After Setbacks, a Pioneering Stem-Cell Technology Back in Human Trials
A California company that stepped in to salvage the first-ever medical use of human embryonic stem cells says it has encouraging results in patients with spinal-cord injury.Today, Asterias Biotherapeutics, the Fremont, California, company that's developing the treatment, will present data it says shows some gains of movement and sensation in five patients with spinal injuries who received injections of nervous system cells. The company’s technology is notable because of its link to the original..>> view originalNew study shows how sugar industry skews research on fat
The sugar industry began funding research that cast doubt on sugar's role in heart disease — in part by pointing the finger at fat — as early as the 1960s, according to an analysis of newly uncovered documents. The analysis published Monday is based on correspondence between a sugar trade group and researchers at Harvard University, and is the latest example showing how food and beverage makers attempt to shape public understanding of nutrition. In 1964, the group now known as the Sugar Ass..>> view originalChemicals Linked to Health Hazards Are Common in Household Dust
The dust in our homes and the air we breathe harbor a complex stew of chemicals. Some, like oxygen, sustain life. Others are pollution stemming from things like car exhaust or from tiny scraps of household products. A pair of new studies adds a level of much-needed detail about exactly how widespread such toxic exposures can be. A new analysis, published Wednesday in Environmental Science & Technology, reaffirmed that consumer product chemicals including phthalates, phenols and flame retardants ..>> view originalUK Nurse Who Contracted Ebola Cleared of Misconduct Charge
LONDON — A British nurse who contracted Ebola while working in Sierra Leone has been cleared of misconduct charges.The Nursing and Midwifery Council said Wednesday after a two-day hearing that Pauline Cafferkey had not conducted herself improperly.The council had scheduled the hearing in Edinburgh because of allegations that Cafferkey concealed her elevated temperature from health officials when she returned to Britain in December 2014, after a stint in West Africa treating Ebola victims.Caffe..>> view originalBoy in 'heroin' car photo sent to relatives
James Acord, the driver, and Rhonda Pasek, the passenger, were both found incapacitated. A four-year-old boy identified as Pasek’s son was found in the back seat TimeThe incident happened shortly after 4 p.m. Wednesday when an officer spotted a Ford Explorer with West Virginia plates driving “very erratic weaving back and forth.”(Photo: Courtesy of East Liverpool (Ohio) Police)A 4-year-old boy photographed in an SUV while his grandmother and an adult friend were passed out in the front ..>> view original5M Americans at higher risk of death from improper use of blood pressure meds
Seven out of every 10 Americans ages 65 and older have high blood pressure, but nearly half aren’t taking their blood pressure medications correctly— and that’s leaving them at a higher risk of heart disease, stroke, kidney disease and death, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report released Tuesday. Improper use of blood pressure medication can mean skipping doses or stopping taking medication altogether. "A simple action can avoid potentially deadly consequences:..>> view originalA US sailor fighting ISIS said she just had stomach pains. Then she gave birth at sea.
The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower. (Alberto Pizzoli/Getty Images) On Saturday, a sailor on board the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower visited the aircraft carrier’s medical department, complaining of stomach pains. The ship’s doctors would soon discover why: The sailor was pregnant. Hours later, she gave birth to a 7-pound baby girl. The infant’s date of birth? Sept. 11. The place of birth: At sea, somewhere on the Persian Gulf. “Both the mother and the baby are healthy and are..>> view originalThe Zika Case That Has Experts Stumped
In July, the Utah Department of Health was alerted to a person diagnosed with the Zika virus despite not traveling to a place with Zika or having sexual contact with a person who had. The person had, however, cared for an elderly male family contact who had contracted the virus while traveling and had died the month prior. (The researchers did not specify if the two people were related, but defined a family contact as someone who lived in the same household as the infected person or had direc..>> view originalE-cigarettes 'help thousands successfully quit smoking'
Wednesday September 14 2016 Public Health England stated e-cigs are 95% less harmful than smoking "The rise in popularity of e-cigarettes in the UK may have resulted in more successful attempts to quit smoking," BBC News reports. A UK study looking at survey data from England over the past 10 years showed the proportion of successful quit attempts rose in line with the number of smokers using e-cigarettes. But the number of quit attempts does not seem..>> view original
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