Medical
Former CDC head Tom Frieden accused of sex abuse
The woman is said to have reported the incident to police in July, and the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office interviewed her and found the claim to be credible. Frieden is expected to be arraigned on Friday afternoon. After leaving government past year, Frieden became the president of Resolve to Save Lives, an effort by the non-profit health organization Vital Strategies to improve public health... [Full Article...]
Irish women having three alcoholic drinks a day
While in 2016, drinking alcohol was the seventh leading risk factor for premature death and disease, in people aged 15-49 years old, alcohol was the leading risk factor, with nearly four per cent of deaths in women and 12.2 per cent of deaths in men attributable to alcohol. [Full Article...]
Harvard professor calls coconut oil "Pure Poison", but is it really?
She said that the saturated fatty acid in coconut oil raises the levels of LDL cholesterol, which eventually elevates the risk of cardiovascular disease . According to the New York Post, "The American Heart Association advised against consuming too much of it in June 2017, after a study found that all saturated fats - regardless of the source - are damaging to heart health". [Full Article...]
New guidelines for cervical cancer screenings
For women aged 21-29, it is still recommended that a pap smear is performed once every three years. But there's another option. HPV causes the vast majority of cervical cancer cases, according to the National Cancer Institute , which makes HPV testing an effective preventative measure. [Full Article...]
Coconut oil is pure poison: Harvard professor
Now we all have to think twice about coconut oil. Nutritionists also suggest to contain the usage of coconut oil for food intake to bare minimum. After being worshipped as the "holy grail" product for skin, hair and even health for years, this oil came under fire after the American Heart Association issued an advisory regarding the same in 2017. [Full Article...]
Researchers Big Discovery May Change The Way Blood Transfusions Are Done
But with only 6.6 percent of the U.S. population carrying O-negative blood - and less than 10 percent of all Americans donating - blood banks are often in short supply. "With metagenomics , you take all of the organisms from an environment and extract the sum total DNA of those organisms all mixed up together", so he was able to determine the best candidate. [Full Article...]
Test positive for West Nile virus
DPH says a 68-year-old New Castle County man was hospitalized back in July due to illness, and remains hospitalized due to underlying health conditions unrelated to the virus. "The few cases of West Nile virus diagnosed in the United Kingdom have been due to insect bites overseas and the risk of contracting the infection in this country is low". [Full Article...]
Your office could be harming your health
A new study of U.S. government employees has now shown that these open plan offices can increase employee physical activity by up to 20 percent compared to those who worked within walled cubicles. Their activity was 32 percent higher compared to those who worked from private offices found the survey. On the whole, the study found men to be more active than women. [Full Article...]