistant and a police officer, authorities said. The attacker also died Monday but it was not clear if he took his […]
Health officials: Record number of tick bites reported in 2017
U.S. health officials say a record number of tick-borne diseases were reported last year. The 2017 tally of more than 59,000 cases is a 22 percent increase from the previous year. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the numbers Wednesday. Lyme disease accounted for nearly three-quarters of the illnesses. That’s about 43,000 cases. […]
14 people fall ill after carbon monoxide leak at Tennessee hotel
Officials say a carbon monoxide leak at a Tennessee hotel has sickened more than a dozen people. News outlets reported the Nashville Fire Department was called out to the downtown Westin hotel on Wednesday morning. The Nashville Fire Department tweeted that six of the 14 people sickened were transported to a hospital. The agency said […]
[Health alert] FDA is redefining “healthy” snacks
Pizza bagels, chewing gum and bottled water want to play a starring new role in our diets: Foods that can be called healthy. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is revamping its definition of healthy to reflect our changing understanding of nutrition science. The push is fueling debate about eating habits and what the new […]
Trump drops the hammer on “unfair” drug prices
Less than two weeks before the midterm elections, President Donald Trump has announced a plan to lower prices for some prescription drugs. The president explained it would stop unfair practices that force Americans to pay much more than people in other countries for the same medications. “We are taking aim at the global freeloading that […]
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