The American Heart Association has classified e-cigarettes the same as regular cigarettes, which will completely change how we view and market these electronic devices. The American Health Association is calling for strong new regulations to prevent the access of young people to them. The AHA has recommended a federal ban on electronic cigarettes for minors, calling for more research into the … [Read more...]
Brains with Autism Fail to Trim Synapses, Study Finds
A new autism study has had some groundbreaking results that could begin to explain why autism presents the way it does. It appears that children with autism have an oversupply of synapses in some parts of their brain with impair other parts of the brain to develop. When a baby’s brain develops there are a plethora of synapses happening. They allow neurons to send and receive signals, but as the … [Read more...]
Soldiers Did Not Fire on Protesters said Liberia’s Defense Minister
Brownie Samukai, Liberia’s Defense Minister, has released an official statement in which he said that the troops which are enforcing the West Point slum Ebola quarantine in Monrovia did not shoot directly at residents on Wednesday, August 20. He added that a large crowed formed mostly from youths, attacked the soldiers around the Ebola quarantine building. They were sent there to rescue Aisha … [Read more...]
California Man Treated for Possible Ebola Exposure
The latest news on Ebola reveals that another American person is being treated inside the United States for possible Ebola exposure. The only thing we know about the person is that it’s a man and he’s being taken care of in a Californian hospital. It was further revealed that the man is being treated inside a specially equipped negative pressure room, isolated from the rest of the patients, … [Read more...]
Stroke and Heart Disease Deaths and Hospitalizations Fall in the Last 10 Years
The leading cause of death in the United States for both men and women is heart disease. A new study sheds some light on these massive killers and reveals some promising results: apparently, hospitalization and death from heart disease and stoke have declined in the past 10 years. The research team that came up with the results was led by Dr. Harlan Krumholz, the director of the Center of … [Read more...]
Small Study Reveals that Cancer Drug Reverses Baldness
A small study whose findings have been made public, revealed that a drug that was used to treat a unusual form of leukemia had the peculiar side effect of reversing hair loss caused by alopecia. The study was published on Sunday, in the Nature Medicine journal. The drug in question is called ruxolitinib and it helps treat the inflammation that is caused by the disease. Apparently, it also helped … [Read more...]
Man Treated for Rabies in Port Angeles
A man is being treated for rabies after he was scratched by a bat that was infected with the rabies virus at Lake Crescent this month. This information was released to the public by the Olympic National Park officials on Monday. They said the man is 59 years old and he’s currently being treated with the anti-rabies shot. This piece of information shouldn’t by any means scare people, but it should … [Read more...]
New Study Finds Exercise Will Cut Breast Cancer Risk in Postmenopausal Women
A new study revealed that postmenopausal women who engage in a regular exercise regimen are less likely to develop breast cancer. The study was performed by Agnes Fournier, from the Insitut Gustave Roussy in France, and her team of scientists. It was published on August 11, in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. They found that regular physical activity will cut the … [Read more...]
Ebola Patients Flee after Attack on Clinic
Efforts to contain the deadly Ebola virus seem to have been blown to smithereens when club-wielding youths attacked a quarantine center in Monrovia, Liberia, forcing the Ebola patients to flee from the enclosure. This attack seems to have highlighted the difficulty with which health officials are battling the Ebola epidemic in the West African countries. The current Ebola outbreak is the largest … [Read more...]
New Study Links Obesity and Cancer
A massive new study’s results were recently made public and it goes to confirm yet again that obesity and cancer are tightly linked. The research involved more than 5 million adults living in the United Kingdom with a high body mass index. It was revealed that having a high BMI will increase the risk of developing 10 of the most common cancers: ovarian and breast cancers after menopause, kidney, … [Read more...]
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