Saturday, August 27, 2016

PTSD in 9/11 Workers Linked to Higher Asthma Risk (CME/CE)

(MedPage Today) -- Causal mechanism related to stress appears likely, investigators say

Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Residency where marijuana is legal no reason for police search: U.S. court

By a 2-1 vote, the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver said two Kansas Highway Patrol officers violated the constitutional rights of Colorado motorist Peter Vasquez in December 2011 by pulling him over and searching his car after he had been driving alone at night on Interstate 70. The officers relied heavily on Vasquez's residency to justify the search, which uncovered nothing illegal, saying Colorado was a known "drug source" where marijuana is legal.

Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Michael Bloomberg named World Health Organization ambassador

FILE - In this Wednesday Jan. 27, 2016 file photo, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, center, chats with diplomats at the biennial "Investor Summit on Climate Risk" on at U.N. headquarters. The World Health Organization has appointed billionaire philanthropist and former New York Mayor Bloomberg as a global ambassador to help spur governments and donors to tackle prevalent diseases such as cancer, diabetes and heart and lung disease, WHO announced Wednesday, Aug. 17. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Billionaire philanthropist and former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg has a new job - as global ambassador for the U.N. health agency with a mandate to help reduce deaths from prevalent diseases, traffic accidents, tobacco, alcohol and obesity.


Patent for J&J's Remicade invalidated, cheaper version looms

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - A cheaper version of Johnson & Johnson's top-selling drug, the rheumatoid arthritis treatment Remicade, could be available in the U.S. two years early after a federal judge ruled a key patent on the drug invalid.

Tuesday, August 16, 2016

The Latest: Cuba's surprise beach volleyball run ends

Russia's Viacheslav Krasilnikov falls to the sand after a win over Cuba during a men's beach volleyball quarterfinal match at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The Latest on the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (all times local):


Friday, August 12, 2016

South Korea looks to generate buzz for edible insects

A sales assistant poses for photographs with a mealworm cookie in SeoulBy Jane Chung SEOUL (Reuters) - Bae Su-Hyeon's lunch of sweet potato soup and funghi pasta has bugs in it. "It didn't feel like eating insects," says Bae, an 18-year-old student having lunch with a friend at Papillon's Kitchen, a Seoul restaurant specialising in insects. Insect-eating, or entomophagy, has long been common in much of the world, including South Korea, where boiled silky worm pupae, or beondegi, are a popular snack.


Thursday, August 11, 2016

Star Belgian Sailor Takes Sick After Racing on Polluted Bay

Belgian woman who won 2012 bronze medal takes sick after racing on polluted Guanabara Bay

Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Saturday, August 6, 2016

South Carolina girl dies from brain-eating amoeba

An 11-year-old South Carolina girl has died after she became infected by a brain-eating amoeba in a river where she had gone swimming, an undertaker said on Saturday. The girl, Hannah Collins, of Beaufort, died on Friday night at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, said Carla Smith, director-manager of the Anderson Funeral Home in Beaufort, which is handling the funeral. Hannah is thought to have been exposed to the amoeba on July 24 in Charleston County's Edisto River, the state health department said this week.