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NOLA.comMike VI, LSU's live tiger mascot, diagnosed with cancer
Shreveport Times
BATON ROUGE – LSU's live tiger mascot, Mike VI, has been diagnosed with a spindle cell sarcoma, a type of cancer. Currently, Mike's attitude and demeanor are unchanged, and he does not appear to be in pain. Mike's veterinarian, David Baker, DVM, Ph.D.
LSU's Mike the Tiger diagnosed with 'extremely rare' form of cancerThe New Orleans Advocate
LSU's Mike VI diagnosed with cancerWBRZ
LSU live mascot, Mike VI, diagnosed with cancerKLFY And the Valley Shook -SECcountry.com all 9 news articles » -
NBCNews.comFitbit Trackers Are 'Highly Inaccurate,' Study Finds
NBCNews.com
A class action lawsuit against Fitbit may have grown teeth following the release of a new study that claims the company's popular heart rate trackers are "highly inaccurate." Researchers at the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona tested the ...
Fitbit heart rate trackers highly inaccurate, study finds; lawsuit filedSyracuse.com
4 Things to Know About the Fitbit Accuracy LawsuitTIME
Fitbit Tracker Heart Rate Accuracy Questioned In LawsuitForbes Bidness ETC -PC Advisor -Gizmodo -The Next Web all 32 news articles » -
Fox 59Vet intern discovers dog's paralysis is caused by tick moments before euthanization
Fox 59
PORTLAND, OR – It was a very close call for a dog in Oregon. A few days ago, Ollie the Collie was stricken with paralysis. “When his mobility was shot and he was paralyzed, it was just weird seeing him just laying there on the floor, knowing he had so ...
Intern spots this just as dog was to be put down ...CNN
Vet intern solves mystery, saves paralyzed dog's life moments before he was to be euthanizedFOX43.com
Paralyzed dog saved from being euthanized when vet intern finds tick just in timeKUTV 2News WPXI Pittsburgh -Examiner.com -FOX10 News -KRTV Great Falls News all 29 news articles » -
Telegraph.co.ukUK Restaurant Owner Guilty of Manslaughter in Allergy Death
New York Times
LONDON — A British man has been convicted of manslaughter after a customer at his Indian restaurant died because of a peanut allergy. Restaurant owner Mohammed Zaman was convicted Monday at Teesside Crown Court for his role in bar manager Paul ...
Curry house owner convicted of manslaughter of customer with peanut allergyTelegraph.co.uk
How common are reactions to nut allergies? And how to react if you see oneYorkshire Post all 26 news articles » -
KRIS Corpus Christi NewsSeasonal allergies affect more than 50 million people
KRIS Corpus Christi News
It's common knowledge that Corpus Christi is one of the worst places in South Texas for sinus allergies. Between the sneezing, coughing, itchy eyes and general misery, cities in the north have no idea what people in South Texas go through with their ...and more » -
CapeCod.com NewsScientists: Michelle Obama's nutrition facts label not based on science
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A controversial regulation to update the nutrition facts label that is part of the first lady's Let's Move push was finalized by the Food and Drug Administration on Friday, and scientists are warning the new label is not based on sound science. The ...
Those new sugar labels probably aren't going to help anyoneHot Air
Makeover coming for food nutrition labelsSaukValley.com all 14 news articles » -
CNNIs one minute of exercise all you need?
CNN
(CNN) If someone told you that you could get a full workout in the same amount of time it takes you to make a cup of tea or take out the trash, would you believe them? It sounds like a dubious exercise regimen promoted on a late-night infomercial, but ...and more » -
CBC.caUPDATE 1-France faults Bial and Biotrial over fatal drug trial
Reuters
(Adds details). By Matthias Blamont. PARIS May 23 Portuguese drugmaker Bial and French laboratory Biotrial are at fault "on several counts" for a fatal drug trial that left one person dead and five otherS hospitalised in January, French Health Minister ...
France to tighten up drug trial rules after fatal incidentWashington Post
France to tighten drug trial rules after fatal incidentSTAT
France says Bial, Biotrial partly liable for fatal drug trialChannel News Asia The Star Online all 14 news articles » -
GizmodoThis Tiny Patch Keeps Track of Your Heart and Body Chemistry at Once
Gizmodo
This little device could one day replace your heart rate monitor. The researchers behind it claim that it's the first flexible wearable device able to measure both electrical heart signals and biochemical markers while you work out. Developed by a team ...
