Month: October 2017

Reality shrivels. This is your life now: 88 days trapped in bed to save a pregnancy

The long read: Months before she was due to give birth, disaster struck for Katherine Heiny. Doctors ordered her to lie on her side in bed and not move and gave her a 1% chance of carrying her baby to term When I was five years old, my parents decided they could no longer watch […]

‘Toxic’ cars hit with new charge

Old banger vs diesel: Which is more toxic? Reality Check: Does contamination interrupted 40,000 lives a year? Pollution cautioning as London air quality informs are released How bad is air contamination in the UK? Speaking on the Today program , Mr Khan stated: “We’ve got a health crisis in London triggered by the bad quality […]

Can a powder reduce the risk of food allergies in kids?

Image: Food and Drink/REX/Shutterstock Ashley Dombkowski speaks about her task with a sort of respect we had actually all want to have. The co-founder of Before Brands, a San Francisco-based start-up, wishes to avoid food allergic reactions in kids prior to they take hold. She states she has a nephew with serious food allergic reactions, […]

Trumps pro-coal agenda is a blow for clean air efforts at Texas’ Big Bend park

For years the national forests spectacular vistas have actually been jeopardized by bad air quality, and potential customers of enhancement were thwarted by Trump Tuesday B ig Bend national forest is Texas at its most cinematic, with skyrocketing, rugged forest peaks towering above large desert lowlands, at modest and as soon as hoity-toity, irritable and […]

Marriage may protect against dementia

The research study group compared the characteristics of those who did and did not establish dementia to discover ideas regarding how social lives impact danger. One finding was that when it pertains to pals, it’s quality, not amount, that counts. Prof Eef Hogervorst stated: “You can be surrounded by individuals, however it is the variety […]

How fever in early pregnancy can cause birth defects

(CNN)Running a high fever throughout early pregnancy is understood to be harmful. But is it the fever or the hidden infection that triggers the problem? A brand-new research study released Tuesday in the journal Science Signaling exposes it’s the fever itself that disrupts the advancement of a child’s heart and jaw throughout the very first […]

The joy of eggs how ‘nature’s multivitamin’ shook off the scare stories

Decades of dud healthy-eating guidance sent the humble egg into nutritional exile. But with new advice about runny yolks suggesting that salmonella in raw eggs is a thing of the past, its time to lick the cake bowl again Every morning for breakfast I eat a runny-yolked egg, often boiled, sometimes poached, or fried. In […]

Puerto Rico’s hurricane death toll rises to 45

(CNN)Nearly 3 weeks after Hurricane Maria mauled Puerto Rico, the huge bulk of the island stays without power and the death toll from the storm has actually increased to 45, authorities stated. The healing has actually moved gradually considering that Maria struck the United States area on September 20, leaving the majority of the island […]

Pools and sports halls ‘could close’

The money is essential to fight significant health problems like diabetes, weight problems and heart illness, it argues. It cautions that most of council-owned sports halls and pool are at danger of ending up being “worn out and old” as regional authorities’ budget plans end up being significantly squeezed, leaving them not able to manage […]

Listeria triggers major recall of veggies across US and Canada

(CNN)A leading vegetable supplier in California, Mann Packing, voluntarily recalled products that might have been contaminated with a harmful bacteria called listeria, the company announced last week. The recall affects packaged produce at multiple supermarkets across the United States and Canada including Walmart, Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s, Meijer, Albertson’s and Safeway. “Mann Packing is issuing […]