MAYO CLINIC – Vitamin D is a nutrient the body needs, along with calcium, to build bones and keep them healthy. The body can absorb calcium only if it has enough vitamin D. Calcium is a major part of bones.
Vitamin D also has many other uses in the body. It supports immune health and helps keep muscles and brain cells working. Source.
PREVENTION – There are four different ways to get vitamin D, according to...
CNN – A class of drugs called beta-blockers — used for decades as a first-line treatment after a heart attack— doesn’t benefit the vast majority of patients and may contribute to a higher risk of hospitalization and death in some women but not in men, according to groundbreaking new research.
“These findings will reshape all international clinical guidelines on the use of beta-blockers in men and women and should spark a long-needed, sex-specific approach to...
ARS TECHNICA – Four men in Georgia, all living in the same county, mysteriously became infected with a potentially deadly soil bacterium that's normally found in the tropics and subtropics, particularly Southeast Asia and northern Australia.
The four cases were tied together not just by their shared location but also by the bacterial strain; whole genome sequencing showed the bacteria causing all four infections were highly related, suggesting a shared source of their infections.
But this...
FOOD SAFETY NEWS – Stop & Shop has been ordered to pay $75,000 in fines and adopt stricter food safety safeguards after an Ocean County investigation revealed widespread mislabeling and spoiled meat at several New Jersey stores, officials announced Monday.
The investigation began after complaints about spoiled beef and poultry at the Toms River Stop & Shop. Inspectors found products with mislabeled dates and expired items awaiting display.
The probe soon expanded to all five...
KFF HEALTH NEWS – Four senior officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced their resignations in recent days, citing what they described as growing political interference in the agency’s scientific work, particularly regarding vaccines.
Two of them — Debra Houry, the CDC’s chief science and medical officer, and Demetre Daskalakis, who led the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases — stepped down on Aug. 27, hours after the White House announced...
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At 79, he has surpassed Ronald Reagan’s age upon leaving the White House, raising fresh questions about whether the demands of the presidency are sustainable for someone nearing 80.