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City officials in San Diego declared a public health emergency Friday over an outbreak of hepatitis A that has been linked to at least 15 deaths and 400 hospitalizations. The liver disease outbreak started last November, with the homeless population affected most. The emergency declaration will help the city access state funds and provide legal …
A Houston police officer battling stage 4 metastatic colon cancer has helped to rescue hundreds from the floodwaters left behind by historic storm Harvey. Norbert Ramon, who has been with the Houston Police Department’s Traffic Enforcement division for 24 years, received the call from his sergeant as the rain started to fall on Saturday. “He …
“Women who eat junk food such as burgers or pizza are increasing their risk of cancer even if they’re not overweight, new research has warned,” reports the Daily Mail. The story is based on research from the US looking at the diet of postmenopausal women in the 1990s and then tracking the development of a …
“A quarter of Americans are injured and hospitalized by tidying up ‘down there’,” the Mail Online reports. The headline is prompted by a survey which asked 7,570 adults about pubic hair removal and “grooming” (such as waxing). The researchers found that removing all pubic hair, and frequent hair removal, were most likely to cause injuries. …
“Cancer patients who use alternative medicine more than twice as likely to die,” is the stark message from The Independent. Researchers found that people who chose alternative medicine instead of conventional cancer treatments were much less likely to survive for at least five years. Conventional treatments included surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy or hormone treatments. The research only applies to …
“Concept of being ‘fit but fat’ is a myth, researchers say,” ITV News reports after a Europe-wide study looked at associations between body weight, metabolic health and heart disease. The term “fat but fit” is used to describe people who are overweight or obese but don’t have any of the symptoms of metabolic syndrome. This is …
“Warning to pregnant women, don’t use antibacterial soap! Chemicals in the products can make children fat and disrupt their development,” is the alarming, yet entirely unsupported, headline from the Mail Online. US researchers wanted to see if pregnant mice exposed to the chemical triclocarban (TCC), previously used in a wide range of soaps and …