Author: Erin Elizabeth

K2 or Spice has been around for the last couple of years, but according to an expose by the Miami Herald, it’s turning the Tomoka Correctional Institution Work Camp into “a scene straight out of the “Walking Dead.” 1 Former officer Keith Raimundo said, “Everywhere you turn, inmates are walking around like zombies. Every other inmate coming into the chow hall is high.” 23 And it’s not just happening at Tomoka. It’s now a statewide issue.  Unfamiliar with the drug? Check out the video below. “The past two years have each been the deadliest in Florida prison history, consecutively. And...

At the end of August, the FDA announced that certain medications used to treat diabetes had been linked to cases of a rare, potentially deadly flesh-eating genital infection. The medications are sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors, used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes. Click here for the FDA list of affected drugs, among which are Invokana, Farxiga, and Jardiance. RELATED STORY: Doctor explains how fasting can completely reverse Type 2 Diabetes The infection, “necrotizing fasciitis of the perineum” (also called “Fournier’s gangrene”) is rare and affects the genital region. According to a 2012 study, it has a mortality rate of more than 20 percent. (The term necrotizing fasciitis...