Medical
Why do women have orgasms? Scientists might have solved the mystery
So the very existence of the female orgasm in women has always been a physiological mystery. The hormones are the same as those released during orgasm in human females, but they have nothing to do with timing of ovulation or reproduction in humans. [Full Article...]
Obama administration bungled opioid crisis response: IG report
The report outlined how the DEA, which is responsible for regulation of controlled substances, was "slow" in addressing the opioid epidemic and did not substantially restrict opioid production by drug companies until as recently as 2017, the year when overdose deaths reached record levels, while also identifying a lack of any comprehensive national strategy for dealing with the crisis. [Full Article...]
Beto Rips Buttigieg for Refusal to Support Gun Buybacks
March for Our Lives is the student-led gun control movement sparked by the high school shooting in Parkland, Florida, last year, and Giffords is the advocacy organization set up by former Arizona congresswoman Gabby Giffords, who was shot in the head during a constituent meeting in 2011. [Full Article...]
Environmental cost of formula milk should be a matter of global concern
Noting that most formula is based on powdered cows' milk, and that the average water footprint of whole cows' milk is about 940 L/kg and one kilogram of milk produces about 200 g of powdered milk, the authors estimate that the water footprint of milk powder is roughly 4,700 L/kg. [Full Article...]
Pelosi Says Impeachment Vote Is Not Inevitable
Read the full report at Fox News . Pelosi also defended her colleague Rep. Adam Schiff (D., Calif.) for reading out a parody transcript of President Donald Trump's July phone conversation with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky during a hearing. [Full Article...]
CVS pulls Zantac from shelves due to cancer risk
The FDA is continuing to evaluate whether low levels of NDMA in ranitidine pose a risk to patients. Zantac has also been recalled in the United States and Europe. Ranitidine is a Histamine-2 (H2) blocker which decreases the amount of acid formed in the stomach. The FDA has noted in earlier related statements that a number of "manufacturers have chosen to stop distribution of ranitidine as a pr... [Full Article...]
At least 11 people have died from a rare mosquito-borne illness
But so far this year about 30 cases have been reported nationwide, and a pair of deaths this week brings the number of 2019 EEE fatalities up to 11, highlighting continuing risks associated with the mosquito-borne illness . The sickness may then advance to bewilderment, seizures, or trance like state. This year, cases have been reported in Michigan, Tennessee, North Carolina, Massachusetts , Rh... [Full Article...]
Associated lung injury may be caused by toxic chemical fumes, study finds
They found that none of the cases had evidence of lipoid pneumonia, a rare diagnosis typically associated with people accidentally inhaling oils into their lungs. So far, 87% of the 86 people in IL and Wisconsin who got sick from vaping admitted to having used THC, but 71% also reported using nicotine-containing products. [Full Article...]