Fox News |
Anorexic woman is given choice to seek out-of-state medical treatment or die
Fox News A Georgia woman who weighs 58 pounds was told she had two choices -- either seek out-of-state treatment for anorexia or die of the disorder. Katrina Howard, 25, of Americus, was currently receiving treatment at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital, but ... Insurance battle as anorexia patient 25-year-old Katrina, just 58 lbs, faces death |
ABC News |
Sun safety tips to avoid having a summer 'fry day'
ABC News As pools and parks open and people flood the nation's beaches this Memorial Day weekend, many are cheering the unofficial start of summer. But doctors caution that with the start of summer, extra skin care is necessary. Skin cancer is on the rise and ... How to use sunscreen for maximum UV ray protection Pills won't protect you against the sun, FDA warns Whoa, What: SPF 100 Sunscreen Might Actually Work Better Than SPF 50 |
FiercePharma |
Profectus, Emergent BioSolutions and PATH join forces in search for a Nipah vaccine
FiercePharma Outbreak-focused Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) has already shelled out three times to support research on MERS and Lassa fever vaccines. That made Nipah the fund's only priority disease without a project—until now. The global ... The latest outbreak of a deadly virus has scientists racing to create a vaccine International health coalition pledges up to $25 million for Nipah vaccine |
KTLA |
Younger US Women Now More Likely to Get Lung Cancer Than Men, New Study Shows
KTLA Historically, men have been more likely to develop lung cancer than women in the United States, but new research indicates that this sex-based trend has flipped, with the greatest shift occurring among whites and some Hispanics born after the mid-1960s. Young Women In America Are More Likely To Get Lung Cancer Than Men Younger white and Hispanic women more likely to get lung cancer than men, study finds Lung Disease in Women Getting Increased Scrutiny |
Washington Post |
Officials say hundreds may have exposed to tuberculosis
Washington Post DOVER, Del. — State public health officials say hundreds of people may have been exposed to tuberculosis last year at a nursing home in northern Delaware. Officials announced Friday that more than 600 individuals may have been exposed to active ... State: Hundreds may have been expose to TB at Wilmington care facility 600 people at Brandywine Hundred nursing home may have been exposed to tuberculosis |
Tech Times |
New Study Reveals It's Really Hard To Quit Smoking, But Financial Rewards Might Help
Tech Times It's no secret that smoking is a habit that's difficult to break, and a new study reinforces so. It also claims that e-cigarettes, once thought to immensely help curb the habit, might be useless after all. Giving smokers free e-cigarettes may not help ... Money helps smokers quit better than e-cigarettes, study finds How To Quit Smoking: Understanding Triggers And Dealing With Cravings Public Health Leaders Push To Speed Reduction Of Nicotine In Cigarettes |
Treehugger |
WHO report: In southern Europe, 1 in 5 boys obese
Healio Preliminary data from the WHO Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative shows that southern European countries have the highest rates of childhood obesity in the region, with prevalence as high as 21% in Cyprus and Italy, according to data presented at ... What is the Nordic diet? (And why should you start eating it?) |