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Stunned doctor finds 27 CONTACT LENSES in eye of woman, 67, who put discomfort down to her age Medics were astonished to discover that 27 contact lenses had buried themselves behind the eye of a woman who was due to have cataract surgery.
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Doctors remove 27 contact lenses from woman during cataract surgery A woman initially scheduled for cataract surgery was surprised when doctors told her they found 27 contact lenses in her eye. The cataract surgery was considered a routine medical procedure, but it quickly turned unusual when doctors found a "bluish ...
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Mother warns about dangers of exposing newborn to human contact Iowa newlyweds are clinging to hope as their nearly 3-week-old daughter fights for her life after contracting a deadly virus believed to be from a simple kiss.
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Could Artificial Sweeteners Raise Your Odds for Obesity? MONDAY, July 17, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Artificial sweeteners may be less helpful than many believe in helping people lose weight and avoid health problems associated with extra pounds, a new evidence review suggests.
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Rabid bobcat attacks Anthem man trying to save dog ANTHEM, Ariz. - Steve Verschoor doesn't regret anything about fighting a bobcat, even though his hand is heavily bandaged. "I can't go golfing or bowling for a while," Verschoor said.
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Stressful experiences can age brain 'by years', Alzheimer's experts hear The researchers found that African Americans may be even more affected because they experienced far more stressful events than white people during their lifetimes.
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Many people can't tell when photos are fake. Can you? We are a society drowning in doctored photos. Strategically touched-up profiles on dating websites. Magazine covers adorned with pixel-shaved jaws and digitally enhanced busts.
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Video shows bobcat attack man, German shepherd on Arizona street ANTHEM, Ariz. - A bobcat recorded attacking a German shepherd and a bystander in Arizona Sunday, has tested positive for rabies, according to KTVK-TV.
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Google unleashes 20m lab-created blood-thirsty freaks on a city. And this is a good thing, it says Google's healthcare arm Verily announced just before the weekend it will release twenty million sterile male mosquitoes into the wild, in Fresno County, California.
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20 million mosquitoes to hit Fresno; that's a good thing, really The male mosquitoes are infected with a bacteria that, while harmless to humans, creates non-hatching dead eggs when they mate with wild females.
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VIDEO: Bobcat attacks dog and man in Anthem; bobcat tests positive for rabies Garrido said the bobcat ran after and attacked a dog. A witness saw what was happening and jumped out to help. Steve Verschoor was bit by the bobcat as he got the bobcat off the dog.
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"It's raining needles": National drug crisis creates pollution threat In this Wednesday June 7, 2017 photo, activist Rocky Morrison, of the "Clean River Project", holds up a fish bowl filled with hypodermic needles, that were recovered during 2016, on the Merrimack River next to their facility in Methuen, Mass.
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Massachusetts' top court says workers can't be fired for using medical marijuana BOSTON - Massachusetts' highest court has ruled that a woman who says she was fired for using marijuana legally obtained to treat Crohn's Disease can sue her former employer.
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Neurosurgeon: McCain's Recovery From Brain Surgery Might Take Weeks The initial report of Sen. John McCain's surgery sounded simple: the removal of a blood clot above his left eye. But it was actually brain surgery, and the clot was almost 2 inches long.
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Mother warns about dangers of exposing newborn to human contact (CNN) Iowa newlyweds are clinging to hope as their nearly 3-week-old daughter fights for her life after contracting a deadly virus believed to be from a simple kiss.
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Google's Verily robots release millions of mosquitos in California screen-shot-2017-07-16-at-20-23- Verily. Verily has begun releasing sterile mosquitos into the wild as a way of reducing population numbers and the spread of disease.
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Alphabet's Life Science Division Verily Is Releasing 20 Million Mosquitoes in California The plan is to fight certain mosquito populations with bacteria-infected mosquitoes that won't bite humans. By Kevin Loria. Business Insider.
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Duped by Photoshop: People Are Bad at Spotting Fake Photos Recently, a fake photo of a baby girl with a sparkly piercing in a dimple on her cheek went viral and incited outrage from many who assumed the photo was real.
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Can you tell whether this photo has been manipulated? To conduct the research, scientists sourced 10 photos from Google and altered six of them with image editing software. Then they asked more than 700 volunteers whether the images had been manipulated.
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Santa Paula to explore marijuana operations Santa Paula is considering forming an ad hoc committee to develop regulations on marijuana operations in the city. The City Council will vote at its Monday night meeting on establishing the two-member committee.
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What chemicals are in your mac and cheese? It's not listed on the ingredient list, but a new analysis published this week found high concentrations of the chemicals known as phthalates in the cheese powder of macaroni and cheese.
