by Julie Scagell, Jan 25, 2020 |
In a new study published in the journal The Lancet, a pill being manufactured by biotech company Vaxart Inc. is being considered as effective as a flu shot at preventing the H1 influenza infection.
“New vaccines that protect by alternative mechanisms are needed to improve efficacy of influenza vaccines,” the study said in part. The pill utilizes a non-spreading adenovirus to carry the flu protein.
The study found that just...
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January 30, 2020
NASCAR.com – John Andretti, a longtime competitor in NASCAR, IndyCar and sports-car racing, died Thursday. He was 56.
“John Andretti embodied the spirit of a champion and inspired an entire fan base through his courageous battle with cancer,” NASCAR President Steve Phelps said in a statement.
Andretti won twice in 393 starts in NASCAR’s top division from 1993-2010, both victories coming with NASCAR Hall of Famers as his team...
"The treatment of ED had been shown to be beneficial for cardiovascular diseases."
A medical study affirms that when a man reverses his erectile dysfunction (such as through diet and exercise to lose weight and improve blood flow), he also reduces his risk for heart attack, stroke, high blood pressure and other cardiovascular diseases. Below are highlights of that report, followed by new you can use to reduce ED and heart disease risk naturally.
Abstract
Introduction
Erectile dysfunction (ED)...
"Sometime within the last 500 years, European explorers transmitted leprosy to armadillos in the New World. Now, a new study finds that the disease is capable of jumping back from armadillos to humans." – Live Science | File photo
January 14, 2020
ClickOrlando.com – A Central Florida man suffering from a skin rash mystified doctors trying to treat his symptoms until they learned of his previous history as an armadillo hunter decades earlier leading to the diagnoses...
140,000 Americans have been hospitalized with the flu, and that number is expected to climb.
CNN – The novel coronavirus that's sickening thousands globally -- and at least five people in the US -- is inspiring countries to close their borders and Americans to buy up surgical masks quicker than major retailers can restock them.
There's another virus that has infected 15 million Americans across the country and killed more than 8,200 people this season alone....
Jan 24, 2020
AUSTIN (KXAN) — An Austin man knew something was wrong when he fainted in the middle of a soccer game last year.
He’d been dealing with awful headaches and “feeling off” but his tumble during soccer prompted him to check it out.
An MRI revealed the concerning surprise culprit — a tapeworm in his brain.
He was shocked, naturally.
Surgery was the next step and Dr. Jordan Amadio, neurosurgeon at Ascension Seton, said the man’s case...
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| Jan 29, 2020
CBS Sports – An NFL Hall of Fame defensive end and eight-time Pro Bowl selection has died at age 58 after battle with brain cancer.
Chris Doleman, who starred for the Vikings, Falcons and 49ers, was a dominant defensive force for over a decade.
Doleman was selected in the first round of the 1985 NFL Draft, and played nine seasons with the Minnesota Vikings, two with the Atlanta...
Thousands of consumers are sickened every year by fecal bacteria. One way to reduce fecal contamination is to reduce the number of people handling our food – because all it takes to contaminate an entire batch is one worker not washing their hands after using the toilet. Here's news from two American manufacturers about new machine designed to to prevent product contamination ...
TAUNTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Harpak-ULMA today introduces the ULMA FS-400 Flow wrapper, conceived specifically for...
“I know there are people who are ashamed. You have cancer! Do you have to then also feel ashamed? Like you did something bad, you know, because it took up residence in your anus? I mean, come on, really. There’s enough on your plate. Even for me, it took a while. Anus, anus, anus! You just have to get used to it.” – Marcia Cross on her anal cancer experience
Jan 9, 2020
SurvivorNet – Actor...
Strict adherence to traditional masculinity is linked to more severe PTSD in vets |
Emotional suppression, self reliance, may also hinder access to and effectiveness of treatment, study says
Jan 27, 2020
American Psychological Association – To help service members perform better in the field, military training emphasizes the importance of certain traits associated with traditional masculinity, including suppression of emotion and self-reliance. But when veterans return home, strict adherence to these traits can become detrimental, leading to...
"I was mortified. I was in disbelief and disgusted."
– Harvey Weinstein accuser Mimi Haleyi
| NEW YORK (AP) — By her own account, Mimi Haleyi once rebuffed one of Harvey Weinstein's relentless advances by telling him, "I hear you have a terrible reputation with women."
Haleyi says she didn't know just how terrible the then-revered Hollywood honcho could be until he sexually assaulted her in his New York City apartment in 2006 — an episode she's expected...
"Anyone who has eaten at Subway restaurants and developed symptoms of E. coli infection should seek medical attention and tell their doctor about their possible exposure to the bacteria." Food Safety News. 1/24/2020
As Headline Health has reported numerous times, Subway's lettuce is a chronic problem ...
Feds again withhold information about E. coli outbreak; restaurant chain implicated
By Coral Beach on January 24, 2020
Food Safety News – Federal officials today confirmed another E. coli outbreak that...
Jan 24, 2020
Psychology Today – If there’s one concept health researchers have come to agree on it’s this: What you eat matters.
Although they don’t always agree on what constitutes a healthy diet, medical experts have long understood that while certain foods can help to improve your physical well-being, others have the opposite effect.
Now, a new collection of evidence clearly demonstrates that what you eat also affects your mental health.
A review article published last month...
“I’ve seen mental health declining rapidly, especially with people being denied asylum.”
| Mental health crisis grows in border camps filled with hopeless, depressed migrants
Texas Public Radio – Hundreds of red, blue and orange tents are scattered around the Gateway International Bridge that connects Brownsville, Texas, to Matamoros, Mexico, where more than 2,000 asylum seekers live.
Children with their families have endured heat, cold and inclement weather for months. Such conditions are grinding down migrants' mental...