Medical
FDA, CDC eye over 200 illnesses from Del Monte veggies
However, illnesses that began after May 24 might not have been reported yet because of the time it takes between when a person becomes ill and when the illness is reported, according to the CDC . The CDC is recalling a Del Monte vegetable tray sold at Kwik Trip and Kwik Star locations after there have been 212 laboratory-confirmed cases of cyclosporiasis in people from Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin,... [Full Article...]
Scientists: All American dogs are descended from the ancestor from Siberia
Maya would be able to explain what this disease is and what it means for dogs today. Originally, American dogs didn't come from the domestication of American wolves, but from the domesticated dogs that came over with the First Peoples from Siberia and existed here for about 5,000 years until the settlers arrived with their dogs in the 15th century. [Full Article...]
Drunk seagulls have been found on beaches
Seagulls have been nursed back to health after more than a dozen birds were reported to be "drunk" like. Couper told the Somerset County Gazette that the RSPCA has treated a number of drunk seagulls from across the English county of Devon and some from the neighboring county of Dorset. [Full Article...]
Trump administration freezes Obamacare payments, citing court decision
CMS says the New Mexico court's ruling bars "CMS from collecting or making payments under the current methodology, which uses the statewide average premium". The Risk adjustment formula is a key component of Obamacare, allowing for market stabilization. The risk adjustment program plays an important role in the ACA by pooling risk for insurers, transferring funds from insurers who enroll healthi... [Full Article...]
'I'm walking': Heartwarming moment girl, 4, with cerebral palsy takes first steps
The girl was diagnosed with cerebral palsy when she was a year old. Maya had to spend 26 weeks at the ICU but her fighting spirit earned her the nickname "Mighty Miss Maya" from her family members and friends. "We expected where Maya was before surgery that it would take her at least six months to a year to get to independent steps and here we are seven weeks after", Ann Tisdale told ABC. [Full Article...]
Two million NZers will be obese by the 2030
If the mother followed following health habits then the risk of an obese child is reduced with the average of 75 percent risk. The results showed that 5.3% of the group developed obesity during a median five year follow-up period. Children of mothers who had all five low-risk factors were 75 percent less likely to be obese than children of mothers who had none of the low-risk lifestyle... [Full Article...]
Eating Nuts Can Boost Male Fertility, Study Finds
After the 14-week experiment, the men who added nuts to their diet were found to have increased their sperm count by 14 percent, their sperm vitality by four percent, and sperm movement by six percent. Nuts are dense foods containing many of these nutrients and other phytochemicals. They also had reduced DNA fragmentation, which is a measure of sperm damage. [Full Article...]
Baltimore: hospital evacuated due to tuberculosis threat
The incident initially prompted the evacuation of several buildings, but hospital officials now say no one is at risk of contracting the disease. Kim Hoppe, a spokeswoman with Johns Hopkins Medicine, said a small sample of frozen tuberculosis was "inadvertently released" in an internal bridge between two cancer research buildings that don't connect to the hospital. [Full Article...]