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CNN – The Chicago White Sox made the wrong kind of history on Monday, falling to the Oakland Athletics 5-1 to tie an American League record with their 21st consecutive loss. Chicago’s losing streak is the longest since the Baltimore Orioles opened the 1988 season with 21 straight losses. They trail only the Philadelphia Phillies, who set the modern-day National League record after losing 23 straight in 1961. “We talk about it every day,” said White Sox...

The Wellness Industry Is Selling You Snake Oil

Mother Jones – In April, at the TED conference in Vancouver, BC, I watched a woman pull a variety of mushroom powders from her purse, scoop them into a thermos, and add hot water from a nearby tea station to make an earthy beverage. Intrigued, I asked about her favorite health practices, and she started describing a recent trip to Costa Rica to get plasmapheresis. “It’s when they take your old plasma out, and they...

Female Athletes Don’t Want You To Look, But They Can’t Stop You

CNN – When women first competed in Olympic track and field events in 1928, they wore loose t-shirts and wide shorts, sometimes cinched with a belt. Those breezy, decidedly non-aerodynamic silhouettes wouldn’t fly today (quite literally) as contemporary female sprinters, hurdlers and long-jumpers don tight performance spandex and high-cut briefs that purport to reduce drag and lessen chafing. But how high of a cut is too high? That question surfaced — loudly — when Nike revealed...

Urgent Care or ER? With ‘One-Stop Shop,’ Hospitals Offer Both Under Same Roof

KFF Health News, JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Facing an ultracompetitive market in one of the nation’s fastest-growing cities, UF Health is trying a new way to attract patients: a combination emergency room and urgent care center. In the past year and a half, UF Health and a private equity-backed company, Intuitive Health, have opened three centers that offer both types of care 24/7 so patients don’t have to decide which facility they need. Instead, doctors there decide...

Customs officers in Arizona seize largest amount of fentanyl pills in agency’s history

Fentanyl, a strong synthetic opioid that is about 50 times more potent than heroin, was involved in almost 70% of overdose deaths last year.

Nearly half of online pharmacies are selling weight loss drugs illegally

Buying drugs online without a prescription exposes patients to unregulated, risky products, experts say.

“Non-Binary” Nonsense Fails In Family Court

Harrison Tinsley has won custody of his 4-year-old son Sawyer, whose mother tried to force him into a make-believe "non-binary identity" by making him wear dresses and makeup.

Almost Half of Dementia Cases Avoidable by Addressing 14 Risk Factors, Major Study Finds

AFP – Millions of cases of dementia could be prevented or delayed by reducing a range of risk factors such as smoking or air pollution, according to a major new study, though outside experts warn that such measures can only go so far. The debilitating condition, which progressively robs people of their memories, cognitive abilities, language and independence, currently affects more than 55 million people across the world. Dementia is caused by a range of diseases,...

The pathogens that could spark the next pandemic

The World Health Organization has updated its list of most dangerous viruses and bacteria.

Sexually Transmitted Infections Are Rising in Seniors, And This May Be Why

THE CONVERSATION – Diagnoses for sexually transmitted infections, or STIs, are increasing in older adults. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports the number of people older than 65 diagnosed with chlamydia, gonorrhea or syphilis in the U.S. increased about three-, five- and sevenfold, respectively, from 2010 to 2023. Data also suggests that women older than 50 are at greater risk for HIV than younger women. Explanations for why these infections are so common in older...

Your health records are coming to new apps. Here’s why

KEY POINTS Health-care software vendor Epic Systems on Thursday announced that individuals will be able to release their health data to apps of their choice, giving them more direct control over their medical information. This seemingly simple feat is actually a major technological leap for the health-care sector. Epic is one of the organizations that has been helping the federal government establish TEFCA, which outlines the legal and technical requirements for sharing patients’ data...

Man rectally inserts 26-inch eel [seemed like a good idea at the time]

He forced the live creature into his anus (along with a lemon)… and it started to bite his large intestine.

Regular aspirin use may keep the oncologist away, at least when it comes to colorectal cancer

Those aspirin regular users were found to have an 18% lower risk of developing colorectal cancer than non-users.

William L. Calley Jr., Convicted in My Lai Massacre, Is Dead at 80

It took nearly a year and a half — and persistent efforts by a few soldiers and an independent investigative journalist, Seymour M. Hersh, who later won a Pulitzer Prize for his disclosures — for investigations to grind forward and the My Lai story to reach a stunned world.

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