Five Die While Using Obesity Devices, FDA Says Five Die While Using Obesity Devices, FDA Says:- At least five people have died soon after being fitted with balloons designed to help them lose weight, the Food and Drug Administration said Thursday. The FDA says it doesn’t know if the devices […]
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Fewer Americans Killed by Lightning Strikes Lightning — once one of nature’s biggest killers —is claiming far fewer lives in the United States, mostly because we’ve learned to get out of the way. In the 1940s, when there were fewer people, lightning killed more than 300 people annually. So far […]
How Officials Are Battling the Opioid Crisis in Trump’s Hometown How Officials Are Battling the Opioid Crisis in Trump’s Hometown:- The opioid epidemic that President Donald Trump has vowed to defeat is knocking on his front door. Four suspected drug dealers and nearly 20 pounds of heroin and fentanyl were […]
Five Die While Using Obesity Devices FDA Says Five Die While Using Obesity Devices FDA Says:- At least five people have died soon after being fitted with balloons aimed at helping them lose weight, the Food and Drug Administration said Thursday. The FDA says it doesn’t know if the devices […]
Ohio House committee approves 20-week abortion ban Ohio House committee approves 20-week abortion ban:- Abortions would be banned after 20 weeks under a bill that Republican lawmakers hope to pass Thursday and add to legislation already on its way to GOP Gov. John Kasich that would prohibit abortions once a […]
Flu vaccines offered for Boys & Girls Club members and family Golden Valley Health Center nurses will offer flu vaccines Tuesday to members of the Boys & Girls Club of Merced County, according to a statement from Golden Valley. Family members of club members and staff also will be able […]
WHO Zika Situation Report: Not An Emergency, Still A Threat; Health Experts Worry Zika Is Downgraded? World Health Organization (WHO) recently announced that Zika is no longer an international emergency, but warned that the virus is still a threat. Health officials worry that Zika may be downgraded and lose priority […]
Past depression tied to worse breast cancer survival odds Women with a history of depression may have lower survival odds with breast cancer than patients without past mental health problems, research in Denmark suggests. In the study of more than 45,000 women with early-stage breast malignancies, 13 percent of patients […]
Ebola Might Not Make Some People Sick, Study Finds by Maggie Fox The Ebola virus may not make some people sick, researchers reported Tuesday. It shouldn’t be surprising — most viruses can cause silent infections in at least a few people. But Ebola is so notorious for causing horrific symptoms, […]
Will the flu kill you? It may depend on your birth year Your birth year predicts—to a certain extent—how likely you are to get seriously ill or die in an outbreak of an animal-origin influenza virus, new research suggests. Until now, scientists thought that previous exposure to a flu virus […]
