Drug that creates a ‘real sun-tan’ could prevent cancer

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Drug that creates a ‘real sun-tan’ could prevent cancer

BBC News
Scientists have developed a drug that mimics sunlight to make the skin tan, with no damaging UV radiation involved. The drug tricks the skin into producing the brown form of the pigment melanin in tests on skin samples and mice.

Drones carrying defibrillators could aid heart emergencies

KSAT San Antonio
CHICAGO – It sounds futuristic: drones carrying heart defibrillators swooping in to help bystanders revive people stricken by cardiac arrest.

Aspirin ‘major bleed’ warning for over-75s

BBC News
People over 75 taking daily aspirin after a stroke or heart attack are at higher risk of major – and sometimes fatal – stomach bleeds than previously thought, research in the Lancet shows.

Philadelphia hospital separates conjoined 10-month-old twins

PennLive.com
PHILADELPHIA — A team successfully separated 10-month-old conjoined twins during an 11-hour surgery, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia said Tuesday.

Five-year-old girl recovers from black widow spider bite

New York Post
A 5-year-old Massachusetts girl is recovering after being bitten by a black widow spider – leaving her with a bruise that turned a nasty shade, according to a report.

China: Doctors remove 13 kg of faecal matter from 22-year-old man constipated since birth

Daily News & Analysis
In what appears to be a complex surgery, doctors in China removed 13 kg faecal matter from the intestine of a 22-year-old man, who suffered from a rare disease that rendered him constipated since birth.

Baby death: Parents convicted over vegetable milk diet

BBC News
A Belgian court has given six-month suspended jail terms to the mother and father of a baby boy who died after being fed a diet of vegetable milk.

Eating Too Many French Fries Can Double The Chance Of Death, Study Finds

International Business Times
french-fries-250641_1280 Americans who dine out tend to consume more salt than those who eat at home. Dining at a fast-food restaurant boosts salt intake by about 300 milligrams per day but eating at a sit-down restaurant can be even worse.

Red Cross seeks blood donations

Petoskey News-Review
PETOSKEY – The American Red Cross urges eligible donors to give blood this summer for hospital patients in need. Only about 3 percent of the U.S.

America’s new tobacco crisis: The rich stopped smoking, the poor didn’t

Washington Post
MARTINSVILLE, VA. – After decades of lawsuits, public campaigns and painful struggles, Americans have finally done what once seemed impossible: Most of the country has quit smoking, saving millions of lives and leading to massive reductions in cancer.

Here’s how to protect yourself from West Nile virus this summer

WCPO
CINCINNATI — Health officials reported Monday mosquitoes trapped in Franklin County, two hours from Cincinnati, have tested positive for the West Nile virus.
Las Vegas Review-Journal
The exterior of the Rio hotel-casino seen on Saturday, June 10, 2017 in Las Vegas, NV. (Rio Lacanlale Las Vegas Review-Journal). By Jessie Bekker Las Vegas Review Journal.

Yemeni children infected by cholera at rate of one every 35 seconds

The Guardian
Yemeni children suspected of being infected with cholera receive treatment at a makeshift hospital in Sana’a. Photograph: Mohammed Huwais/AFP/Getty Images.

Gov. Doug Ducey orders stricter reporting of Arizona opioid overdoses, deaths

AZCentral.com
In a way to ensure they won’t overdose and not be found until it’s too late, opioid addicts are now using and collapsing in public in increasing numbers.

Indulgent food labels get people eating more vegetables

Treehugger
My mother always said, “Presentation is everything,” when serving a meal. She would insist on transferring our family meals from pots to platters and serving dishes, complete with sprigs of parsley and wedges of tomato, and it never failed to impress.

Teen dances from hospital bed days after heart transplant

WXII The Triad
Sixteen-year-old Amari Hall went from open-heart surgery one week to a full-on dance party the next. Advertisement. The Capitol Heights, Maryland, teenager was born with a heart defect and needed a heart transplant.

Do opioid drug-abuse deterrents actually work? FDA wants to know.

The Boston Globe
The Food and Drug Administration is ramping up scrutiny of antiabuse features on opioid painkillers to try to determine if they actually do what they’re intended to do.

Behind the numbers: How to make sense of Utah’s abortion rate for married women

Deseret News
In this April 15, 2013, photograph, a copy of the Jackson Women’s Health Organization clinic’s State Health Department issued license is displayed at the front desk next to the patient information forms in Mississippi’s only abortion clinic, in Jackson

Preventing Lyme (And A New Disease) As Ticks Spread

WBUR
The worst tick season ever is here, and experts warn that there’s a disease deadlier than Lyme lurking in the woods. What you need to know.

Gates Foundation agrees new polio funding deal

PMLiVE
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has agreed a new funding agreement with The Rotary Foundation to help eradicate polio that will see the partners raise up to $450m for the cause.

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