Engineers take first step toward flexible, wearable, tricoder-like deviceEurekAlert (press release)
Could 'Star Trek'-Like 'Tricorder' for Health Be Near?U.S. News & World Report
Star Trek tricorder-style device can monitor body signals in during exerciseDaily Mail FierceMedicalDevices (press release) (registration) -I4U News -Chandigarh Tribune -New Electronics all 10 news articles » -
New York TimesObama Chides Congress Over Zika Funding
New York Times
Aedes aegypti mosquitos are bred for Zika related testing at the dengue lab run by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Credit Danica Coto/Associated Press. The House and Senate are gearing up for a push before a ...and more » -
Nature World NewsWatch Out For These 5 Key Changes Food Labels
Nature World News
The tiny nutrition facts panel at the back of food packs will get a makeover, and this will hopefully help Americans make healthier food choices. First Lady Michelle Obama and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on Friday the changes ...
Coming Soon to Your Local Supermarket: a New Nutrition LabelU.S. News & World Report (blog)
Why Big Sugar hates US's new food labelsIndependent Online
FDA Unveils New Food Label To Help Consumers Make Healthy ChoicesTech Times NACS Online -PJ Media -Gizmodo India -Organic Authority all 19 news articles » -
New York TimesDr. Susan Desmond-Hellmann, Guide of the Gates Foundation
New York Times
Dr. Susan Desmond-Hellmann, chief executive of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, at their offices in Seattle, Wash., last week. Credit Ruth Fremson/The New York Times. On her second anniversary as chief executive of the Bill & Melinda Gates ...
Ebola, Zika Push Global Health Leaders on Disease Fight, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation CEO SaysWall Street Journal
The head of The Gates Foundation reveals the biggest challenge in the world right nowTech Insider all 3 news articles » -
ReutersUS states on Zika's frontline see big gaps in funding, expertise
Reuters
In Mississippi, a small team of entomologists has begun the first survey of mosquito populations in decades. Experts do not believe the kind of mosquitoes most likely to carry the Zika virus are active in the state, but they cannot know for sure. By ...
Measures in place in N.O. to combat spread of Zika virusThe Advocate
Uncle Sam seeks citizen-scientists to fight ZikaNews & Observer
Today's Tools For Combating Zika Mosquitoes Hark Back To 1945NPR Burlington Hawk Eye -WKBW-TV -SDE Entertainment News (satire) (press release) (blog) all 11 news articles » -
Songs for the Dying: Hospice Choirs Provide Peace, Comfort
ABC News
The singers enter single file, taking slow, deliberate steps as they intone a soft melody. Norman Doelling, an 85-year-old who recently suffered a stroke, is there waiting, an audience of one, eased into a recliner in the home where he's lived for ...and more » -
azcentral.comArizona company recalls salads for listeria
azcentral.com
Phoenix based Papa Johns Salads and Produce, Inc., is voluntarily recalling one of it's salads due to possible listeria contamination. (Photo: Food and Drug Administration). Phoenix-based Papa John's Salad and Produce, Inc., is voluntarily recalling ...
Listeria Recall for Salads Sold at Safeway, Albertsons, Bashas and Food 4 LessFood Poisoning Bulletin
Time sens- Papa John's...Daily Voice
Papa John's Salad and Produce Recalls Oriental Salad with Sesame Ginger Dressing Due to PossibleKIRO Seattle Digital Journal -KTUL all 11 news articles » -
Wall Street JournalMosquitoes With Zika Virus Could Hit US Soon
Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON—Mosquitoes carrying the dangerous Zika virus are expected to begin infecting Americans within the U.S. in the next “month or so,” the government's top infectious disease expert said Sunday, as officials race to prevent a widespread outbreak ...
Dr. Fauci: 'Forceful Preparation' Key to Combating Zika Spread in USABC News
Fauci: 'We can't take our eye off the ball with Ebola'The Hill (blog) all 9 news articles » -
The Marijuana TimesAdvocates frustrated as medical marijuana inches forward in Maryland
Reading Eagle
Maryland's state medical marijuana commission delivered a blow to marijuana advocates and would-be entrepreneurs last week by abruptly capping the number of businesses that can process marijuana into pills, oils and other products. The commission ...
Philly Hosts 'Crash Course' On Pa. Medical Marijuana LawCBS Local
Tobacco, marijuana exactly the same when it comes to insurance premiumsThe Globe and Mail (subscription)
State's medical pot legalization excites researchersScranton Times-Tribune Freeport Journal-Standard -American Council on Science and Health -The Marijuana Times all 11 news articles » -
Outbreak News TodayPandemic Insurance: World Bank launches financing mechanism
Outbreak News Today
The World Bank Group today launched the Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility (PEF), an innovative, fast-disbursing global financing mechanism designed to protect the world against deadly pandemics, which will create the first-ever insurance market for ...
