Bestselling Author Finds Former Teacher a New Kidney
Brad Meltzer took to social media to help Ellen Sherman, his former teacher at Miami Beach Senior High School, when she was suffering from kidney disease.
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High blood pressure: Study backs more aggressive treatment
WASHINGTON (AP) — A major new study shows treating high blood pressure more aggressively than usual cuts the risk of heart disease and death in people over age 50.
French court confirms Monsanto guilty of chemical poisoning
LYON/PARIS, France (Reuters) – A French court upheld on Thursday a 2012 ruling in which Monsanto was found guilty of chemical poisoning of a French farmer, who says he suffered neurological problems after inhaling the U.S. company’s Lasso weedkiller. The decision by an appeal court in Lyon, southeast France, confirmed the initial judgment, the first such case heard in court in France, that ruled Monsanto was “responsible” for the intoxication
U.S. House Speaker Boehner says goal is to stop sale of 'baby parts'
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner on Thursday said the goal in negotiations over funding for Planned Parenthood was to avoid a government shutdown on Oct. 1 but also to stop the sale of “baby parts.” “The goal here is not to shut down the government. The goal is to stop these horrific practices of organizations selling baby parts,” Boehner told reporters. Conservatives have pushed to cut off federal
NY attorney general clamps down on adulterated devil's claw
Devil’s claw, the commercial name for the plant Harpagophytum procumbens, is marketed as a treatment for arthritis and other forms of joint pain. A study by the New York Botanical Garden, however, concluded that supplements made or distributed by the companies contained a cheaper related species, Harpagophytum zeyheri, Schneiderman said in a statement on Thursday. Kroger Co’s Vitacost.com and Nutraceutical International Corp are among the companies that received letters from
Your diet, tailor-made according to your gut bacteria
For the first time, researchers have identified how some common bacteria found in the gut react during metabolism. An algorithm has been developed that predicts how different candidates will respond to a given diet depending upon the composition of their microbiota, the collective term for gut bacteria, of which there can be up to 1,000 different types. Humans have dramatically different compositions of gut bacteria, according to the paper, and
5 Ways to Make This Back-to-School Season the Healthiest Yet
Back-to-school season is officially here, and if you’re feeling a bit out of shape from all of those summer indulgences (think cocktail parties, BBQs, and lots of ice cream), I’m here to help you start fall on the right foot — and have some fun while doing it.1. Every little bit countsPeople are often all or nothing when it comes to exercise,…
N.Y. state sued over inmate's death, allegedly beaten by guards
The wife of a New York state prison inmate who died after a confrontation with guards in April filed a civil rights lawsuit against the state on Wednesday amid continuing investigations by authorities into his death. The lawsuit said the April 21 confrontation took place after Harrell, who was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, announced he was going home despite having years left on his sentence for a drug conviction. Harrell
McDonald's moving to 'cage-free' eggs in U.S., Canada over 10 years
The decision to source “cage-free” eggs follows the company’s announcement in March that it would stop using chicken raised with certain kinds of antibiotics at its U.S. restaurants over two years. McDonald’s buys about 2 billion eggs annually for its U.S restaurants and 120 million for Canada to serve breakfast items such as Egg McMuffin and Egg White Delight. Several food processors and retailers, including Kellogg Co, Tyson Foods Inc
Regulators halt study of cancer risks at 7 nuclear plants
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Federal regulators are halting a five-year study of the risk of cancer in communities around six U.S. nuclear plants and a nuclear fuel site.