Adam Benson joined the News13 digital team in January 2024. He is a veteran South Carolina reporter with previous stops at the Greenwood Index-Journal, Post & Courier and The Sun News in…
Category: Health
FDA Investigation Finds Problems At Indian Drug Factory Tied To Recalls
The generic drug manufacturer was linked to the death of eight people last year, and was responsible for an outsized share of recalls for pills that didn’t dissolve properly and could harm…
32 Signs Fungus Might Be Taking Over Your Body
THE ALTERNATIVE DAILY – There are several fungal infections that result from different types of fungi entering the body. For instance, Aspergillus fungi can be inhaled through the mouth or nose and…
Back Pain: Effective and ineffective treatments
FOX NEWS – Chronic back pain is the most common type of pain, affecting around 16 million American adults — and now a new study has revealed some discouraging findings about potential…
85% of people who live to 100 are women. What’s their secret?
YAHOO! LIFE – About 85% of people 100 years or older are women, and only 15% are men. Once you get into supercentenarian territory (age 110 or older), that number increases to…
A weird mass of sea foam has coated beaches – should we be worried?
THE INDEPENDENT – Two windswept beaches 80km south of Adelaide have been closed to the public after locals reported “more than 100” surfers fell ill on the weekend. Their symptoms included “a…
VA Halts Transgender Care for New Veteran Patients as Advocates Warn of Dire Consequences
MILITARY.COM – The Department of Veterans Affairs will no longer provide hormone therapy and other gender-related care to [so-called] transgender veteran patients not already receiving those treatments in the VA or Defense…
White House removes advisory defining gun violence as a public health issue
guardian.org – The Trump administration has removed the former surgeon general Vivek Murthy’s advisory on gun violence as a public health issue from the US Department of Health and Human Services’ website….
‘Transgender’ Congressperson thinks it’s Republicans’ who are ‘weird and bizarre’
Fox News – Rep. Sarah McBride, D-De., the first openly [so-called] transgender member of Congress, slammed Republicans’ “bizarre” focus on culture wars and accused the GOP of not trying to work for…
Should Ronald McDonald be forced to retire?
THE WEEK – More than 600 doctors and health professionals have sent a message to McDonald’s in full-page newspaper ads: It’s time to dump Ronald McDonald, the fast food chain’s mascot for…