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Transgender dad and partner announce they are expecting first biological child Two dads - one of which is transgender - have spoken of their happiness as they prepare to welcome their first biological child. Trystan Reese, 34, and Biff Chaplow, from Portland, Oregon, are already parents to two adopted children but always longed ...
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Improving Cancer Clinical Trial Participation and Eligibility Criteria As part of our coverage of the 2017 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, held June 2–6 in Chicago, we spoke about patient participation in clinical trials with Julia Beaver, MD, acting director of the Division of Oncology ...
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PSA: Please Do Not Put Wasp Nests In Your Vagina We've said it before and we'll say it again: Vaginal rejuvenation treatments are wholly unnecessary. And oftentimes they're dangerous - especially when they involve wasp nests.
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Doctor warns against bizarre ground-up wasp nest trend Oak galls are formed when a gall wasp lays eggs in a tree's leaf buds and the larva will then develop while inside the gall. Photo / Etsy.
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Please don't put wasp nests in your vagina We've previously ranted about Etsy allowing people to sell unhealthy, benefit-free, potentially dangerous products for vaginal 'health'.
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Doctors warn women against putting wasp nests in their vaginas Women are being warned against trying a bizarre new trend that suggests using ground-up wasp nests to tighten and rejuvenate their vaginas.
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Did a 1980 Letter Help Spark the U.S. Opioid Crisis? WEDNESDAY, May 31, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Today's U.S. opioid epidemic is rooted in a 1980 letter to a medical journal that played down the potential for painkiller addiction, a new report states.
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Man Dies After Swimming With Fresh Ink & Contracting Flesh-Eating Infection CONTENT WARNING: The following story contains graphic imagery of an infected tattoo. If you've got a weak stomach, or if you'd just rather not see some gory content on this fine Thursday afternoon, click out.
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Can Compression Tights Really Make You a Faster Runner? A new study looked at the effectiveness of compression socks for runners, and the results might surprise you. Sara Angle's picture.
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Beez in the trap: women putting wasps nests in their vajayjay At the risk of sounding obvious, it's a bad idea to put a wasp's nest in your, or indeed any, vagina. The latest holistic herbal nonsense trend?
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Tick-borne Powassan virus sickens two in midcoast Maine Two residents of midcoast Maine are recovering from the Powassan virus, a rare but life-threatening illness spread by a tick bite.
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Man dies from flesh-eating bacteria after swimming with new tattoo The unidentified man, not pictured in this photo, went swimming 5 days after getting a new tattoo. (iStock). A 31-year-old man died after he reportedly ignored warnings about swimming after getting a new tattoo and contracted a flesh-eating bacteria ...
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How a 1980 letter helped fuel the opioid crisis Doctors may have been misled by an old report calling painkiller addiction rare, resulting in a slew of prescriptions for opioids.
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Are Weed Taxes Too High? Taxes are a key piece to the cannabis legalization puzzle. Those in favor of making weed legal often cite it as one of the main benefits of legalization.
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One short letter's huge impact on the opioid epidemic (CNN) Every day, 91 Americans die from an opioid overdose. Drug overdoses overall -- most of them from opioid painkillers and heroin -- are the leading cause of accidental death in the US, killing more people than guns or car accidents.
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How 5 sentences in a leading medical journal shaped the opioid crisis oxycontin This file photo, shows OxyContin pills arranged for a photo at a pharmacy in Montpelier, Vt. AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File.
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Recreational marijuana sales could see delay after liquor wholesalers file court order RENO, Nev. (News 4 & Fox 11) - A snag in the application process for recreational marijuana licenses could delay the July 1 launch date for retail sales in Nevada.
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Baby teeth show how exposure to various metals may be linked to autism, study finds Understanding why some children develop autism and others -- sometimes even their twins -- do not has stymied researchers for decades, but a new study says that baby teeth may provide some clues.
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Washing hands in cold water 'as good as hot' US scientists say they have poured cold water on the theory that washing hands with hot water kills more germs than unheated water.
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The Link Between Autism, Baby Teeth, and Lead Levels The reason for the development of autism has been speculated for decades, but no discovery has quite exactly pinpointed to a singular answer.
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How many people have taken advantage of California's assisted death law? Few California politics stories in recent years were bigger, or more intensely personal, than the legalization of assisted death. Even Gov.
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Zika's Set to Return to Mainland US, But Budget Cuts Threaten Response THURSDAY, June 1, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- The Zika virus will strike the continental United States again this summer, and looming federal budget cuts will make it hard for local officials to curb its spread, public health experts said Wednesday.
