Health
Thousands Of Customers' HIV Status Revealed On Envelopes Mailed By Insurance Company
The two legal organizations have teamed up with attorneys from eight other organizations in a bid to represent these customers. The envelope had a plastic window that in some cases showed not just the customer's name and address, but also the names of medications, exposing some recipients' HIV status . [Full Article...]
Google's United States search results will let people check if they're depressed
But first, what is the PHQ-9? On tapping the button, it redirects the user to a questionnaire which has nine questions to diagnose the problem . Users in the USA , who search for " depression , ' can avail information regarding the symptoms and remedies on Google's Knowledge Panel". [Full Article...]
West-Nile Virus Hits Lexington
Two people have died as the result of West Nile virus this week. In 2016, the NDDoH said North Dakota had 85 cases and two West Nile virus-related deaths. One individual also has contracted the disease. The mosquitoes found to carry West Nile were trapped and tested through a contract that includes the Health Department, New York state and the SUNY Plattsburgh Environmental Science Departmen... [Full Article...]
Boost vitamin b pills linked to lung cancer
Current smokers who reported 10-year use of vitamin B6 at doses greater than 20 mg per day appeared almost three times as likely to develop lung cancer as nonusers (HR = 2.93; 95% CI, 1.5-5.72). The participants were recruited from the state of Washington between 2000 and 2002 and were made to answer questions about their vitamin use over the previous 10 years. [Full Article...]
Johnson & Johnson Faces Talc Case
Echeverria is dying from this ovarian cancer and she said to me all she wanted to do was to help the other women throughout the whole country who have ovarian cancer from using Johnson & Johnson for 20 and 30 years", her lawyer Mark Robinson told the Associated Press. [Full Article...]
United States defense secretary on surprise visit to Iraq
Also, the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights said dozens of civilians have died in two days of intense USA -led strikes on Syria's IS stronghold of Raqqa, as fighting to retake the Syrian city from jihadists nears its densely populated centre. [Full Article...]
Despite off-field turmoil, National Football League close to extension with commissioner Roger Goodell
As it stands today, Goodell's current contract is set to expire in 2019. Goodell, 58, has been the top executive in the nation's most popular sport since September 1, 2006, when he succeeded Paul Tagliabue. An NFL spokesperson, in a statement to HBO, said the league tried to engage the union in drafting a tougher policy but said the union had no interest. [Full Article...]
Yemen's 'man-made catastrophe' is ravaging country, senior United Nations officials tell Security Council
O'Brien called for the opening of all ports, including land, sea and air, to civilian traffic to allow in aid, as well as for parties to the conflict to respect global human and human rights law. O'Brien also pointed to air strikes for adding to the civilian death toll. The country is also regularly targeted by USA drone strikes aiming for Al-Qaeda cells that have flourished in the chaos of the ... [Full Article...]
Mattis Congratulates South Korea's New Defense Minister
People march during a rally calling for peace on the peninsula in central Seoul , South Korea, on Aug 15, 2017. "But we don't need to be impatient", he said. Moon also insisted that "any military action to be taken on the Korean Peninsula requires South Korea's consent unless it is taken outside the peninsula". [Full Article...]
Yet Another Orca Dead at SeaWorld
San Diego SeaWorld's killer whale Kasatka , a mother of four, was euthanized Tuesday after she didn't respond to treatment for bacterial lung disease. They are the last generation of captive killer whales after the company announced in 2016 that it was ending its breeding program and would start phasing out the hallmark orca shows. [Full Article...]
ME Office: Drugs killed 187 people in NH so far this year
Among girls, it increased to 2.7 from 2.2. Deaths among teenagers represent a tiny portion of drug overdose deaths nationally - less than 2%. Interestingly, the decline in death rate was mainly driven by boys, accounting for two-thirds of overdose deaths in teens . [Full Article...]
At least 45 killed after horror landslide sweeps two buses off hillside
He added: "One of the buses is buried almost 15 metres (50 feet) of mud". Eyewitnesses disclosed that about 250 meters of the highway had been buried in the landslide as an entire hilled caved in. He also directed local civil authorities to assess the loss to the property at the earliest so that the sufferers could be adequately compensated. "Immediate relief will be provided", Mr Singh said. [Full Article...]
Kisner clings to PGA lead with Matsuyama, Stroud one back
Here are the latest odds to win the final major of 2017. "I nearly had three (eagles) in a row because I hit it to an inch the hole before", he said. "I've got this next week off to assess what I need to go forward". I felt like we took as much time as we needed to at the start of the year. McIlroy said the pain wasn't as bad as it was early in the year at the Players, when he said it really f... [Full Article...]
Intragastric Weight Loss Balloons Linked to 5 Deaths, FDA Says
The balloon is created to remain in place for several months. Of these, three occurred between one and three days after balloon placement. Apollo said in a press release that the deaths of the patients using their weight-loss balloon were not necessarily caused by their products. [Full Article...]
PH backs US Navy presence in disputed maritime area
He said Chinese Navy identified the USA warship, warned and expelled it. USA national security advisor Lt Gen H R McMaster had said recently that "China is not doing enough on North Korea which continues to violate global norms by conducting missile tests". [Full Article...]
Eggs recall: 700000 distributed in United Kingdom contaminated with fipronil pesticide
The Dutch trader of fipronil has been heard as a suspect a week after. Belgian media reports that raids were done at eight addresses, mainly disinfecting companies that use fipronil . The FSA said the decision to withdraw these products is not due to food safety concerns , but is based on the fact that Fipronil is not authorised for use in food producing animals. [Full Article...]
Marijuana triples your chances of dying from high BP
The researchers studied 1,213 people aged 20 or over who had been involved in a National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.In 2005 to 2006, the study's participants were asked if they had ever used marijuana and, if so, how old they were when they first started. [Full Article...]
Dr Ruth Pfau passes away
The funeral was scheduled for August 19 in Karachi , said Shariq Zaman, a spokesman for Pfau's charity. Hailing from Germany, Dr Pfau had been staying in Pakistan since 1960, when she was just 29, dedicating her life to cure patients of leprosy. [Full Article...]
Iowa officials warning bartenders to not serve Moscow Mules in copper mugs
Although the copper mugs may look stunning, they aren't necessarily healthy when used to house drinks that have an acidity of a pH below 6.0. The Moscow Mule cocktail is getting lots of buzz lately, but it's not all good news. Symptoms of copper poisoning include abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea and jaundice, according to the U.S. Copper pots, for instance, can alter the flavor of the recipe... [Full Article...]
Blue is the colour for depressed people's photo shares
A computer program trained to diagnose depression from the images was correct 70 per cent of the time, a study led by Harvard University and Dr Christopher Danforth, of Vermont University, found. When the researchers analyzed the almost 44,000 images, they found that posts from users who had a diagnosis of depression were likely to be bluer, grayer and darker than posts from users without the cond... [Full Article...]