A Senate panel on Tuesday approved Dr. Robert Califf to be commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, but President Barack Obama’s nominee may face trouble. Sen. Lisa Murkowski said she will hold up a vote on the Senate floor until she has reassurances from the agency that genetically modified… Read More
Invisible threat drives away community’s residents
Laura Gideon and her family endured the sickening stench from an out-of-control natural gas leak for about a month before they could no longer tolerate the nausea, headaches and nosebleeds. After she went to the emergency room in November vomiting and with a severe migraine, Gideon, her husband and their… Read More
Whoops! Health insurer calls thousands of seniors at 3 a.m.
A Massachusetts health insurer is apologizing after sending automated phone calls to as many as 10,000 senior citizens in the wee hours of the morning. Tufts Health Plan accidentally sent the robocall between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m. Tuesday to remind patients to get their flu shots. A spokeswoman for… Read More
Football – More dangerous than previously thought?
Details of the block that knocked Ian Rice to the turf are fuzzy for him now. He remembers falling over. He remembers he couldn’t walk. That was the first sign something was seriously wrong. His father, watching his son and his Birmingham Groves High School football team from the stands,… Read More
Health experts warn about cardiac arrest signs. Here’s what to look out for
Sudden cardiac arrest may not always be so sudden: New research suggests a lot of people may ignore potentially life-saving warning signs hours, days, even a few weeks before they collapse. Cardiac arrest claims about 350,000 U.S. lives a year. It’s not a heart attack, but worse: The heart abruptly… Read More
E. Coli outbreak continues. Here’s what you need to know to stay safe.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday it is investigating a more recent batch of E. coli cases linked to Chipotle, and that it does not know yet if they are linked to a larger outbreak that began in October. To stay safe, some are saying they’re planning to… Read More
“Bad boy” pharma exec hauled away in handcuffs
He’s the enfant terrible of pharmaceuticals, a 32-year-old CEO who unapologetically raised the price of the only approved drug for a rare disease from $13.50 to $750 per pill. He’s a millionaire music aficionado who riled rap fans by buying the only known copy of an album by the Wu-Tang… Read More
[Pics] Futuristic robot legs approved for our wounded warriors
The Department of Veterans Affairs has agreed to pay for robotic legs that could allow scores of paralyzed veterans with spinal cord injuries to walk again. Veterans have been petitioning the VA to do this because many cannot afford the $77,000 needed to pay for the powered exoskeleton called the… Read More
House Republicans stop planned attack on Planned Parenthood
Republican leaders have decided to delay their funding attack until January, pushing back a House vote to unravel President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul and block federal money for Planned Parenthood. GOP leadership is hoping to increase attention on their drive against two of conservatives’ favorite targets with the delay…. Read More
Heart healthy coffee… as good as a glass of wine?
A University of New Hampshire chemist says he’s developed a coffee that provides the same benefits to the heart as red wine. The Portsmouth Herald reports Glen Miller infused Arabica coffee beans with resveratrol, the natural antioxidant found in the skins of grapes used to make red wine. Miller says… Read More
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