Sunday, June 25, 2017

New York triplets get same surgery for rare skull condition and other top stories.

  • New York triplets get same surgery for rare skull condition

    New York triplets get same surgery for rare skull condition
    Three New York infants are recovering after undergoing the same surgery to treat a rare birth defect that affected their skulls. Last October Amy and Mike Howard welcomed their three sons Hunter, Jackson and Kaden. While Hunter and Jackson are ...
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  • Don't Use Sunscreen, It Could Cause Vitamin D Deficiency

    Don't Use Sunscreen, It Could Cause Vitamin D Deficiency
    A new clinical review indicates that around a billion people in the world suffer from vitamin D deficiency. This deficiency is owing to some form of disease, or because of the application of sunscreen on the body while exposed to the sun. The skin produces vitamin D compound when it comes into contact with sunlight. However, due to the growing concern of skin cancer, many people prefer applying sunscreen lotions before going out. What Causes Vitamin D Deficiency? Researchers of the study posit ..
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  • If You're Going to Go Gluten Free Don't Be Dumb About It

    If You're Going to Go Gluten Free Don't Be Dumb About It
    Gluten is incredible for its ability to piss off a diverse spectrum of people: Folks who are giving it up for a diet, folks who say it’s stupid to give up gluten, and folks with celiac disease who probably just wish they could avoid their symptoms and their gluten in peace.A team of researchers is trying to add data to the question of whether or not a gluten-free diet has health benefits, with a new study that analyzes questionnaires filled out by over a hundred thousand people. They’ve conclude..
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  • How helpful is fasting on alternate days?

    How helpful is fasting on alternate days?
    London [UK], May 3 (ANI): The two weight-loss techniques that are trending these days are alternate-day fasting or counting daily calories. A new obesity study suggests either approach can be effective for weight loss.Intermittent or alternate-day fasting requires routinely alternating between eating little or no food and then feasting in your daily diet. It has become a growing weight loss trend in the US, the UK and other regions around the world.The small study, published in the journal JAMA ..
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  • 'This isn't the end of my story'; DC woman opens up about female genital mutilation

    'This isn't the end of my story'; DC woman opens up about female genital mutilation
    Arielle Buchmann, WUSA 7:29 AM. EDT May 03, 2017 (Photo: Aisha Kamara)  WASHINGTON (WUSA9) - It's like "eating food without actually tasting any flavor." That's how a 31-year-old D.C. woman, a victim of female genital mutilation (FGM) described how sex feels to her. RELATED: How common is female genital mutilation in the US?Aisha K. Kamara may have been born in D.C., but as fate had it her story took an unimaginable turn at the tender age of nine.She remembers the day c..
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  • Manchester man wanted for possession of carfentanil

    Updated: May 2, 2017 - 11:45 PM MANCHESTER, N.H. - Police in New Hampshire are searching for a man they say at one point possessed a dangerous new drug called of carfentanil. The drug is sold as an elephant tranquilizer, but is now being cut into heroin and other drugs sold in the Manchester area. A search warrant a Preston Thorpe’s home in Manchester on April 27 turned up trace amounts of carfentanil and a small amount of marijuana. Thorpe is a 24-year-old man with brown hair, b..
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  • Death Rate Among US Blacks Down, but Disparities Persist

    Death Rate Among US Blacks Down, but Disparities Persist
    The death rate for African Americans declined substantially from 1999 to 2015, as did the overall disparity in death rates between blacks and whites, according to a new Vital Signs report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). "The bottom line is that we are cautiously optimistic. However, stark disparities persist," Leandris Liburd, PhD, MPH, associate director of the Office of Minority Health and Health Equity at the CDC, said during a press briefing. "This analysis shows..
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  • Cure for HIV moves closer as scientists snip virus from animal cells

    Cure for HIV moves closer as scientists snip virus from animal cells
    Scientists believe that replacing just 20 per cent of immune cells with the genetically altered cells would be enough to cure the disease. The team are now hoping to move to trials in primates, and eventually humans, which could begin before 2020. "The next stage would be to repeat the study in primates, a more suitable animal model where HIV infection induces disease, in order to further demonstrate elimination of HIV-1 DNA in latently infected T cells and other sanctuary sites for HIV-1, incl..
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  • New York State Health Department Faces Lawsuit From Medical Marijuana Companies

    New York State Health Department Faces Lawsuit From Medical Marijuana Companies
    The New York State Health Department proposed doubling medical marijuana companies from the current 5 to 10 in the future. However, this decision has drawn flak from the five manufacturers already operating in the state and they filed a lawsuit against the state's health department. The Lawsuit The New York Medical Cannabis Industry Association filed the lawsuit on April 27 at a court in Albany. Back in 2014, when New York State first legalized the manufacture, sale, and use of medical marijuan..
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  • Experts warn of increases in tick-borne Powassan virus

    Experts warn of increases in tick-borne Powassan virus
    Over the past decade, 75 cases have been reported in the northeastern states and the Great Lakes region, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Though no one can say how many infections will occur this year, warmer winters have led to an increased tick population, so experts predict rising tick-borne infections of many types.Everyone is at risk for Powassan: Newborns, 20-somethings, the middle-aged, the elderly and the immunocompromised. Anyone bitten by an infected tick..
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