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She tried for decades to get pregnant. At 59, she just gave birth During nearly four decades of marriage, Akosua Budu Amoako and her husband tried to have a child, without success. But last month, at age 59, Budu gave birth to her first child after fertility treatments.
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'It's Raining Needles': Drug Crisis Creates Pollution Threat Lowell, Mass. (AP) -- They hide in weeds along hiking trails and in playground grass. They wash into rivers and float downstream to land on beaches.
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Charlie Gard: US doctor meets Great Ormond Street medics The US doctor who has offered to treat terminally ill Charlie Gard has attended a meeting at Great Ormond Street Hospital to decide whether he should travel to America for therapy.
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Scientists Are One Step Closer to a Zika Vaccine If you contract Zika during pregnancy, there's currently no way to prevent your body from passing the virus along to your baby and triggering potentially devastating birth defects including microcephaly, a condition marked by abnormal head development ...
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Canadian Dollars Are Funding Global Cannabis Expansion Anyone who has grown up in Canada is well aware of the international stereotypes that exist about the Great White North. We are known to be a peaceful, polite country that supplies the world with maple syrup, hockey, and poutine.
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SJC rules in favor of employee fired for using medical marijuana The highest court in Massachusetts has affirmed an employee's right to use medical marijuana, saying that an employee who was terminated for her use of the drug could file a handicap discrimination lawsuit.
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Nevada Marijuana Shortage Averted, But Legal Troubles Could Drag On Nevada dispensaries and their customers can exhale this week as worries of a pot shortage go up in smoke. The state's tax commission voted unanimously to approve a measure that could allow the Department of Taxation to expand recipients of marijuana ...
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Packaged mac and cheese may come with unhealthy chemicals Moms were in an uproar recently after a report found that some packaged brands of macaroni and cheese might contain harmful chemicals.
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Mac and cheese powder may pose serious health threat, study says The Coalition for Safer Food Processing and Packaging, the group behind KleanUpKraft.org, tested 30 cheese products for phthalates, a group of plastics used to make plastics more flexible.
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59-year-old who tried for 4 decades to get pregnant has baby In a Thursday, July 13, 2017 photo, Isaiah Somuah Anim, 59, and his wife Akosua Budu Amoako, 59, hold their son Isaiah Somuah Anim, Jr.
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Did Nevada's thirst for tax revenue lead to recreational weed rollout stumbles? RENO, Nevada - Nevada's fast-developing experiment with legal sales of recreational marijuana was an instant hit, and the Fourth of July weekend gave the Silver State a taste of the green rush.
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Keep Canada's Medical and Adult-Use Systems Separate, Researchers Say As Canada works towards next year's launch of an adult-use cannabis market, there are still some key regulatory issues to hammer out.
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Newborn fights for life: 'Don't let anyone kiss your baby' ON July 7th, just two hours after Iowa parents Nicole and Shane Sifrit said their vows at their wedding ceremony, the newlyweds were rushing their newborn baby to hospital.
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The scandal of big tobacco's behaviour in the developing world 'Tobacco companies have tremendous financial and political power and, despite the overwhelming medical evidence against cigarettes, they are still able to sell their products,' writes Dr Michael Craig Watson.
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See this? Doctors find 27 contact lenses in woman's eye A medical case in Great Britain about a woman who had 27 contact lenses stuck in her eye is causing a lot of people to ask simply -- "How could this happen?
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Cure for Alzheimer's? Scientists discover two genes that cause the disease - and how to target them Until now, these genes were seen as protectors, since they are part of the brain's immune system. However, scientists at Cardiff University have demonstrated that they can also create fertile ground for the neurodegenerative disease.
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Giant Technology company plans to release 20 million mosquitoes in Fresno, California Aedes aegypti will be targeted by 20 million bacteria-filled, buzzing mosquitoes that will be released by Giant Technology who will carry viruses like dengue, chikungunya, and zika.
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Woman, 59, who tried for decades to get pregnant gives birth ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - During nearly four decades of marriage, Akosua Budu Amoako and her husband tried to have a child, without success.
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Mediterranean style diet may prevent dementia (CNN) Meals from the sunny Mediterranean have been linked to stronger bones, a healthier heart and longer life, along with a reduced risk for diabetes and high blood pressure.
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Certain speech changes may be early sign of mental decline Your speech may, um, help reveal if you're uh... developing thinking problems. More pauses, filler words and other verbal changes might be an early sign of mental decline, which can lead to Alzheimer's disease, a study suggests.
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Researchers 3-D print soft, silicone heart that mimics human heart In a step towards developing an artificial heart to replace damaged human hearts without a transplant, researchers have 3-D printed a soft, silicone heart that closely mimics the organ.
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