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Eye-opening study: Many people flush old contact lenses away

Those contact lenses then end up in the water supply, contributing to the growing problem of micro-plastic pollution. The inspiration for this work came from ...

Drug overdose deaths down in Hawaii, but up across most of US

The overdose death toll has doubled over the last decade and claims more than 180 people a day, the CDC stats show. More than 72,000 Americans, according to t...

Health Officials: 3 People Test Positive For West Nile Confirmed In NJ

The district is reporting this is the first West Nile virus activity of the year in Antioch, Quimby Island and Concord. People who observe a sick or dying crow,...

Meat-eating peril of cutting back carbs

The lowest risk of an early death was seen where carbs made up 50-55% of a person's diet, according to the study published Thursday . The study , led by Har...

Autism and DDT: What One Million Pregnancies Can--and Can't--Reveal

The study is not proof that DDT exposure directly causes autism , and the authors say more research is necessary to replicate their findings. Autism is a co...

CT reports 1st West Nile virus cases of the year

In 2017, the first infection arrived in October, and by then, statewide, over 300 Californians were confirmed to have been infected. "It could have flown in fro...

Tobacco companies hail MPs' vaping report as 'accurate and pragmatic'

Parliament's Science and technology Committee said Friday that e-cigarettes, or vapes, should be available on prescription and should not automatically be banne...

16 nurses who work in the same ICU are pregnant

Of course, it's all a massive coincidence, but bloody hell it's unusual. One of the nurses, Rochelle Sherman, said that they actually didn't realise they were...

Fentanyl Is Driving the Rise in Opioid Deaths

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates a record number of people died from drug overdoses in 2017. When describing deaths involving specif...

Measles on the rise nationally, 2 cases found in DC area

If untreated, measles can become severe, especially in young children and people with compromised immune systems. While it is rare in the United States, it ...

Hepatitis A claims another life in Louisville

The Utah outbreak of the virus began previous year among Salt Lake City's homeless population and illicit drug users, and there were fears it could jump to the ...

Starbucks Canada Introduces 2 New Plant-Based Protein Blended Cold Brew Beverages

According to Starbucks, the beverage was "inspired by our customers' love for Starbucks Cold Brew and a growing interest in plant-based proteins". If you are ...

Breakfast foods marketed to children contain cancer-causing weed killer, study says

Nearly all samples of oat cereals, oatmeal , granola, and snack bars recently tested by the Environmental Working Group contain the herbicide glyphosate, and...

Police work to stop overdoses after 76 fall ill in CT

Police arrested 37-year-old Felix Melendez in connection to at least some of the overdoses in the park. Officials weren't certain whether Thursday's overdoses...

MIT Researchers Put a New Twist on Breaking Spaghetti

Bend it more and more, until it breaks. Then, in 2015, two MIT students in search of a final project set out to discover if there was any way to control tho...

Surgeons Remove Contact Lens Lodged In Woman's Eye For 28 Years

It's not like the woman was looking for it the entire time, though. She had visited her eye doctor for painful swelling in her upper eyelid . She was surpr...

Killer ‘zombie gene’ protects elephants from cancer

The elephant-protecting function served by LIF6 was recently uncovered by researchers from the University of Chicago . The reason turned out to be LIF6, on...

Brazil's 'Dr. Bumbum' Charged With Murder After Fatal Plastic Surgery

Dr Denis Furtado was charged along with his mother, Maria de Fatica who is also a doctor; girlfriend, Renata Fernandes Cirne; and an assistant, Rosilane Preiera...

FDA approves first generic EpiPen

The approval comes about two years after Mylan landed in hot water for drastically raising the price of its medicine while using its monopoly power to keep ...

Meat-heavy low-carb diets can 'shorten lifespan'

The observational study looked at the diets of more than 15,400 people aged 45-64 years from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds in the U.S. over six years. M...

Katie Stubblefield, 22, Gets Life-Changing Face Transplant

The bullet destroyed her nose and her sinuses, part of her forehead, almost all of her mouth and the bones of her jaw and the front of her face as well as leavi...

World's Oldest Cheese Discovered In Egyptian Tomb Contains Potentially Deadly Bacteria

Dr Enrico Greco , a chemical scientist at Catania University in Italy, said: 'The material analysed in this study is probably the most ancient archeological so...

At least 76 people overdose on K2 in New Haven, Connecticut

A mass overdose on August 15, near Yale University left at least 76 people ill, caused by what's suspected to be a batch of synthetic marijuana, known as K2. ...

Ebola Death Toll in DRC at 41 as New Drug in Use

The outbreak in eastern Congo's North Kivu province has now spread to neighbouring Ituri province, where a person who was a confirmed case died after returnin...

Dr Bumbum, Brazil plastic surgeon, charged with murder

His flat meanwhile was prepared for surgery "in a very provisional and precarious way", which added to the risks. He had a massive following on social media, in...

More than 70 people overdose in a single day in New Haven

Three more overdoses were reported at the Green Tuesday night, but officials could not confirm whether they were related. Some of the New Haven victims tested...

NY University offers free tuition for all medical students

The school will provide full-tuition scholarships for 92 first-year students-another 10 are already covered through M.D./PhD programs-as well as 350 students al...

Oscar Health raises $375 million from Alphabet

Oscar Health said in an email statement to HealthPayerIntelligence that Alphabet's infusion of cash provides the payer with the financial resources to scal...

One Park, One Day, 41 Overdoses

New Haven Green is a large park and recreation area in the city's downtown. "The Police Department is aware of a high number of patients that were treated sin...

FDA permits marketing of first mobile app for contraception

The ideal use rate is the percentage of women who would become pregnant because of intercourse on a day the app predicted they would not be fertile, or their co...