Obesity among all US adults reaches all-time high Obesity among all US adults reaches all-time high:- The United States will not be escaping the obesity epidemic crisis anytime soon: Nearly 40% of adults and 19% of youth are obese, the highest rate the country has ever seen in all adults, […]
How Long Has COPD Been Around? Although humans have likely dealt with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease – an incurable and progressive disease that results from damage to the lungs making it progressively more difficult to breathe – for nearly as long as we’ve had lungs, descriptions of the condition didn’t […]
DACA Recipients Cope With Health Challenges in Face of Uncertainty DACA Recipients Cope With Health Challenges in Face of Uncertainty:- Since President Donald Trump announced he was ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, Dulce Castro’s heart beats faster whenever she thinks or talks about DACA, which shields from […]
U.S. FDA panel backs Aerie’s glaucoma drug Rhopressa U.S. FDA panel backs Aerie’s glaucoma drug Rhopressa:- Aerie Pharmaceuticals Inc’s experimental glaucoma treatment should be approved, an advisory committee to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday, after it found the benefits outweigh the risks. The panel voted 9-1 […]
FDA advisers endorse gene therapy to treat form of blindness Cole Carper, an 11-year-old boy who got the therapy when he was 8, describes how sight changed what he knew of the world. When he returned to his home in Little Rock, Arkansas, after treatment, “I looked up and said, […]
Fact-checking President Trump’s speech on the Iran deal In his speech on the Iran nuclear agreement, known formally as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), President Trump made a number of factual assertions. The deal was negotiated by Iran, the five permanent members of the United Nations (United States, […]
Californians Say They Didn’t Receive Emergency Wildfire Alerts When the wildfires in Northern California broke out this week, they spread so fast that many residents were caught off guard. Some told CNN that the smell of smoke or their dogs whimpering were the only warnings they got before the fires […]
Spurs’ star Kawhi Leonard won’t be ready to start the season Spurs’ star Kawhi Leonard won’t be ready to start the season:- Kawhi Leonard still isn’t ready to play. San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich said the All-Star forward needs more time to get his injured thigh muscle right, meaning he […]
Barrie scores late to lift Avalanche over Ducks 3-1 Barrie scores late to lift Avalanche over Ducks 3-1:- The Colorado Avalanche went all of last season without a winning streak of at least three games. It took them just five games get there this time around. Tyson Barrie broke a […]
Craig Anderson makes 25 saves, Senators rout Flames 6-0 Craig Anderson makes 25 saves, Senators rout Flames 6-0:-Craig Anderson made 25 saves for his first shutout of the season and 39th overall in the Ottawa Senators’ 6-0 victory over the Calgary Flames on Friday night. Cody Ceci, Mark Stone and […]
