Body Wellness

If you've received a vaccination, hip replacement or chemotherapy without suffering toxic shock, chances are you've benefited from a vast bloodletting of horseshoe crabs. from Reuters: Health News https://ift.tt/2Yyd4Dg

Officers line up in tribute to boy entering hospice with cancer John Hoague-Rivette, an 11-year-old boy who has an aggressive form of brain cancer, got a hero’s goodbye. via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/2YeUNLC

The Trump administration took a first step on Wednesday toward allowing the importation of medicines from Canada, an action the president has advocated as a way to bring cheaper prescription drugs to Americans. from Reuters: Health News https://ift.tt/32Zmozg

Woman who thought itchy eyes were allergy symptom diagnosed with brain tumor She had been chalking it up to typical allergies for months. via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/2SS15Lt

Can holding in your pee really kill you? Holding it in is actually quite bad for your health. via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/319wxrA

Israel's Pluristem Therapeutics Inc reported on Wednesday positive results from a series of studies in animals of its placenta-based stem cell therapy to treat acute radiation syndrome (ARS). from Reuters: Health News https://ift.tt/313qt3C

Researchers working at the University of Tokyo and Stanford University in California have got permission to keep animal-human hybrid embryos alive for more than two weeks at a time. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2yub7Zy

WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: Gina Arnold, of Michigan, lost control of her car causing the vehicle to flip multiple times before hitting a tree in October 2017. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2ZnFfBR

Max Manikhouth, 34, a former machine operator from Dallas, lost Cindy, 32, on July 15th 2018, after she contracted an irreversible infection in her contraceptive coil, causing toxic shock syndrome. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2MuuY31

Stephanie Latcham, 27, and Michael Gough, 30, from Ferryhill, Durham, were about to start IVF treatment, having suffered two miscarriages, when they fell pregnant naturally with triplets. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2KsC3ij

Following the trend in Britain in recent years of couples having their first babies later in life, Dutch researchers looked at common behavioural problems of children born to older parents. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2GFsIlX

Scientists led by a hospital in Paris studied the medical records of 120,000 people and found those who stopped taking statins at 75 were also 26 per cent more likely to have a stroke. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/2LP7oif

A study of over 140,000 women by the University of Washington, Seattle, also found relocating in the early months of pregnancy raises the risk of a low-birth weight by 37 per cent. from Health News | Mail Online https://ift.tt/315S0S8

Bulgarian veterinary authorities said on Wednesday that they would cull 17,000 pigs after detecting an outbreak of African swine fever at a breeding farm in the northeast of the country, the fifth industrial farm hit by the fast-spreading virus. from Reuters: Health News https://ift.tt/2K6aYSP

(Reuters Health) - Poorer patients in the U.S. may be less likely to get their blood pressure under control, even when they are participating in a clinical trial where medication and doctor's visits are provided free of charge, a new study finds. from Reuters: Health News https://ift.tt/2Or13LQ

Virginia Fuchs has no trouble stepping into the ring against the world’s top fighters. It’s her obsessive-compulsive disorder that causes problems. from NYT > Health https://ift.tt/2Ys6dXO

In a study, people who worked out before noon lost more weight, on average, than those who typically exercised after 3 p.m. from NYT > Health https://ift.tt/2Ydh1O9

The Visible Ink program at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center gives patients and caregivers a way to explore life after cancer. from NYT > Health https://ift.tt/2OtCL3W

Prominent U.S. abortion rights groups Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit late on Tuesday in an effort to stop a new Missouri law that bans almost all terminations of pregnancies after eight weeks. from Reuters: Health News https://ift.tt/2OrrhOn

Finland's Orion and Germany's Bayer said on Wednesday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved prostate cancer drug daroluramide, which the two companies have been developing together. from Reuters: Health News https://ift.tt/2Mu4xKP

By ABBY GOODNOUGH from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2MtoGRe

Need to ripen an avocado ? Settle in and wait, because tips, tricks, and hacks don’t really work in this case. July 31 is National Avocado Day, which means you probably need some guacamole . Problem: When you zero in on the avocados at your supermarket, they’re green and rock-hard. By the time your avocado ripens, you’ll have resorted to a taco shop to satisfy your craving. It could take up to six days for that avocado to turn soft and creamy inside. Six. Days. Oh, the agony. Avocados ripen after they have been harvested, not while on the tree, according to the Hass Avocado Board . As your fruit sits on the counter, it releases the plant hormone ethylene, a type of gas that triggers the ripening process. Evriholder Avo Saver Avocado Holder, 2 for $14.99 on Amazon Once it's ripe, keep it fresh with this nifty avo case! Buy Now If you need a ripe avocado for tonight’s (or tomorrow’s) dinner, you better find a soft avocado at the store. There’s no other way. Unless you wa

With as much chatter as there is about the rising cult of Trader Joe’s , another little improbable grocer, ALDI , has quietly been building its own army of loyal shoppers. One reason the German-born supermarket chain is so popular is their beloved private label brands (similar to Trader Joe’s) along with “ALDI Finds,” a program where the market introduces new, unique, and often limited-run products every Wednesday, much to customers’ delight. ALDI Finds include creative coffee flavors , uniquely-seasoned meats, exciting new snacks , discount wines , and even quirky kitchen tools and appliances. In the dark days, shoppers were only privy to ALDI Finds one week ahead of time, but following some top-secret ALDI espionage and a few backdoor payments, we were able to secure the ALDI Finds for the entire month of August. Just kidding, all we had to do was ask nicely. Related Reading:  9 Trader Joe’s Employee Picks for Summer From well-reviewed wine to thick-cut cherrywood smoked bacon ,