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17-0 Dolphins’ Famed Running Back Dead Of Alzheimer’s At 73

Kiick was a vital member of the 1972 Dolphins team that went 17-0 and won Super Bowl VII and repeated as champs the following year by winning Super Bowl VIII. ESPN – Former Miami Dolphins running back Jim Kiick has died, the team announced Saturday. He was 73. Kiick had been living in an assisted living home for the past few years. His daughter, Allie Kiick, a professional tennis player, said he had Alzheimer's disease. Known for...

NFL Pro Bowler Dead; Brain Donated To Science

The Concussion Legacy Foundation at Boston University will study how football affected Sturm's brain. June 19, 2020 Fox News – Denver Broncos great Jerry Sturm, who helped the FBI turn in a guy who wanted him to throw a game, died Wednesday. He was 83. Sturm was an offensive lineman and two-time Pro Bowler for the Broncos. He also played for the New Orleans Saints, Houston Oilers, and Philadelphia Eagles. Sturm was named one of the 100...

Congressman’s Wife Had Rare Heart Condition

June 18, 2020 Fox News – A heart condition was identified as the probable cause of death for Eleanor Carol Leavell Barr, wife of Kentucky Rep. Andy Barr, according to preliminary autopsy results. The condition is known as Mitral Valve Prolapse, or floppy valve syndrome, and occurs when the valve between the heart’s upper and lower left chambers doesn’t close properly, according to the National Heart, lung and blood institute. The condition doesn’t normally cause any life-threatening...

Brandi Love – Porn Superstar, Trump Supporter – Talks Health

"I put my country before my job." – Brandi Love "It’s unhealthy to be alone.” May 3, 2020 | Daily Beast – Veteran porn actress Brandi Love – a pro-Trump conservative – recently had an op-ed in The Federalist touching of everything from First Amendment rights to how porn sites have provided many people with feelings of comfort during the novel coronavirus crisis. “I could count dozens of emails, texts and DMs staying, ‘Thanks for keeping me sane...

This WHO Doc Just Blew A Giant Hole In Mask Rules

"It still appears to be rare that an asymptomatic individual actually transmits onward." (CNN) The spread of Covid-19 by someone who is not showing symptoms appears to be rare, Maria Van Kerkhove, the World Health Organization's technical lead for coronavirus response and head of the emerging diseases and zoonoses unit, said during a media briefing in Geneva on Monday; "From the data we have, it still seems to be rare that an asymptomatic person actually transmits...

COVID-19 Policies Kill Thousands Who Never Had The Virus

June 7, 2020 | (AP) — Spain's prime minister conceded Sunday that the country's COVID-19 outbreak not only directly killed thousands through fatal infections but also likely increased mortality among those who were suffering from other ailments and failed to get necessary treatment during the crisis. Spain's health ministry recognizes over 27,000 confirmed deaths from the new coronavirus. But the Carlos III Institute that runs the government's mortality observatory has registered more than 43,000 deaths since March...

This Sex Habit Needs To Stop Now

"If a woman has been strangled, the chance of her consequently being murdered surges eightfold." The Independent (UK) – Strangulation during sex can increase the risk of stroke and brain injuries even if the person does not lose consciousness, warn scientists as MPs debate the troubling practice. Campaigners have called for the government to include the new offense of “non-fatal strangulation” in the domestic abuse bill, which is being considered by MPs on Thursday, in a...

What COVID-19 Does To Your Brain

ICUs Become A ‘Delirium Factory’ For COVID Patients Liz Szabo, June 3, 2020 Kaiser Health News – Doctors are fighting not only to save lives from COVID-19, but also to protect patients’ brains. Although COVID-19 is best known for damaging the lungs, it also increases the risk of life-threatening brain injuries — from mental confusion to hallucinations, seizures, coma, stroke and paralysis. The virus may invade the brain, as well as starve the organ of oxygen by damaging...

Laid-Off FL Mom With Lupus: “It’s A Complete Cluster”

Amid coronavirus pandemic, Florida woman with Lupus loses job and medical benefits in one day Fox News – Christine Rama’s journey from furloughed to jobless has left the single mother in a race against time because 8-weeks after she first filed for Florida unemployment benefits on March 27, her application is still listed as pending on the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity website and her health benefits have expired. “It’s just a failed system,” Rama said....

15-Year-Old Dead Of Overdose, Cops Shocked When They Learn Who His Heroin Dealer Was

Fox News – Dean Pugliese, 15, died from heroin toxicity and kratom toxicity, a detective wrote in an arrest report. Swatara Township, PA police have charged Jennifer Pugliese, 49, with homicide and child endangerment nearly 11 months after the teen was found dead in her apartment last July, PennLive.com reports. The suspect was the dead boy's mom. ... Worst Mom Ever? Pennsylvania mom charged in 15-year-old son’s overdose death May 28, 2020 New York Post – A Pennsylvania mother shared drugs...

FL Psychiatrists Absolved Of Mass Shooting Liability

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A mental health provider cannot be held liable for the actions of a man accused of a 2018 Florida high school massacre, an appeals court ruled Wednesday. Henderson Behavioral Health Inc. treated Nikolas Cruz off and on from 2009 to 2016, court records show. Cruz had multiple mental issues, including a fascination with violence, weapons and death, but was eventually mainstreamed into Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. That...

Study: Virus Re-Infection Fears Overblown

Ars Technica - May 19, 2020 | People who recover from COVID-19 but test positive for the virus again days or weeks later are not shedding viral particles and are not infectious, according to data released Tuesday by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The so-called “re-positive” cases have raised fears that an infection with the new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, could “reactivate” in recovered patients or that recovering from the infection may fail to produce...

Abolish Urinals?

The Latest: No urinals? Toilets could evolve post-virus By The Associated Press TOP OF THE HOUR: — Well-spaced faithful gather in St. Peter's Square. — Russia reports its highest single-day death toll but fewer infections. — China's foreign minister says virus lawsuits are "illegal." — France relaxing border restrictions and allowing migrant workers. ___ LONDON — Toilet experts say urinals may be consigned to history as part of measures to make public conveniences safe for the post-coronavirus world. Raymond Martin, managing director of...

Weird COVID-19 Symptoms That Linger For Weeks

“I feel something come over me. It starts with a buzzing feeling, like my body is vibrating.” MAY 22, 2020 | 9:00 AM THE MORNING CALL – It’s been two months since Denise Russo-Caiazzo was diagnosed with the coronavirus and a few weeks since she’s tested negative for the infection. But she’s still suffering bizarre, lingering symptoms. “I feel something come over me. My face gets bright red, almost purple,” she said. “It starts with a buzzing...

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