Flame retardant chemicals can cause serious health risks – and they only slow fire by a few seconds
Nov 19, 2023 06:23 am UTC| Health
House fires are many peoples worst nightmare. But chemicals created decades ago to protect peoples homes from out of control flames opened our front doors to a new menace: toxic chemicals. Ones that we are consistently...
Creative minds are vulnerable to mental illness – but magicians escape the curse
Nov 19, 2023 06:11 am UTC| Health
Can you think of a comedian, actor, poet or writer who suffered from mental illness? Maybe the actor Robin Williams or comedian Stephen Fry came to your mind. Perhaps it was the writer Virginia Woolf. All three have had...
Nov 19, 2023 06:04 am UTC| Health
The Food and Drug Administration issued a warning in late October 2023 urging consumers to avoid purchasing and to immediately stop using 26 over-the-counter eye drop products because of risk of eye infection that could...
Rite Aid Sues US Justice Dept Over Opioid Prescription Allegations, Bankruptcy Issue
Nov 17, 2023 06:26 am UTC| Business Law Health
Rite Aid has sued the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to halt a lawsuit alleging the companys involvement in illegally filling prescriptions for addictive opioid medications. The lawsuit comes as Rite Aid finds itself in...
Nov 15, 2023 02:13 am UTC| Health
Every time the country is shaken by a tragic mass shooting and the loss of innocent lives, mental illness and its role in the actions of the mass shooter come under scrutiny. Mental illness again became a central theme...
Nov 15, 2023 01:49 am UTC| Health
High-profile sports like football and soccer have brought greater attention in recent years to concussions the mildest form of traumatic brain injury. Yet people often do not realize how common concussions are in...
Insulin injections could one day be replaced with rock music − new research in mice
Nov 15, 2023 01:47 am UTC| Health
More than 37 million people in the U.S. have diabetes. According to the American Diabetes Association, 8.4 million Americans needed to take insulin in 2022 to lower their blood sugar. Insulin, however, is tricky to deliver...
Electricity from farm waste: how biogas could help Malawians with no power
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IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects