Health experts are warning seniors and families with young children living in the Pacific Northwest to be careful in the next few days — the coming heatwave could be dangerous. Children splashed about as adults dipped their toes in Portland fountains seeking relief from a heat wave that’s baking a… Read More
Too far? Scientists adjust DNA in unborn baby
Altering human heredity? In a first, researchers safely repaired a disease-causing gene in human embryos, targeting a heart defect best known for killing young athletes – a big step toward one day preventing a list of inherited diseases. In a surprising discovery, a research team led by Oregon Health and… Read More
Report: Trump plans HUGE healthcare shift this week
President Donald Trump is growing increasingly frustrated that Senate Republicans can’t get their act together and repeal and replace Obamacare. But he’s expected to take action this week that will force Congress to finally make a decision. The White House is insisting that the Senate resume efforts to repeal and… Read More
Sick U.K. baby, Charlie Gard, dies
Charlie Gard, the critically ill British baby at the center of a contentious legal battle that attracted the attention of Pope Francis and U.S. President Donald Trump, died Friday, according to a family spokeswoman. He would have turned 1 next week. Charlie suffered from a rare genetic disease, mitochondrial depletion… Read More
Could this be the future of childbirth?
For the first time in the United States, scientists have edited the genes of human embryos, a controversial step toward someday helping babies avoid inherited diseases. The experiment was just an exercise in science – the embryos were not allowed to develop for more than a few days and were… Read More
Trump bans transgenders from joining military
by Stephen Dietrich, Managing Editor President Donald Trump said Wednesday he would reverse former President Barack Obama’s decision to allow transgender people to serve in the U.S. military “in any capacity,” citing “tremendous medical costs and disruption.” The decision sent the mainstream media into a frenzy of anger. But there’s… Read More
Prayers answered! Scalise released from hospital
House Majority Whip Steve Scalise — who was critically wounded in a shooting at a baseball practice last month — has been discharged from a Washington hospital. MedStar Washington Hospital Center says the six-term Louisiana Republican was released from the hospital on Tuesday and is beginning “intensive inpatient rehabilitation.” It… Read More
90% of football players have brain disease later in life
Research on 202 former football players found evidence of a brain disease in nearly all of them, from athletes in the NFL down to high school. It’s the biggest update on chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE. The disease has been linked with repeated head blows and the results confirm that… Read More
[Prayers work!] Women gets a new kidney…and a new friend
A Massachusetts mother has a new outlook on life after receiving a kidney donation from a complete stranger. WBZ-TV reports Nicole Baltzer never thought about being a living donor. Then she read a Facebook post about a single mother with lupus who needed a new kidney. Baltzer says she remembers… Read More
Medical miracle!? Girl’s HIV in remission without drugs
A South African girl born with the AIDS virus has kept her infection suppressed for more than eight years after stopping anti-HIV medicines — more evidence that early treatment can occasionally cause a long remission that, if it lasts, would be a form of cure. Her case was revealed Monday… Read More
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