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Wildfires are an unfortunate reality in Southern California, and the recent blazes have blanketed Los Angeles with smoke and ash, significantly impacting air quality. Breathing in this polluted air can have serious health consequences, making it essential to take precautions. One of the most crucial steps you can take is to wear the correct type of mask.Why Cloth Masks Aren't Enough:Fine...[ Read More... ]
Lafayette, Louisiana: Friends Karen Bowers and Jeanette LeBlanc shucked and ate about two dozen raw oysters.“About 36 hours later she started having extreme respiratory distress, had a rash on her legs and everything,” Bergquist said.“An allergic reaction of sorts, that’s what I would call it. That’s what we thought,” Bowers added.(via KRON4, "Texas woman dies...[ Read More... ]
There are a lot of health benefits for babies breastfeeding, from absorbing antibodies to help babies fight off viruses and bacteria, to lowering their risk of having asthma or allergies. Babies who are breastfed exclusively for the first 6 months, without any formula, have fewer ear infections, respiratory illnesses, and bouts of diarrhea ("Breastfeeding Benefits for Mom and Baby -...[ Read More... ]
New study published in the BMJ medical journals: researchers from John Hopkins University School of Medicine estimate deaths from medical errors in the US to be 251,454 each year - about 9.5 percent of all deaths annually in the United States. Data was taken from Medicare and 13 other hospitals. This makes medical errors the third leading cause of a non-violent death in the U.S., ahead of...[ Read More... ]
Got prescribed antibiotics? CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) published new data in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) that at least 30 percent of antibiotics prescribed in the US are unnecessary. This can prove to be not just not beneficial, but harmful, such as getting Clostridium difficile, commonly known as "C-difficile" or...[ Read More... ]
