Medical
Screen Time May Be Reshaping Preschoolers' Brains
From the past decade, the usage of screens in the form of TV, tablets, smartphones has increased by 90 % among children below one year of age. The results showed that children who used more than the AAP's recommended amount of screen time , of an hour a day without parental interaction, had more disorganized, underdeveloped white matter throughout the brain. [Full Article...]
US Scientists Discover First New HIV Strain Since 2000
Scientists began studying this third sample in order to map it and provide thorough evidence for a third strain, in a process described as being " like searching for a needle in a haystack ", and then " pulling the needle out with a magnet ". [Full Article...]
Any amount of running reduces risk of early death, study finds
After the results from different participant groups were compared, it was deduced that "runners had a 27 per cent lower risk of early death from any cause during the follow-up periods and a 30 per cent and 23 per cent lower risk of early death from cardiovascular problems or cancer respectively". [Full Article...]
Vaping, e-cigarettes aren't a 'gateway' to teen smoking, study says
Cuomo announced this week that New York's law raising the minimum sales age for tobacco and electronic cigarette products from 18 to 21 will go into effect on November 13. This includes about one in 17 high schoolers nationwide. It has continued to sell tobacco, menthol and mint flavors. But that in no way robs any steam from New York's much-needed new vaping law, according to Cuomo. [Full Article...]
First lady visiting cuddle program for babies born on drugs
Trump made brief remarks before hearing from the staffers, telling them that it's "so important to acknowledge and show gratitude" for the aid that BMC provides to mothers and babies affected by substance use disorder. "And so, while I'm really glad that she is learning about opioid-exposed children, we are here to send a message not to her, but to our community and to our patients, that we are he... [Full Article...]
Student: CVS workers rejected Puerto Rico ID, asked for visa - 47abc
However the junior at Purdue College met unexpected effort when a clerk asked him to veil ID at a self-service checkout. "She said I needed a visa", Payano told the Lafayette Journal & Courier . "What caused this employee to ask him for his visa?" her post read. "Needless to say my son, or any other consumer, is not obligated to disclose his immigration status to any CVS employee!" It was aft... [Full Article...]
Judge strikes down new federal abortion rule
A federal judge in Manhattan on Wednesday declared void a rule backed by the Trump administration that would make it easier for doctors and nurses to avoid performing abortions on religious or moral grounds. Plaintiffs had argued that the rule was unconstitutional because it would be discriminatory and stall access to healthcare for populations nationwide. [Full Article...]
After Kerala's Jolly Case, Andhra Cyanide Killer Who Murdered 10
Kerala Police had arrested 47-year-old Jolly Joseph in September for allegedly poisoning six people, including her first husband Roy Thomas and her in-laws, to death over a period of 14 years from 2002 in Kerala's Kozhikode district. Simhadri allegedly procured the cyanide from Ameenullah Babu, the second accused in the case. The police initially thought the man had died either from a brain st... [Full Article...]