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Planned Parenthood Missouri Again Halts Abortions After Court Ruling

KFF HEALTH NEWS Planned Parenthood Missouri Again Halts Abortions After Court Ruling The state filed a petition to the Missouri Supreme Court claiming that Judge Jerri Zhang's earlier ruling, allowing abortions to resume, left abortion facilities “functionally unregulated” and women with “no guarantee of health and safety,” the Associated Press reports. AP: Abortions Canceled Again In Missouri After Ruling From State Supreme Court Planned Parenthood halted abortions in Missouri on Tuesday after the state’s top court ordered...

Allina surgeon removed woman’s healthy kidney instead of her spleen, lawsuit alleges

CBS Minnesota – A Twin Cities woman is suing over an alleged medical mistake that she says cost her a healthy left kidney. In a lawsuit filed Friday, Wendy Rappaport of Plymouth accuses the surgeon and the Allina hospital system of medical malpractice and battery. Allina says the court filings "don't accurately reflect the full picture" and intends to fight the suit in court. Rappaport was admitted to Abbott Northwestern in March 2022 and was scheduled for...

Why are more than 300 people in the US still dying from COVID every week?

CDC data shows that those aged 75 and older currently have the highest rate of COVID-19 deaths at 4.66 per 100,000.

Man, 26, Dead After Allegedly Being Shot Several Times by His Stepfather During an Argument About Fortnite

Police allege the shooting took place on Wednesday, May 21, after an argument escalated at a Florida home

Who should be screened for skin cancer?

MAYO CLINIC NEWS NETWORK – Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the U.S. More than 6 million adults are treated for it each year, says Dr. Michael Colgan, a Mayo Clinic Health System dermatologist in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Melanoma is an aggressive form of skin cancer. In 2025, an estimated 104,960 cases of invasive melanoma will be diagnosed in the U.S., and an estimated 8,430 people will die of melanoma, according to the...

Popular artificial sweetener may sabotage fertility: alarming new study

THE NEW YORK POST – New research in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives is raising concerns about sucralose — a widely used artificial sweetener sold under the brand name Splenda — suggesting it may negatively affect male fertility. New research suggests sucralose — a widely used artificial sweetener — may negatively impact male fertility. Researchers administered doses of sucralose to male rats over two months, finding that the exposure led to decreased sperm viability, damage to...

FDA requires Covid vaccine makers to expand warning about risk of rare heart inflammation

The CDC last month told its independent vaccine advisers that research showed Covid-19 vaccinations from 2020 through 2022 showed a statistically significant increased risk of myocarditis.

Nancy Mace shows ‘nude photo’ of herself in House hearing as she says she was recorded without consent

The South Carolina Republican’s remarks follow accusations made by Mace against her ex-fiance and other men on the House floor earlier this year.

New Research: Men with This Sexual Health Trait Might Live Longer

The Healthy by Reader’s Digest – The average American male’s life expectancy is 74.8 years – five years less than data-driven projections for women. While there are multiple reasons for this disparity, new research is suggesting that certain aspects of sexual health can be a practical predictor of how long a man might live. A study by a team of medical researchers in Denmark, some of whom specialize in male health, aimed to investigate a possible...

Bees attack man mowing lawn, killing him

A beekeeper found a large honeybee hive in an abandoned building near where the man had been cutting the grass. The beehive was safely relocated.

This News Might Ruin Your Appetite — And Summer

KFF HEALTH NEWS – It’s a marvel of food technology: ice cream that resists melting. In a video explaining the science behind it, a seller of food chemicals shows scoops of ice cream holding their shape under hot lights. The super ingredient? Polysorbate 80. Polysorbate 80 is an emulsifier, a chemical used to control the consistency of thousands of supermarket products. Other widely used emulsifiers or stabilizers include carboxymethyl cellulose, carrageenan, and maltodextrin. Recently, such ingredients have...

Treatments ‘aren’t likely’ to cure Biden’s form of cancer: Mayo Clinic

President Trump said in a post on Truth Social Sunday that he and First Lady Melania Trump are "saddened to hear about Joe Biden's recent medical diagnosis."

Ed Smylie, Who Saved the Apollo 13 Crew With Duct Tape, Dies at 95

THE NEW YORK TIMES – Robert “Ed” Smylie, the NASA official who led a team of engineers that cobbled together an apparatus made of cardboard, plastic bags and duct tape that saved the Apollo 13 crew in 1970 after an explosion crippled the spacecraft as it sped toward the moon, died on April 21 in Crossville, Tenn. He was 95. His death, in a hospice facility, was confirmed by his son, Steven. The day after the...

Hospital blocks family of “brain-dead” Georgia woman from aborting her unborn baby

ATLANTA — A pregnant woman in Georgia who was declared brain dead after a medical emergency has been on life support for three months to let the fetus grow enough to be delivered, a move her family says a hospital told them was required under the state's strict anti-abortion law. With her due date still more than three months away, it could be one of the longest such pregnancies. Her family is upset that Georgia's law...

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