Man Loses Leg to Flesh-Eating Bacteria After Ocean Dip
Zach Motal was infected with a necrotizing bacterial infection after going into the ocean at Fort Myers Beach in Florida with a small cut on his toe.
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For diabetes control, surgery and intensive lifestyle change about equal
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Intensive medical management with supervised diet and exercise may work as well as weight-loss surgery to help diabetics get blood sugar levels under control, at least in the short term, a small study suggests. Researchers followed 40 people with diabetes and poorly controlled blood sugar for one year, giving half of them weight-loss surgery and offering the other half a non-surgical alternative, so-called intensive
Man Loses Leg to Flesh-Eating Bacteria After Ocean Dip
Zach Motal was infected with a necrotizing bacterial infection after going into the ocean at Fort Myers Beach in Florida with a small cut on his toe.
Jackie Chan warns Singapore youth on drugs after son's detention
Jackie Chan was named Singapore’s first celebrity anti-drug ambassador on Thursday and the kung fu movie star sought to warn the city state’s youth off illegal substances as he spoke of his son’s drug crimes. The Hong Kong actor’s son, Jaycee Chan, was released from a Chinese jail in February after serving a six-month sentence on drugs charges. “I was very angry but it made me more determined to be
Jackie Chan warns Singapore youth on drugs after son's detention
Jackie Chan was named Singapore’s first celebrity anti-drug ambassador on Thursday and the kung fu movie star sought to warn the city state’s youth off illegal substances as he spoke of his son’s drug crimes. The Hong Kong actor’s son, Jaycee Chan, was released from a Chinese jail in February after serving a six-month sentence on drugs charges. “I was very angry but it made me more determined to be
UN: Lowest number of new weekly Ebola cases in West Africa
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The number of Ebola cases reported in Guinea and Sierra Leone last week dropped to its lowest total this year, the World Health Organization announced Thursday, just days before Liberia is due to be declared Ebola free.
UN: Lowest number of new weekly Ebola cases in West Africa
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The number of Ebola cases reported in Guinea and Sierra Leone last week dropped to its lowest total this year, the World Health Organization announced Thursday, just days before Liberia is due to be declared Ebola free.
The Freaky History of Your IUD, Revealed
“The whole concept of IUDs came about from the observation that if you put rocks inside the uterus of a camel, they wouldn’t get pregnant,” writesLadyBits founder Arikia Millikan for Motherboard, in a piece about the IUD’s bizarre history (which reads like a well-reported horror story). Now we know.
The Freaky History of Your IUD, Revealed
“The whole concept of IUDs came about from the observation that if you put rocks inside the uterus of a camel, they wouldn’t get pregnant,” writesLadyBits founder Arikia Millikan for Motherboard, in a piece about the IUD’s bizarre history (which reads like a well-reported horror story). Now we know.
The Ultimate Guide To The Burpee
Royal Huddleston Burpee (yes, we’re serious) came up with the movement as he was working on his doctoral dissertation in applied physiology at Columbia University.