San Francisco First City to Ban E-Cigarette Sales
San Francisco is the first major U.S. city to ban the sale of electronic cigarettes. City supervisors passed the measure in a second and final vote on Tuesday, the Associated Press reported.
7-year-old girl paralyzed during vacation at summer camp
Seven-year-old Jena Ganal from Colorado was paralyzed after being bitten by a tick at a summer camp. According to Daily Mail, ten days after returning from the summer camp, the girl felt that she had a hard time moving her legs. First, her mother, Heidi thought the child’s feet were simply numb and didn’t pay…
24 Ways to Lose Weight Without Dieting
WebMD Tips
Set a timer for 20 minutes and reinvent yourself as a slow eater. This is one of the top habits for slimming down without a complicated diet plan. Savor each bite and make them last until the bell chimes. Paced meals offer great pleasure from smaller portions and trigger the body’s fullness hormones. When you wolf your food down in a hurry, your stomach doesn’t have time to tell your brain it’s full. That leads to overeating…
Outdoor walking meetings boost your mental and physical health
By Douglas Hyde, CNN Go outside and get some fresh air! It’s something our parents told us to do as kids, and it could be just what the doctor ordered for a workforce that spends most of the day sitting and staring at screens. One way to do it: Get out of that stuffy fluorescent-lit…
It’s not just soda: Drinking too much fruit juice (or any sugary drink) linked to premature death risk
By Susan Scutti, CNN Many sugar-sweetened beverages have little to no nutritional value and lots of calories, and their harmful health effects have been well-documented. Now, a study links drinking too many sugary beverages — and even 100% natural fruit juices — to an increased risk of early death. Specifically, drinking an excessive amount of fruit…
These common health problems could be early signs of Parkinson’s
By Patrick Lewis and Alastair Noyce, The Conversation Do you move around a lot during your sleep? Or have you lost your sense of smell? New insights into Parkinson’s disease suggest that these might be the early signs of changes in the brain that mean you are at greater risk of developing Parkinson’s. When people…
Light exposure during sleep linked to weight gain in women: study
Women who sleep with the television or a light on in the bedroom may be more likely to gain weight, according to a new study published on Monday, 10 June 2019. The research, which was published in the Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA) Internal Medicine, relied on a survey of almost 44,000 US women,…
Low-dose aspirin linked to bleeding in the skull, new report says
By Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez and Sandee LaMotte, CNN Taking low-dose aspirin to prevent heart disease and stroke is associated with an increased risk of bleeding in the skull in people without a history of those conditions, according to a new report. Researchers analyzed data from 13 previous studies in which over 130,000 people ages 42 to…
New breast cancer drug ups survival rates
A new form of drug drastically improves survival rates of younger women with the most common type of breast cancer, researchers said on Saturday, citing the results of an international clinical trial. The findings, presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in Chicago, showed that the addition of cell-cycle inhibitor…
We Eat, Drink, Breathe 70,000 Plastic Bits a Year
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter Extremely tiny bits of plastic: They’re in your food and drink, and even in the air around you, reported HealthDay News (June 5, 2019). Now, new research calculates that the average American consumes more than 70,000 particles of these “micro-plastics” every year — and even that’s likely an underestimation, the…