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More than 300 inmates treated as scabies-like rash spreads through Nashville jail Hundreds of local inmates are receiving treatment for what appears to be a scabies outbreak at a Nashville jail, officials said. A spokeswoman for the privately run jail said staff first noticed a rash three weeks ago.
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Troopers help save Minnesota mother's life with blood delivery rush RED WING, Minn.—A difficult baby delivery turned into a race against time to save the life of a Minnesota mother. Lisa Jaeger, of Cannon Falls, Minn.
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Zika Scan for Jun 01, 2017 The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today reported 8 more babies born in the United States with Zika-related birth defects, raising the total to 72.
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According to the Computer, You'll Be Dead in 5 Years A computer's ability to predict a patient's lifespan simply by looking at images of their organs is a step closer to becoming a reality, thanks to new research led by the University of Adelaide.
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Even Police Dogs Are Now Using Opioid Overdose Drugs Narcotics have become so potent that the police dogs entrusted to sniff them out during drug raids are at risk from overdosing. Now, the same drug used to reverse overdoses in humans is being used on dogs, too.
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As drugs gets more deadly, police dogs face overdose risk Many K-9 units now carry naloxone, a drug used to reverse overdoses, to give to dogs that inhaled drugs. By DENISE LAVOIEAssociated Press.
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Nevada's July 1 recreational weed sales start in jeopardy RENO, Nev. - The July start of Nevada's recreational marijuana sales could be delayed after a group of alcohol distributors filed a legal challenge to a licensing deadline, arguing they have the first rights to distribute recreational pot.
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Event for cancer survivors planned Sunday in Athens Contributed A scene from last year's National Cancer Survivors Day Celebration of Life luncheon in Athens. The National Cancer Survivors Day Celebration of Life event will be held for the second year in Athens on Sunday at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church ...
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West Nile Virus: Mosquitoes In Madison, Antioch Test Positive The Health Department says two batches of mosquitoes tested positive for West Nile virus, but no human cases have been reported. By J.R.
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Hand Washing Works Whether the Water's Hot or Cold THURSDAY, June 1, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- You don't need to scald your hands to get rid of germs. For effective hand hygiene, water temperature matters less than time, new research states.
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New connection sprouts between Alzheimer's disease and the immune system High-resolution confocal images from the hippocampal CA3 region of Alzheimer's mouse brain show amyloid-beta plaques (green) and microglia/macrophages (red).
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Feeling your age makes your sex life suffer: study The more you feel like your actual age, the less likely you're going to be satisfied with your sex life. (jacoblund/Getty Images/iStockphoto).
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Tips to reduce ticks near your home SCARBOROUGH, Maine (NEWS CENTER) - Researchers at Maine Medical Center's Lyme & Vector Borne Disease Lab have compiled a list of tips to reduce ticks in your yard.
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HEALTH: CDC warns against ticks, Lyme disease The season to prevent and protect against tick bites and Lyme disease is here. more >. Print. By Dr. Nina Radcliff - - Thursday, June 1, 2017.
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New drug kits save police dogs from opioid overdoses BOSTON -- Police dogs simply follow their noses to sniff out narcotics. But inhaling powerful opioids can be deadly, so officers have a new tool to protect their four-legged partners: naloxone, a drug that has already been used for years to reverse ...
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How delaying meal times can affect your body clock When men postpone meal times, it delays one of the body's clocks, British researchers say, a finding that sheds light on a potential way to overcome jet lag and health harms for shift workers.
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Wolbachia trial shows promise for modified mosquitoes In experiments to better clarify the best strategies for establishing populations of Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes as a tool for battling dengue, Zika, and other related diseases in urban areas, large and strategic releases can transform local mosquito ...
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Uganda: Mother-to-Child HIV Prevention Gives Hope to Kasese Women Kasese - Amidst the havoc wrecked by the HIV/Aids scourge for the last 24 years, Ms Rehema Aryema is counting double blessings. She has accepted her status and within the 24 years she has lived with the deadly disease, she has been able to give birth ...
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WNC Red Cross gives smoke alarms, sets blood drive for June 22 By Pete Zamplas - The American Red Cross' recently-consolidated chapter in western North Carolina is teaming with Asheville and other area fire departments, to provide and install smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors.
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California lawmakers vote to repeal HIV criminalization laws SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California lawmakers have passed a bill to make punishments for intentionally infecting someone with HIV the same as for other communicable diseases.
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Melbourne doctor 'punched from behind' faces brain damage A heart surgeon allegedly king hit from behind after telling off a visitor for smoking will 'almost certainly' never work as a doctor again if he wakes up from a coma, a colleague says.
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