Doctors Livestream Brain Surgery on Conscious, Talking Woman
25-year-old Jenna Schardt underwent brain surgery — while awake — in Texas on Tuesday, and the procedure was livestreamed on Facebook.
Doctors with the Methodist Dallas Medical Center performed the surgery to remove a mass of tangled blood vessels in Schardt’s brain that had impaired her speech and caused seizures. At the beginning of the operation, Schardt was put under anesthesia so doctors could cut into her skull. Once they reached her brain, Schardt was woken up so she could speak and answer questions, helping doctors map her brain.
During the surgery, Schardt was shown an iPad on which she identifie...
Source: TIME: Science - October 30, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Mahita Gajanan Tags: Uncategorized health onetime Texas Source Type: news
Doctors Livestream Brain Surgery on Conscious, Talking Woman
25-year-old Jenna Schardt underwent brain surgery — while awake — in Texas on Tuesday, and the procedure was livestreamed on Facebook.
Doctors with the Methodist Dallas Medical Center performed the surgery to remove a mass of tangled blood vessels in Schardt’s brain that had impaired her speech and caused seizures. At the beginning of the operation, Schardt was put under anesthesia so doctors could cut into her skull. Once they reached her brain, Schardt was woken up so she could speak and answer questions, helping doctors map her brain.
During the surgery, Schardt was shown an iPad on which she identifie...
Source: TIME: Health - October 30, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Mahita Gajanan Tags: Uncategorized health onetime Texas Source Type: news
95% Of Baby Foods Tested Contain Lead, Arsenic, Or Other Toxic Metal
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN
(CNN) — Toxic heavy metals damaging to your baby’s brain development are likely in the baby food you are feeding your infant, according to a new investigation published Thursday.
Tests of 168 baby foods from major manufacturers in the US found 95% contained lead, 73% contained arsenic, 75% contained cadmium and 32% contained mercury. One fourth of the foods contained all four heavy metals.
One in five baby foods tested had over 10 times the 1-ppb limit of lead endorsed by public health advocates, although experts agree that no level of lead is safe.
The results mimicked a previous study...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - October 17, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Consumer Featured Health News Syndicated CBSN Boston CNN Source Type: news
FAO plants new efforts to protect bananas under disease threat
In a renewed effort to help protect banana crops in Latin America and the Caribbean, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has launched an emergency project to curb major plant losses threatened by a fungal disease, the agency announced on Thursday. (Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security)
Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security - October 3, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Sterilized Workers Seek to Collect Damages Against Dow Chemical in France
A pesticide made by Dow Chemical sterilized thousands of banana workers in Nicaragua decades ago. In an unusual legal move, they are turning to France to enforce payment. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - September 19, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Liz Alderman Tags: Workplace Hazards and Violations Bananas Pesticides Chemicals Human Rights and Human Rights Violations Chiquita Brands International Inc Dow Chemical Company European Union France Nicaragua Source Type: news
Medical News Today: Can bananas help you lose weight?
Bananas may help people feel full for longer and increase their potassium and fiber intake. Learn more about how bananas may aid weight loss efforts here. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - July 27, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Source Type: news
Good gut bacteria 'helps starving children'
A diet of bananas and peanuts boosted key gut microbes in Bangladeshi children, a study found. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - July 12, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Health Tip: Preparing a Better Dessert
-- Desserts don ' t have to be off-limits for people who want to eat healthier, says Johns Hopkins University.
When preparing desserts, choose baked-good recipes made with skim milk, low-fat cream cheese or yogurt. Using bananas and applesauce as... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - July 9, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Energy Drinks May Have Unintended Health Risks
(CNN) — Energy drinks may promise a boost, but experts are increasingly concerned that their cocktails of ingredients could have unintended health risks.
A study published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Heart Association found that caffeinated energy drinks altered the heart’s electrical activity and raised blood pressure.
The extent of these electrical changes — which signal the heart’s chambers squeezing and relaxing — is “generally considered mild,” according to study author Sachin Shah, a professor of pharmacy at the Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy and Health Scienc...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - May 29, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Health News CNN Energy Drinks Source Type: news
Climate change is helping spread a fungus that attacks bananas
A fungal plant disease from Asia has been spreading across banana-growing areas of Latin America and the Caribbean since the 1960s. New research suggests that climate change is aiding the spread of this highly destructive plant infection. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - May 7, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Outbreak of cyanide poisoning caused by consumption of cassava flour - Kasese District, Uganda, September 2017 - Alitubeera PH, Eyu P, Kwesiga B, Ario AR, Zhu BP.
Cassava (Manihot esculenta), an edible tuberous root that is resistant to drought, diseases, and pests, is a major source of carbohydrates in tropical areas, the second most widely grown and consumed food in Uganda after bananas, and a staple in the diet f... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 6, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Home and Consumer Product Safety Source Type: news
Food Routes: Growing Bananas in Iceland and Other Tales from the Logistics of Eating
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Source: ScienceNOW - March 27, 2019 Category: Science Tags: books Source Type: news
High blood pressure: This extremely potassium-rich salad ingredient may help to lower bp
HIGH BLOOD pressure can often be lowered by increasing your intake of foods containing potassium. Many people know bananas are a good source of potassium, but one particular salad ingredient actually contains more than double the amount of potassium than a banana. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - March 17, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Low-paid mothers are being unfairly hit by changes to child benefit, says UNISON
Struggling families are losing out on hundreds of pounds a year as a result of changes to child benefit over the past decade, says UNISON today (Friday).
According to the report, Child Benefit – Still Under Attack, changes made by the government since 2010 have hit hard-pressed families and their pockets.
A family with two children is now £450 a year worse off than they would have been in 2010. This is when the coalition government decided increases to child benefit would be calculated using the consumer price index (CPI) instead of the retail index price (RPI).
In the following three years child benefit was frozen and ...
Source: UNISON Health care news - March 8, 2019 Category: UK Health Authors: Anna Mauremootoo Tags: Press release child benefit Christina McAnea government Source Type: news
High blood pressure: The two best potassium-rich BEANS to lower high blood pressure
HIGH BLOOD pressure can be lowered by making dietary changes, especially by eating more foods containing potassium. Most people know bananas are a good source of the mineral, but there are many other foods that have an even higher potassium content, such as these two beans. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - February 18, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
