CAPRADIO.ORG – In nearly every culture, there’s a soup known for its superpowers, especially when cooked with love by an elderly relative. There has been some scientific research into whether these curative…
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Woman Who Can Smell Parkinson’s Disease Helping to Develop a Swab Test for Early Detection with Michael J. Fox’s Foundation
PEOPLE – A woman who can smell Parkinson’s disease is using her hyperosmia — an enhanced sense of smell — to help diagnose the degenerative disease early as part of a study…
Galapagos tortoises at Philadelphia Zoo become first-time parents at nearly 100
CNN – A pair of critically endangered, nearly 100-year-old Galapagos tortoises at the Philadelphia Zoo have become first-time parents. In an announcement Friday, the zoo said it is “overjoyed” at the arrival…
READER DISCRETION: Man admits to unspeakable crime against his own daughter
THE MIRROR – Hugo Ferreira, from Welverdiend, South Africa, admitted to raping his 1-week-old daughter while they were home alone — and he said he knew she could die but didn’t care…
The amount of time you urinate for could be a sign of huge health problems to come
LAD BIBLE – You might want to take a stopwatch with you next time you feel the urge A group of scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology came up with the…
US tourist arrested after allegedly attempting to contact ‘world’s most isolated’ tribe
CNN – An American tourist has been arrested after allegedly traveling to a remote island in the Bay of Bengal and attempting to contact one of the world’s most isolated tribes. Mykhailo…
Study offers advice to docs when they get weird requests
Sudbury.com – More and more doctors are being faced with patients who are requesting medical tests or treatments that physicians might deem inappropriate. The issue, outlined in a recent edition of the…
Major deal wipes out $30 billion in medical debt. Even backers say it’s not enough
Heard on Morning Edition – Underscoring the massive scale of America’s medical debt problem, a nonprofit has struck a deal to pay off old medical bills for an estimated 20 million people….
Judge Blocks H.H.S. From Terminating $11 Billion in Public Health Grants
THE NEW YORK TIMES – A federal judge on Thursday temporarily barred the Department of Health and Human Services from terminating a variety of public health funds that had been allocated to…
‘That barrier has been breached’: Infectious diseases doctor warns travellers about flesh-eating parasite
CTV NEWS – They may be small, but New World screwworm maggots can burrow or screw into the wounds of living things – including humans in rare cases – and seriously hurt…