World Bank Launches $500M Insurance Fund To Fight PandemicsMedical Daily
The World Bank is launching a $500 million fund to battle pandemicsBusiness Insider
World Bank launches $500m insurance fund to combat pandemics in poor countriesInsurance Business Review International Business Times -Financial Times -Jamaica Observer -The Standard Digital News (press release) (blog) all 32 news articles » -
CNNListeria concerns prompt sunflower-seed product recalls
CNN
(CNN) Products containing sunflower seeds from a Minnesota-based company are under a voluntary recall in at least 24 states. The recall stems from concerns about possible listeria contamination, though no illnesses have been directly linked to the ...
TreeHouse Foods Recalls More L.mono Contaminated ItemsYahoo News
Listeria Test Prompts Sunflower RecallFood Safety News
Kroger Supplier Expands Sunflower Products RecallPR Newswire (press release) Allentown Morning Call -Crookston Daily Times -Tribune-Review -NBC4i.com all 24 news articles » -
NH VoiceNew treatment causes skin cancer cells to rupture & die
NH Voice
A new treatment for deadly skin cancer that leads cancer cells to rupture and die offers a ray of hope for thousands of patients who couldn't benefit from other treatments. Dr. Jose Lutzky, director of the melanoma program at Miami Beach, Fla.-based ...
Protecting your skin from the sunWZZM13.com
A Cautionary Tale For Sun Lovers EverywhereHuffington Post
New treatment for deadly skin cancer causes cells to rupture, dieSacramento Bee Greenwich Free Press -Washington Times -Boston.com -State College News all 63 news articles » -
Headlines & Global NewsLow-Salt Diets Connected To Increases In Heart Disease, Death And Stroke
Headlines & Global News
A new study suggests that low-salt diets might actually be dangerous for your health and that high salt intake is only detrimental to those with high blood pressure. By Tyler MacDonald | May 22, 2016 12:02 PM EDT. Salt. A new study suggests that low ...
Study: Low-Salt Diets Have Adverse Health EffectsAskMen
Low-Salt Diet Bad For Your Heart? Not So Fast!Tech Times
Could a Low-Salt Diet Hurt Your Health?U.S. News & World Report UPI.com -Daily News & Analysis -Huffington Post -Pulse Headlines all 38 news articles » -
Your Houston News12th annual Relay For Life of Cy-Fair brings night of fun and hope
Your Houston News
Cancer survivors gather for the Relay for Life of Cy-Fair on Friday, May 20 at Cypress Ridge High School. 12th annual Relay For Life of Cy-Fair brings night of fun and hope. Vagney Bradley. 12th annual Relay For Life of Cy-Fair brings night of fun and ...
Relay for Life Kicks Off at Central ParkSCVNEWS.com
Local cancer survivor praises caregiversSumter Item
Wayne's Relay For Life set for June 4NorthJersey.com Daily Press -Scranton Times-Tribune -Stow Sentry -Sunbury Daily Item all 194 news articles » -
Monroe News StarMakeover coming for food nutrition labels
Monroe News Star
WASHINGTON — Nutrition facts labels on food packages are getting a long-awaited makeover, with calories listed in bigger, bolder type and a new line for added sugars. And serving sizes will be updated to make them more realistic — so that a small bag ...
Nutrition labels will soon show how much sugar is added to the food you're eatingRick Kupchella's BringMeTheNews
Why the sugar industry hates the FDA's new Nutrition Facts labelBangor Daily News
Michelle Obama's nutrition label guidelines 'lacks scientific rigor'American Thinker (blog) MyArkLaMiss (press release) (blog) -11alive.com -Forbes -WATE 6 On Your Side all 313 news articles » -
International Business TimesZika Outbreak 2016: Virus Hits Debt-Stricken Puerto Rico Amid US Soccer Team Arrival
International Business Times
With dozens of storefronts shuttered, bearing signs that read “se vende” — “for sale” — the marks of Puerto Rico's ongoing debt crisis are made visible throughout the main city of Old San Juan. As the cash-strapped U.S. territory missed most of ...
Zika strain from Americas outbreak spreads in Africa for first time: WHOBreitbart News
Zika virus infects slew of pregnant women in NYCNew York Post
Trying to get jump on Zika preparations with money in limboWashington Post New York Times -CNN -Daily Mail -Forbes all 801 news articles »
FDA frets over the safety of Sanofi's diabetes combo - FierceBiotech
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The FDA has set up a debate among outside experts over Sanofi's ($SNY) combo diabetes drug LixiLan today by raising a series of red flags over potential safety issues that could arise if the combination is allowed to reach the market. In particular ...
Sanofi's executive VP for diabetes to leave company
Sanofi shakes up management team as top diabetes exec departs, consumer business expands
FDA Staff Questions Usefulness of Sanofi's Diabetes Drug Combo
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