Snyder: 'Career bureaucrats' to blame for Flint crisis
Gov. Rick Snyder speaks at the Michigan Chronicle’s Pancakes & Politics event Monday at the Detroit Athletic Club in Detroit.(Photo: Daniel Mears / Detroit News)Detroit — Gov. Rick Snyder on Monday laid blame for Flint’s water crisis squarely on the shoulders of “career bureaucrats” with “an absolute lack of common sense.”The city’s water became lead poisoned after a “handful” of state employees opted against implementing $150 per day in chemicals to protect aging lead pipes from corrosive Flint..>> view originalAspirin a day may push death away, says new study
The task force found that people ages 50 to 59 who have an increased risk for cardiovascular disease can lower their risk for heart attacks, stroke and colon cancer by taking an aspirin a day. They also found that those ages 60 to 69 can benefit as well, but should discuss the treatment with their health care provider first. They concluded there is not enough evidence to determine the benefits and harms of aspirin use in people younger than 50 or older than 69."These new findings from the task f..>> view originalStanford study finds simple solution for scourge of foot blisters
Photo: Paul Chinn, The Chronicle Brett Rivers (right), owner of the San Francisco Running Company in Mill Valley, Calif., leads a group of runners on a 14-mile run through the Tennessee Valley on Saturday, April 9, 2016. Brett Rivers (right), owner of the San Francisco Running Company in Mill Valley, Calif., leads a group of runners on a 14-mile run through the Tennessee Valley on Saturday, April 9, 2..>> view originalCongress, Save E-Cigarettes From The FDA
Thirteen Anonymous Genetic Superheroes Walk Among Us
Stephen Friend never thought he’d go looking for superheroes.“The idea came from frustration and unfulfilled quests,” says Friend, a physician at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. For decades, he had watched geneticists trying to find the genes that underlie diseases as diverse as cystic fibrosis, Alzheimer’s disease, and schizophrenia. Such studies have been undoubtedly successful, but the growing list of culprit genes have rarely led to treatments for their respective disorders.“I ..>> view originalMarriage is good for cancer patients
(Reuters Health) - Married people with cancer have better survival odds than their single peers - and not for money reasons, a U.S. study suggests. Unmarried men were 27 percent more likely to die of their tumors, and single women were 19 percent more likely, the study found. Married people generally had better health insurance and lived in better neighborhoods, but single patients still fared worse even after accounting for these financial reasons for the marriage advantage. “It seems that th..>> view originalZika linked to second autoimmune disorder similar to multiple sclerosis
Patients receive treatment at a medical mobile unit in the Brazlandia neighborhood of Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016. The medical unit is in place to attend those who have been affected by diseases transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, like dengue, malaria and Zika.(Photo: Eraldo Peres, AP)The Zika virus has been linked to a second type of autoimmune disorder, according to a small study released today.Doctors have known that Zika is associated with Guillain-Barre syndrome, a con..>> view originalStudy Suggests Brain Damage in 40 Percent of Ex-NFL Players
MONDAY, April 11, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Two out of five retired National Football League players may suffer from traumatic brain injuries, a small study suggests. Brain scans of 40 former NFL players, age 36 on average, found that nearly 43 percent had significantly more damage to the brain's white matter than healthy adults the same age, researchers said. Also, testing showed about half had significant problems following through on goals, and more than two out of five had learning, memor..>> view originalSmokers Less Likely to Get Hired and Earn Less: Study
Smokers who are out of work are less likely than nonsmokers to find a job and once they do, they earn less, researchers reported Monday. The study is one of the few to show that smoking is a cause, and not an effect, of not getting hired and it measures just how much smoking costs the average person: $8,300 a year. A man smoking a cigarette on December 3 2013. Jonathan Brady / PA Wire/Press Association Images "Among smokers re-employed at one year, on average, their hourly income ..>> view originalThe Five Worst US Cities for Life Expectancy Among the Poor
Four of the five U.S. cities with the worst life expectancy among poor residents between 2001 and 2014 were in Indiana and Oklahoma, according to a new study that also examined why these residents were the most at risk. Using Social Security data to ...>> view original
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