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Florida has the most flesh-eating bacteria cases nationwide after Louisiana
Florida reports 16 cases in 12 counties Expand Jellyfish Beach Invasion (Copyright 2025 by WPLG Local10.com – All rights reserved.) (AP Photo/Mingson Lau) (Mingson Lau/AP) MIAMI — The Florida Department of Health reported that a flesh-eating bacteria that lives in warm seawater is responsible for 16 infections in 12 counties in Florida. The bacteria, known as Vibrio vulnificusis, has been …
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Get your daily dose of health and medicine every weekday with STAT’s free newsletter Morning Rounds. Sign up here. I didn’t know this needed to be said, but don’t share blood glucose monitors. Also, it’s been a long week, here’s a song I’ve been recommending to everyone in my life (h/t Brittany Trang): “Hard Drive” by Cassandra Jenkins. What have you …
Read More »Why trendy high-protein diets are causing a cancer epidemic: As top doctors warn they can make you four times more likely to die early, here’s the exact amount YOU need to eat at every age
A social media trend encouraging women to double their protein intake could be putting them at risk of a range of cancers, one of Britain’s top diet experts has warned. Increasing protein levels has been touted as a way to build muscle and protect against mid-life diseases such as osteoporosis. In recent years, the number of supermarket products with ‘added …
Read More »I found my dad’s Reddit account. I wish I’d never read it.
Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here. Dear Care and Feeding, I’m a 15-year-old girl, the older of two siblings. I was using the family computer and wanted to check my Reddit, and that’s when I found out that Dad has a Reddit account too. I didn’t snoop then, but I …
Read More »The highly contagious summer illness parents of young kids need to know about
When summer comes around, you can count on a few things. A Bruce Springsteen spotting at the Jersey Shore. Energy bills going up. And lots of kids getting sick with hand, foot, and mouth disease. Doctors are currently seeing a surge in cases of the disease, which is more common in the summer and early fall, according to the Centers …
Read More »A teenage football player had months of symptoms after a concussion. Doctors found a rare brain malformation.
Logan Coleridge was used to taking hits in football. He’d been playing since he was 6 years old and had sustained several concussions. But after a helmet-to-helmet impact during his freshman year of high school in August 2023, he started having debilitating symptoms. The New Jersey teen said he was very dizzy and had trouble balancing. His memory was “terrible,” …
Read More »How lithium went from 7Up to treatment for mental illness — and maybe Alzheimer’s – The Washington Post
How lithium went from 7Up to treatment for mental illness — and maybe Alzheimer’s The Washington Post Scientists say it may be possible to protect aging brains from Alzheimer’s with an old remedy — lithium CNN Decade-long study finds link between this deficiency and dementia The Independent Lithium deficiency and the onset of Alzheimer’s disease Nature Alzheimer’s Breakthrough: Lithium Reverses Memory Loss in Mice ScienceAlert …
Read More »When Music Falls Flat: Why Some Brains Don’t Enjoy Music
Summary: Some people feel absolutely nothing when listening to music—and not because of bad taste. A rare condition called specific musical anhedonia involves a disconnect between the brain’s auditory and reward systems, making music emotionally flat even though other rewards like food or money still trigger pleasure. New insights from researchers explore how this condition reveals the nuanced ways our …
Read More »Top or bottom? Different prostate cancer treatments impact gay men in different ways – Queerty
Top or bottom? Different prostate cancer treatments impact gay men in different ways Queerty Source link
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