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What to know about protecting your cat from bird flu

Vets say the safest bet is conventional pet food.

Dogs Paired With Providers at Hospitals Help Ease Staff and Patient Stress

Colorado Public Radio, DENVER — Outside HCA HealthONE Rose medical center, the snow is flying. Inside, on the third floor, there’s a flurry of activity within the labor and delivery unit. “There’s a lot of action up here. It can be very stressful at times,” said Kristina Fraser, an OB-GYN in blue scrubs. Nurses wheel a very pregnant mom past. “We’re going to bring a baby into this world safely,” Fraser said, “and off we go.” She said...

Porn actor Ron Jeremy found unable to stand trial for rape

Nicknamed “The Hedgehog,” Jeremy has been among the best known and most prolific actors in the porn industry for decades, and became a recognizable pop cultural novelty through reality shows, public appearances and music videos.

Researcher gets $150,000 grant to use AI for Salmonella detection in onions

FOOD SAFETY NEWS – A researcher at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale is working on using artificial intelligence (AI) to detect the deadly pathogen Salmonella before it ever enters the food supply. Anas Alsobeh, assistant professor of information technology, recently received a $150,000 grant from the USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to develop an AI-based rapid detection method for finding Salmonella in onions. The system combines microscopic imaging with AI, which compares samples to a...

Menthol Cigarette Ban Proposal Nixed by Trump Administration

(Bloomberg) -- A proposed ban on menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars was withdrawn by the Trump administration, a blow to public health advocates who attribute thousands of premature deaths to the additive. The draft ruling to ban menthol was listed as “withdrawn” in a regulatory docket earlier this week. Shares of cigarette makers gained on the news Friday, with Altria Group Inc. rising as much as 1.9% in New York. In London, British American Tobacco...

Can cold weather actually make you sick?

CBS NEWS – As millions of Americans cope with severe winter weather spread across the country, experts say to watch out for health and safety dangers that go along with frigid temperatures and snow. "One of the things we've been seeing in the last couple days is just a lot of falls," Dr. Steve Dorsey, assistant medical director at the Cleveland Clinic emergency department, told CBS News, saying to watch out for icy sidewalks and...

Diet and Mental Health: Can What You Eat Affect How You Feel?

Research suggests there’s a connection between your gut and brain, which may play a role in how you feel. Eating certain foods and adopting some dietary habits may help improve your mood.

The Devastating Legacy of Lies in Alzheimer’s Science

"Alzheimer’s research has suffered a litany of ostensible fraud and other misconduct by world-famous researchers and obscure scientists alike ... "

Skyrocketing healthcare costs in Africa driving families into poverty

AFRICA RENEWAL – A new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional office for Africa finds that most African countries continue to rely heavily on out-of-pocket payments to fund their health services. The practice places a financial burden on over 200 million people, including pushing over 150 million people into or deeper into poverty across the WHO Africa Region; exact a heavy price on people’s health; and hamper progress in attaining universal health coverage. The...

Subway Food Poisoning Reports from Iwaspoisoned.com

"Within 5 hours I was doubled over with cramps and nausea ... "

As States Diverge on Immigration, Hospitals Say They Won’t Turn Patients Away

As President Trump begins carrying out the “largest deportation operation” in the nation’s history, states have offered starkly different guidelines to hospitals, community clinics, and other health facilities for immigrant patients.

‘Never seen anything like this’: Trump’s team halts NIH meetings and travel

In an unprecedented move, research-grant reviews have been suspended indefinitely at the world’s largest public funder of biomedical research.

There could be a new definition for obesity. A doctor explains why this matters

CNN – For years, medical experts have defined obesity primarily based on body mass index, which measures stored fat by calculating height and weight, to determine a person’s health risks. Major public health organizations, including the World Health Organization and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, define adult obesity as a BMI of 30 or greater and overweight as a BMI between 25 and 29.9. Recently, an international commission proposed a revised definition of...

Trump Administration Temporarily Mutes Federal Health Officials

The New York Times – The Trump administration, moving quickly to clamp down on health and science agencies, has canceled a string of scientific meetings and instructed federal health officials to refrain from all public communications, including upcoming reports focused on the nation’s escalating bird flu crisis. Experts who serve on outside advisory panels on a range of topics, from antibiotic resistance to deafness, received emails on Wednesday telling them their meetings had been canceled. The...
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