Dad shares harrowing photo after doctors say daughter battling cancer has weeks to live
England (WFLA) – A father recently shared a heartbreaking photo and note about his 4-year-old daughter. Little Jessica Whelan, of England, was diagnosed with high risk stage 4 neuroblastoma in September 2015. Her family has chronicled her battle on a Facebook page. Track their updated here. They received devastating news last week. Doctors say Jessica has just weeks to live. Her dad, Andy Whelan, shared a harrowing photo of the little girl – with a note. Whelan is a photographer. He writes tha..>> view originalNutella maker tells FDA, 'We're not just for dessert anymore'
U.S. consumers are putting more of their Nutella on toast and less on ice cream, and now the federal government may change its view of the smearable treat.The Food and Drug Administration is looking into reducing Nutella’s serving size to one tablespoon from two because Americans are now using the chocolate-hazelnut spread on bread in the morning, instead of mostly dolloping it on their desserts. That would effectively cut in half the fat and calories consumers see on the label. Advertisement ..>> view originalMerck posts package of BACE1 data from Alzheimer's trials
Merck ($MRK) has posted a roundup of data generated to date on its BACE1 inhibitor in Alzheimer’s disease tests and trials. The package includes results from a seven-day, 32-person trial that linked the drug to lower levels of beta-amyloid peptide 40 and other biomarkers of Alzheimer’s. In the seven-day Phase Ib trial, details of which were first shared in 2013, Merck randomized patients to receive one of three daily doses of BACE1 inhibitor verubecestat or a placebo. After seven days, Merck lo..>> view originalWhy vote for both death penalty propositions? Because anything would be better than the system we have now
Two diametrically opposed death penalty measures are on the California ballot and voters must choose between them. Or must they?Call me nuts, but they could choose both. Then one might just pass. If both passed, the one with the most votes would become law.Either of them passing would be a lot better than if neither did. One would end California’s busted death penalty. The other would mend it, or try to. The absolute worst thing would be if neither proposal passed. Then California would remain..>> view originalWhat does study backlash mean for future of male birth control?
For years, available contraception methods have generally made this a woman's responsibility.But researchers report they may be getting closer to changing the calculation, according to findings published last week in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. They offered evidence that a new hormonal injection can stop men from producing sperm.The problem: Three years in, the researchers agreed to terminate the study early, citing potential side effects. That revelation is drawing som..>> view originalZika Makes Mouse Testicles Smaller, Raises Questions About Male Fertility In Humans
Listen: Zika damages mouse testicles and has implications for human male fertility South Floridians have one more reason to avoid the Zika virus—and this one’s especially for the men out there: New research using mouse models shows the Zika virus can shrink testicles. “We started looking at the placental barrier and seeing if the virus could cross there,” says Dr. Jen Govero, a scientist who worked on the study at Washington University in St. Louis. Govero says part of what makes Zika unus..>> view originalAccurate Facebook posts about Zika virus were plentiful, not popular
Social media is an important source of news for many Americans, but the health stories that are most popular may also be the least accurate, suggests a study of Facebook posts about Zika virus. In May and June 2016, a period of heavy media coverage of the Zika virus epidemic spreading in the Americas, about four out of five popular posts on Facebook about Zika contained accurate information, researchers found. But the ones containing inaccurate information or conspiracy theories were far more p..>> view originalExclusive: Global tobacco treaty leaders propose ejecting delegates with t...
By Duff Wilson and Aditya Kalra | NEW YORK/NEW DELHI NEW YORK/NEW DELHI The leadership of a World Health Organization (WHO) treaty aimed at controlling tobacco could be about to get tougher with the global tobacco industry.Delegates at a conference next week on controlling tobacco with ties to the business could be refused credentials and ejected, according to an internal document seen by Reuters.The proposal, if adopted by the full Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) at the confe..>> view original
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