A NOAA-led research team discovered that increased ocean acidity is dissolving the shells of tiny marine snails off the West Coast, according to a new paper published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Researchers estimate that the percentage of these affected pteropods has doubled in the continental shelf waters since the pre-industrial era, and is expected to triple by ... Read More »
Sleep apnea sufferers have a new option to address hard-to-treat nighttime breathing problems after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a first-of-kind device that keeps airways open by zapping them with an electrical current The FDA approved the pacemaker-like device from Inspire Medical Systems for sleep apnea patients who have trouble with the current standard of care, involving machines ... Read More »
Sleeping more than 8 hours and less than 6 and the lack of cognitive stimulation such as reading favours the development of cognitive impairment in people over 65. This is the main conclusion of a study carried out by researchers from the Department of Pharmacy at the University CEU Cardenal Herrera and pharmacists in the Valencian Region (Spain). The paper ... Read More »
Pippa Middleton has been accused by French royal watcher Stephane Bern of wearing a “false bottom” during the royal wedding to steal the show from big sister Kate, the future Duchess of Cambridge during an interview on French TV. Read More »
Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, has announced that he is stepping down later this year. Flynn has run the Defense Department’s intelligence agency for almost two years and was slated to be in the post for an additional year. He will continue to head the agency until the early fall. Known as an innovator ... Read More »
A Tennessee bill that punishes women who give birth to drug-addicted babies was signed into law Tuesday by Gov. Bill Haslam. Sullivan County District Attorney Gen. Barry Staubus championed the bill and testified in front of the Tennessee Senate regarding the problem of drug-addicted babies. He has seen the results of pregnant mothers abusing drugs firsthand, as Sullivan County accounts ... Read More »
A massive police operation has cracked down on May Day protests in the Turkish city of Istanbul. Riot officers have blocked off the city’s iconic Taksim Square and have deployed tear gas and water cannon against crowds of demonstrators. Defying a ban on May Day protests, hundreds of protesters clashed with police in the Besiktas neighborhood of Istanbul. Some activists ... Read More »
Police have determined that two men who were fatally shot in the city’s east end last month opened fire on one another following a chance encounter on a sidewalk. According to police, Jonathan Stefan Khan, 20, and Shawn Chestnut-Reddick, 22, bumped into each other in front of a vacant storefront on Danforth Avenue east of Woodbine Avenue on the night ... Read More »
A whale that washed up on shore in Newfoundland is in danger of exploding, according to experts in Trout River, Canada. The town clerk, Emily Butler, told Canadian news service NTV that the blue whale carcass that washed up on the town’s boardwalk last week is decaying and filled with methane gas, which could lead the whale to explode. Read More »
Obese adults who display no signs of CVD appear to have a significantly higher prevalence of coronary artery calcification compared with normal-weight adults. “The risk of cardiovascular disease among obese individuals without obesity related metabolic abnormalities … is controversial,” researchers wrote in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Read More »
Cambodian police Thursday discovered the body of 58-year-old Canadian journalist and author Dave Walker who has been missing since Feb 14 in Siem Reap city, national police spokesman Kirt Chantharith confirmed. Walker’s family in Canada issued a statement saying, “A pathologist is being brought in to confirm forensics and a medical autopsy will be arranged to attempt to determine the ... Read More »
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