Sunday, March 5, 2017

Rejoice, weekend warriors: A few days of camping tunes up your circadian clock and other top stories.

  • Rejoice, weekend warriors: A few days of camping tunes up your circadian clock

    Rejoice, weekend warriors: A few days of camping tunes up your circadian clock
    (David Goldman/AP) In January, Ariana Huffington, who for years has described herself as a “sleep evangelist,” turned her evangelism on the soon-to-be-inaugurated President Trump. Speaking in Davos, Switzerland, Huffington called Trump “the poster child of sleep deprivation” and argued that he “should be separated from his phone at night, get a full night’s sleep and stop tweeting in the middle of the night.” Trump sleeps about two to four hours nightly, The Post reported in November. In tha..
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  • Trump is taking hair loss drug, doctor says

    Trump is taking hair loss drug, doctor says
    The New York City gastroenterologist also said the President is taking antibiotics to control rosacea, a skin condition that causes redness.A senior White House official says Bornstein did not have Trump's permission to speak about his health to the Times.The physician told the Times he has had no contact with his patient since Trump became president. Trump had visited his office every year since 1980 for annual checkups, colonoscopies and other routine tests. During the campaign, Trump's longti..
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  • Partisan sniping dominates House hearing on insurance stabilization bills

    Partisan sniping dominates House hearing on insurance stabilization bills
    WASHINGTON --- Trust. It's the missing ingredient in congressional efforts to stabilize the individual insurance market as Republicans move to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.That was clear during a House committee hearing Thursday on four GOP bills to address various problems insurers say are forcing them to consider leaving the individual market in 2018. A mass exit would jeopardize coverage for the nearly 20 million Americans who have individual policies.“Today we begin the importa..
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  • Hundreds of doctors and nurses urge the Cleveland Clinic to stand up to Trump

    Hundreds of doctors and nurses urge the Cleveland Clinic to stand up to Trump
    Cleveland Clinic chief executive Toby Cosgrove arrives at Trump Tower for meetings with then-President-elect Donald Trump on Dec. 16 in New York. (Bryan R. Smith/Agence France-Presse via Getty Images) Hundreds of medical professionals are calling on the prominent Cleveland Clinic hospital system to cut its perceived ties to President Trump in light of a contentious executive order that has temporarily banned people from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering or returning to the United..
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  • The Brain's Connections Shrink During Sleep

    The Brain's Connections Shrink During Sleep
    In your every waking moment, whether you mean to or not, you are absorbing new experiences, and changing your brain. Specifically, some of your neurons become more strongly connected. The sites where they meet, known as synapses, become larger and more numerous, and an electrical signal in one of the neurons more easily triggers a signal in another. This is how we learn and store memories, in the changing strengths of our synapses.But there’s a limit to this process.  It takes a lot of energy ..
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  • Iranian infant hoping for OHSU surgery banned from entering U.S.

    Iranian infant hoping for OHSU surgery banned from entering U.S.
    Correction appended A 4-month-old Iranian girl in need of heart surgery has been unable to travel to Oregon for the procedure due to the immigration ban put in place by President Donald Trump last week barring immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries, her uncle said. The infant, whose name is Fatemah, was diagnosed with a heart condition and told she needed surgery. Doctors in Iran did not have the equipment needed for the procedure, so her parents turned to Oregon Health & Science Univ..
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  • Altria recalls smokeless tobacco products

    Altria recalls smokeless tobacco products
    Story highlightsCopenhagen, Skoal, Cope and Husky brands are part of the recallThere are no confirmed reports of injuries or health concernsThe Virginia-based company's recall includes Copenhagen, Skoal, Cope and Husky brands. Each complaint received indicated that foreign objects, including sharp metal objects, were visible upon opening the can. The products were manufactured in the company's Franklin Park, Illinois, facility and shipped across the country. There have been eight consumer compla..
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  • Mahoning County forming opiate overdose task force - WFMJ.com News weather sports for Youngstown-Warren Ohio

    Mahoning County forming opiate overdose task force - WFMJ.com News weather sports for Youngstown-Warren Ohio
    UPDATED Mahoning County forming opiate overdose task force Posted: Thursday, February 2, 2017 4:42 PM EST Updated: Friday, February 3, 2017 6:26 AM EST By Glenn Stevens, Reporter MAHONING COUNTY, Ohio - Mahoning County recorded 12 drug overdose deaths in January — triple the number from January 2016.The county coroner's office says the increase in addiction and overdose deaths comes with costs associated in dealing with those cases."It's the ambulance crew and the EMS per..
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  • A Texas boy found a rattlesnake in a toilet. Then a snake catcher found 23 more.

    A Texas boy found a rattlesnake in a toilet. Then a snake catcher found 23 more.
    Okay. (Courtesy of Big Country Snake Removal) Jason McFadden was at work one morning in late January when he got a text message from his wife, Cassie. “What the crap do I do?” it read. That text was followed by a picture — of a rattlesnake inside a toilet at their Texas home. Life is full of adventures. (Courtesy of Jason McFadden) “Like everybody else,” Jason McFadden said, “my jaw dropped.” McFadden said he recognized the snake was a threat, and told his wife to kill it. She grabbed a ..
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  • Ruline Steininger, Clinton supporter, dies at 103

    Ruline Steininger, Clinton supporter, dies at 103
    Story highlightsSteininger was born in 1913, before the first World War, when women could not voteOn September 29, Steininger became one of the first people in Iowa to vote in person for Clinton"I've got a big job ahead of me ... I've got to live," she said at the time. "After that, OK, I can die if I want to, but I'm going to live until she's elected."Steininger died Tuesday night, three months after her dream was dashed. She was 103. Her daughter, Karen Steininger, confirmed Ruline's death to ..
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