Sunday, July 17, 2016

First known case of female-to-male Zika transmission announced and other top stories.

  • First known case of female-to-male Zika transmission announced

    First known case of female-to-male Zika transmission announced
    Photos: Zika virus outbreak Photos: Zika virus outbreakA man places a mosquito net over a bed at a home for the elderly in Masaya, Nicaragua, on Thursday, February 11. Photos: Zika virus outbreakAn Aedes aegypti mosquito floats in stagnant water inside a tire at a used tire store in Villavicencio, Colombia, on Thursday, February 4. Photos: Zika virus outbreakA health worker fumigates an area in Caracas, Venezuela, on Tuesday, February 2. Photos: Zika virus outbreakA lab worker exposes his arm ..
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  • Drug-Resistant Gonorrhea Cases Up Fourfold in US

    Drug-Resistant Gonorrhea Cases Up Fourfold in US
    Drug-Resistant Gonorrhea Cases Up Fourfold in U.S. CDC statistics for 2013-2014 show troubling spike in resistant strains WebMD News from HealthDay By EJ Mundell HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, July 14, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Antibiotic-resistant cases of the sexually transmitted illness gonorrhea have more than quadrupled in the United States. This new data, from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, should serve as a warning that "the future of current treatment opti..
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  • Smoke it if you got it

    Each week The Old Editor will attempt to address your entreaties for information and advice on grammar and usage, writing, writer-editor etiquette, and related subjects.The Old Editor does not address marital and relationship matters, dietary questions, or automobile mechanics.  The question: A colleague inquires of The Old Editor whether there is a useful distinction to be made between marijuana and cannabis. “Some medical cannabis advocates have recently approached me,” she writes, “to say th..
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  • Early Preschooler Bedtime, Healthier Weight Later?

    Early Preschooler Bedtime, Healthier Weight Later?
    Early Preschooler Bedtime, Healthier Weight Later? Getting shuteye by 8 p.m. appeared linked with lower obesity risk as teens, researchers say WebMD News from HealthDay By Mary Elizabeth Dallas HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, July 14, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Sending preschoolers off to bed early may bring them an unexpected benefit: less chance of obesity when they are teens. So suggests research that compared preschoolers who went to bed at 8 p.m. with same-age kids who had later be..
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  • At Michigan State University, tobacco prohibition nears

    At Michigan State University, tobacco prohibition nears
    Henry Mountain, 23, a MSU senior studying clinical psychology, smokes a cigarette on the porch on M.A.C. Avenue just north of campus in East Lansing. On Aug. 15, MSU's ban on all tobacco products - including e-cigarettes and chewing tobacco - takes effect.(Photo: Dave Wasinger/Lansing State Journal)EAST LANSING – Three Marlboro black cigarettes.That’s enough to get Nicole Cichon, a second-year veterinary medicine student at Michigan State University, through a day of classes.In previous semeste..
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  • 90% of strokes can be prevented

    90% of strokes can be prevented
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  • Health department sets stinky Zika trap

    Health department sets stinky Zika trap
    Aedes aegypti mosquito.(Photo: CDC)MUNCIE — The Delaware County Health Department is setting out a trap that smells like body odor in an attempt to catch mosquitoes that transmit the Zika virus.While the best estimate of the potential range of Aedes aegypti, aka yellow fever mosquito, includes southeastern Indiana, the potential range of Aedes albopictus, aka Asian tiger mosquito, includes all but the northern tip of the state, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.But the ..
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