Video: People have super close call with humpback whale on a boat
I’ve been to every state but Alaska. And after seeing this, I think it’s time I go. This just tickled me and made me so happy! I had to share : ) XO Erin...
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CBS: Ex-CDC director Tom Frieden arrested on sex abuse charges
On Friday, the former head of the Centers for Disease Control, Tom Frieden, was arrested over allegations of forcible touching, sex abuse, and harassment. Frieden was in charge of the CDC from 2009 and 2017 but resigned the day of President Trump’s inauguration. “Frieden, who also is a former New York City health commissioner, surrendered to face charges that he grabbed the buttocks of a 55-year-old woman he knew in his home last October. The woman reported it in July, and he was taken into custody after an investigation. A statement released Friday on behalf of Frieden said the...
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BBC: Doctor ‘killed wife and daughter using gas-filled yoga ball’
A Malaysian anesthetist working in Hong Kong is currently on trial for killing his wife and 16-year-old daughter using a yoga ball filled with carbon monoxide. Prosecutors say that in 2015, Khaw Kim-sun “left the inflatable ball in the boot of a car where the gas leaked out…” 2 The two were later found dead inside a locked car (police also found a deflated yoga ball in the back of the yellow Mini Cooper). Mr. Khaw has pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder. The case initially baffled police. Especially because the post-mortem exam showed his wife and eldest daughter had died from carbon...
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Ten thousand chemicals in food and food packaging: What are these substances doing to our children?
By the World Mercury Project Team Public health challenges related to the foods that American children eat are a not-infrequent topic of national conversation. With 38% of children either overweight or obese, the childhood obesity epidemic tends to top the list of concerns, along with related issues such as children’s fast food consumption and the damaging effects of junk food advertising. According to a recent nationally representative survey, about 60% of the calories consumed by Americans come from “ultra-processed” foods and beverages—defined as products resulting from “several sequences of industrial processes” and including additives “used to imitate sensory properties of foods or to disguise unpalatable aspects...
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Pediatric Neuropathologist on failed science behind Shaken Baby Syndrome: Doctors value their careers more than the truth
by Terri LaPoint, Health Impact News There are times throughout human history that a particular hypothesis or another is dogmatically accepted as truth. In the past, those who challenged the group thinking could be hanged or burned at the stake as a heretic. Even today, there can be a high price to pay for disagreeing with the status quo, even when there is strong evidence that shows that the group-think consensus is wrong. Shaken Baby Syndrome is one such hypothesis. Dr. Waney Squier is a world renowned pediatric neuropathologist whose intellectually honest quest for scientific truth has led her to change her belief about...
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