Heat wave hits US Northeast
Scorching temperatures topping 90 degrees Fahrenheit were expected throughout the east, rising to at least 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius) in New York and Washington.
Canada’s Quebec region, particularly around Montreal, also got blasted, although city hospitals said there had been no immediate spike in heat-related illnesses.
New Yorkers were warned to stay in the [...]
Depression doubles dementia risk, say researchers
Having depression may nearly double the risk of developing dementia later in life, new research suggests.
Experts know that the two conditions often co-exist, but it is not clear if one actually leads to the other.
To reach the conclusion, researchers examined research data on 949 people with an average age of 79 from the Framingham Heart [...]
Medicare reviewing over Dendreon cancer vaccine
The U.S. Medicare program said on Wednesday it was evaluating data on Dendreon Corp’s prostate cancer therapy to decide whether to cover the product for seniors nationwide.
The shares of Dendreon Corp. plummeted by 23% and became $25 after the news came and closed in on $32.33 on Nasdaq.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) [...]
Kelloggs cereal recalled, affects 28 million boxes
We’ve already heard of quite a few different recalls this year including cars, cribs and food. And while we are speaking about food recalls, there now appears to be another. Kellogg Co. has just announced that they are recalling some of their children’s cereals.
The company is voluntarily recalling 28 million boxes of Corn Pops, Honey [...]
Whooping Cough Now Epidemic in California
Whooping cough cases keep soaring in the central San Joaquin Valley and statewide, and the worst may not be here yet.
California is facing what could be the state’s biggest outbreak of pertussis since 1958, according to its top public health official. This contagious disease is more commonly known as whooping cough due the distinctive whoop [...]
Amanda Green suffers from Prosopagnosia, Face Blindness
Amanda suffered brain damage and later Prosopagnosia at age 10. Amanda Green having could not recognize her professors or classmates or even class. This spring she graduated from the White Bear Lake Area School District’s Transition Plus program and the Northeast Metro 916 Career and Technical Center’s Child Development Careers program.
“It’s like I’m meeting everyone [...]
Romaine lettuce recalled for E.coli scare
Romaine lettuce, sold under the brands Freshway Foods and Imperial Sysco, is being recalled across 23 states and the District of Columbia, the Associated Press reports. The lettuce may be the source of an E. coli outbreak that’s responsible for at least 12 hospitalizations so far. Three patients have life-threatening symptoms and have been [...]
FDA rejects InterMune’s drug for fatal lung disease
The Food and Drug Administration have announced that they have rejected the company behind a new drug that was developed to treat the fatal lung disease known as Forest lung disease. InterMune, Inc. was the company behind the drug which the FDA turned down stating that there were too many negative side effects to the [...]
Prostate cancer vaccine gets FDA approval
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Provenge, a novel technique for fighting prostate cancer, on Thursday. The treatment involves taking a patient’s own white blood cells and using a drug that trains them to more actively attack cancer cells.
The treatment is intended only for men with so-called “metastatic castration-resistant” prostate cancer, for whom [...]