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Understanding and preventing antimicrobial resistance

MAYO CLINIC NEWS NETWORK – Antimicrobial Awareness Week, Nov. 18–24, serves as a global call to action to address antimicrobial resistance (AMR) — a growing public health concern that occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites stop responding to the drugs designed to be effective against them.  This resistance makes infections harder to treat and increases the risk of disease spread, severe illness and death. Adi Shah, M.B.B.S., an infectious disease specialist at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, says AMR frequently happens...

Man’s Best Friend: How Dogs Have Helped Veterans With PTSD, Disabilities For 50 Years

Military.com – As the old saying goes, you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. But as one organization has shown over the course of five decades, a dog can become a veteran’s new best friend. This past Fourth of July the national nonprofit Canine Companions celebrated 50 years of providing expertly trained service dogs to veterans, free of charge. The organization has placed more than 8,300 service dogs since its inception in 1975, improving the...

Early Warning Signs of Alzheimer’s

It's hard to face the thought that a loved one could have this disease, but it's better to see a doctor sooner rather than later.

Fears for elephant seals as bird flu kills half of population in South Atlantic

Study estimates 53,000 females have died on South Georgia since 2023, with ‘dramatic impact’ on future of the species

Mayo Clinic remembers Vice President Richard B. Cheney, former trustee

Richard B. "Dick" Cheney, the 46th vice president of the United States, served as a Mayo Clinic trustee from 1998 to 2001.

Sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell to ask Trump administration to commute prison sentence?

House Democrats say Ghislaine Maxwell will ask Trump to commute her sentence.

U.S. Military Kills 6 in Strikes on Suspected Drug Boats, Hegseth Says

The latest strikes raised the death toll in the campaign to 76 people in 19 attacks in the Pacific and the Caribbean Sea since early September.

Promising clinical trials in Alzheimer’s prevention

CBS News – "I just know that my brain's not right," said Carrie Richardson, 44. "And so, I hate it. I just want it to be normal." At 41, Carrie developed early-onset Alzheimer's disease. The condition is caused by rare genetic mutations that essentially guarantee a person will develop the disease. Her mother, Mary Salter, of Montgomery, Alabama, knows the toll of the disease all too well. "I've lost seven family members from the ages of...

Food for Thought: These Weird Food Laws Actually Still Exist in America

A long-standing law forbids the use of tomatoes in clam chowder in Massachusetts.

Recipe for Wellness: Barbara Charis, 91 years young

"Health does not stem from a drug or a vaccine. It comes from everything one is doing on a daily basis."

GOP senators want to allow direct sales of state-inspected meat and poultry on the web

FOOD SAFETY NEWS – State-inspected meat and poultry sold on the internet could soon be crossing state lines, as the federal government embraces “direct to consumer” sales. Direct-to-consumer sales are favored by the nascent “Food Freedom” movement for reducing food safety concerns. Many state and local statutes use the technique in scaling back food safety regulations for raw milk and various homemade products. Such a tactic hasn’t come up on the federal level until now. U.S. Senators...

America’s Pharmacy Benefit Managers Support Trump’s Drug Pricing Momentum

REAL CLEAR HEALTH – The Trump Administration’s efforts to lower prescription drug prices has resulted in progress on a new approach to getting brand name drug manufacturers to announce price reductions in connection with direct-to-consumer avenues for Americans to access some of their products. Selling to direct-to-consumer has been characterized by some as a way to work around consumers’ pharmacy benefits – the reality is that America’s pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) stand ready to support...

Avian flu strikes turkey farms in Dakotas, large egg facility in California

CIDRAP – The US Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) reported several new detections of highly pathogenic avian flu in poultry, including four major outbreaks on commercial turkey farms. In Lamoure County, North Dakota, a commercial turkey farm with 24,700 birds was hit, and in Mcpherson, South Dakota, a facility with 63,800 birds was also affected. South Dakota also had a detection last week on a turkey farm with 56,300 birds in...

Dave Portnoy Slams ‘Weird’ Tom Brady Who Revealed He Cloned His Dead Pit Bull, Lua

How Much Did Tom Brady Reportedly Pay To Have His Dog Cloned?
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