Medical
Mosquito in Wilmington tests positive for West Nile virus
Eileen de Villa, Toronto's medical officer of health, said in a news release Tuesday. It has been confirmed as the first human case of West Nile in Toronto in 2019 and it serves a reminder to always take the proper precautions. In addition to wearing long sleeves and long trousers and using bug repellent, the CDC also recommends controlling mosquitoes inside and outside your home by putting sc... [Full Article...]
Cuccinelli rewrites Statue of Liberty poem to make case for limiting immigration
Acting Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Ken Cuccinelli is under fresh fire on Tuesday after telling NPR in an interview that the famous words engraved on the U.S. Proponents of the Trump administration's move say it protects American taxpayers' interests and promotes self-sufficiency. Immigrant rights groups strongly criticized the changes, warning the rules would scare ... [Full Article...]
Man’s missing dentures found stuck in throat 8 days after surgery
Doctors at the Great Yarmouth hospital believed it was a respiratory infection and side effects from having a tube in his throat during surgery, and prescribed antibiotics and steroids. Eventually a diagnostic procedure identified a semicircular object lying across his vocal cords, which had caused internal blistering and swelling. [Full Article...]
Ebola outbreak: Scientists believe they've found life-saving drug according to study results
Scientists were a step closer to a cure for Ebola on Monday after two of four drugs in a clinical trial were found to significantly increase survival rates, the USA health authority co-funding the research said. But it is dwarfed by the West African epidemic of 2014-16, which affected 28,616 people mainly in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. The trial, which started in November a year ago, i... [Full Article...]
Trump Bragged About Rally Size While Visiting El Paso Hospital
Police in riot gear kept watch. "Then you had this insane Beto, Beto had like 400 people in a parking lot and they said his crowd was wonderful", Trump said prompting laughter from the surrounding group. "As you know, we left Ohio". Trump noted that the Dayton gunman's social media accounts showed Connor Betts had left-wing political views, supporting Democratic presidential contenders Bernie... [Full Article...]
Drinking too much coffee may be trigger for migraines
Each patient had an average of five migraines a month, 66% had one to two servings of caffeinated beverages a day, and 12% had three or more servings a day. However, more research is needed to confirm these findings, study author Suzanne Bertisch, M.D., M.P.H., said in a statement . So, while coffee is your go-to beverage nearly every day, beyond 3 cups can give you bouts of headache. [Full Article...]
President Trump Visits Affected Shooting Areas in Dayton and El Paso
Later on Wednesday, Trump will visit the Texas city of El Paso , on the border with Mexico , where 22 people were killed at a Walmart store on Saturday by a 21-year-old man who had posted an anti-immigrant " manifesto " online. During his visit to the hospital where numerous victims are being treated, the president praised medical staff for their response to the shooting saying, "They're t... [Full Article...]
Plant-based diets can help consumers improve heart health
The new study is published in the Journal of the American Heart Association . To see how plant-based foods can improve consumers' heart health, the researchers monitored over 10,000 participants between 1987 through 2016, none of which had any kind of heart disease at the start of the study. [Full Article...]