Medical
Former health ministers urge Ford government to halt public health cuts
Health has been seen as a nonpartisan issue - something we all support. Their open letter to the health minister, to be released Thursday, says such cuts make "no economic sense" because "much of the work that public health does is preventative". [Full Article...]
Billie Eilish advocate for Mental Health Awareness Month
Your cup of curd could help stop anxiety
Anxiety has mysterious causes and varying treatments, and the Shanghai team called for more targeted studies into how it can be helped by diet. Of the 14 studies that had used probiotics as the intervention, more than a third found them to be effective in reducing anxiety symptoms. [Full Article...]
Trump administration proposes rule that removes Obama-era transgender health care protections
The landmark Affordable Care Act passed during the Obama administration, otherwise known as Obamacare, extended civil rights protections in healthcare to gender identity and the termination of a pregnancy. Such notices often come with insurer "explanation of benefits" forms. HHS official Severino said that the Trump administration is going back to the literal text of the ACA's anti-discriminatio... [Full Article...]
Comcast is Working on an In-home Device to Track Your Health
The company's been working on the device for more than a year and is already in discussions with hospitals over the potential for shared savings (via preventing expensive emergency room visits). The device will not be a communication or assistant tool and wont' allow users to surf the web or turn lights on and off. However, Comcast assured Engadget that the product's primary feature is its mot... [Full Article...]
Poor Diet Might Raise Your Cancer Risk
The researchers looked at data from two national surveys on Americans' diets and, using a computer model, linked this with reported USA cancer cases in 2015. In actual numbers, in 2015, poor diet was associated with over 52,200 colorectal cancer cases; over 14,400 mouth, pharynx and larynx cancers; almost 3,200 uterine cancers; just over 3,000 cases of breast cancer in postmenopausal women; 2,... [Full Article...]
Health Officials Confirm Traveler With Measles Passed Through DFW Airport
The afflicted school-aged child from Somerset County, whose measles case was confirmed on Monday, was vaccinated and had no complications while the disease ran its course, the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention said. "Over the last five years, probably close to 50,000 doses of the MMR vaccine have been administered to children around the state and we've never had reports of this typ... [Full Article...]
Amid salmonella outbreak, CDC warns: Don't 'kiss or snuggle' chickens
The agency says 52 cases have been reported across 21 states since May 10, with Ohio, Missouri and Pennsylvania seeing the largest numbers. In fact, health officials say the majority of infections have been linked to backyard poultry, specifically chickens and ducklings. [Full Article...]