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Francis Collins: Why I’m going public with my prostate cancer diagnosis

THE WASHINGTON POST – Over my 40 years as a physician-scientist, I’ve had the privilege of advising many patients facing serious medical diagnoses. I’ve seen them go through the excruciating experience of waiting for the results of a critical blood test, biopsy or scan that could dramatically affect their future hopes and dreams. But this time, I was the one lying in the PET scanner as it searched for possible evidence of spread of my aggressive...

City-Country Mortality Gap Widens Amid Persistent Holes in Rural Health Care Access

KFF HEALTH NEWS – In Matthew Roach’s two years as vital statistics manager for the Arizona Department of Health Services, and 10 years previously in its epidemiology program, he has witnessed a trend in mortality rates that has rural health experts worried. As Roach tracked the health of Arizona residents, the gap between mortality rates of people living in rural areas and those of their urban peers was widening. The health disparities between rural and urban...

What is the risk of bird flu transmitting to humans?

MAYO CLINIC – Health officials around the globe, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, are monitoring the ongoing avian influenza outbreak. Also known as bird flu, the highly contagious viral disease typically spreads among birds, but can also infect livestock and, in rare cases, humans. "Avian influenza is very common among migratory birds such as waterfowl," says Dr. Matthew Binnicker, director of the Clinical...

Add Five More Years with One Therapy

LIFE EXTENSION – My 40-year quest to persuade supporters to keep their blood pressure in lower ranges continues to fail! I’ll never forget a call I received from a dedicated Life Extension® supporter in the 1980s who had suffered an ischemic stroke. He was fortunate to fully recover. My first question was about his blood pressure. It was elevated. This supporter recalled our warning to keep blood pressure below 120/80 mmHg. He nonetheless thought that his healthy diet...

‘An epidemic of loneliness’: How the pandemic changed life for aging adults

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO – Years after the U.S. began to slowly emerge from mandatory COVID-19 lockdowns, more than half of older adults still spend more time at home and less time socializing in public spaces than they did pre-pandemic, according to new CU Boulder research. Participants cited fear of infection and “more uncomfortable and hostile” social dynamics as key reasons for their retreat from civic life. “The pandemic is not over for a lot of folks,”...

Wynonna Judd’s daughter Grace Kelley hit with prostitution charges

“She was not appropriately dressed. She didn’t have the things covered that needed to be covered. And she was holding the ‘Ride for a Ride’ sign while she was in that state and with drivers going by, displaying herself."

O.J. Simpson Dead

THE NEW YORK TIMES – O.J. Simpson, who ran to fame on the football field, made fortunes as a Black all-American in movies, advertising and television, and was acquitted of killing his former wife and her friend in a 1995 trial in Los Angeles that mesmerized the nation, died on Wednesday. He was 76. The cause was cancer, his family announced on social media. The announcement did not say where he died. A jury in the...

Treating gum disease may ward off an irregular heartbeat

NEW SCIENTIST – Treating gum disease after a procedure to correct an irregular and abnormally fast heart rate may lower the risk of the cardiac condition reoccurring. The disorder, known as atrial fibrillation, involves an irregular heartbeat and can increase the risk of stroke and even heart failure. In advanced cases, it can be treated via catheter ablation, a procedure that very carefully destroys a damaged area of the heart that is interrupting its electrical circuits. Now,...

DISGUSTING: Ground-up chicken waste fed to cattle may be behind bird flu outbreak in US cows

Dairy cows across six US states have become infected with the highly pathogenic virus.

McDonald’s $25 ‘deal’ goes viral; users blame California’s minimum-wage increase: ‘Your new normal’

The price of the meal bundle was $25.39 — including sales tax, it would come to roughly $27, no drink included.

Why lesbians report more orgasms than straight women

Partner gender is connected to orgasm pursuit/frequency in that women expect different sexual expectations based on their partners' gender, rather than because of their sexuality.

Did you look at the solar eclipse too long? Doctors explain signs of eye damage

CBS News – Did you look up at the solar eclipse without your safety glasses? Looking at the sun — even when it's partially covered like during the eclipse on April 8 — can cause eye damage. There is no safe dose of solar ultraviolet rays or infrared radiation, said Dr. Yehia Hashad, an ophthalmologist, retinal specialist and the chief medical officer at eye health company Bausch + Lomb. "A very small dose could cause harm to...

Company that made millions of defective sleep apnea machines ordered to overhaul manufacturing

The Philips CPAP was the subject of a massive global recall triggered by sound-dampening foam that can break down, releasing potentially harmful particles and chemicals.

Planet Fitness Has Been ‘Pretty Much Destroyed,’ Says Company Founder Amid Speculation On Boycott Cancellations

According to Google Trends, there's been a 2,800% surge in inquiries such as "how to cancel Planet Fitness membership on app."

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Cross-dresser makes children chant ‘Free Palestine’ during reading session at Massachusetts art center – even though Hamas tortures gays

April 25, 2024

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