Death After Hemorrhoid Cream; Working Late and Illness; Full-Blown Hoarding
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A California woman died of lead poisoning associated with use of castor oil hemorrhoid ointment produced in Vietnam. (People)
A bill passed by the British parliament... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - April 17, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
California woman dies after using toxic, lead-filled hemorrhoid cream
The California Department of Health has issued a public warning about a Vietnamese ointment after a Sacramento woman died of lead poisoning in March. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ruben Vives Source Type: news
Risk-Addicted Wall Street Funds Are Shaken as Bad News Piles Up
Just weeks ago, it all felt so easy. Jerome Powell was poised to kick off the great monetary pivot in earnest thanks to the steady demise of inflation, while Corporate America’s famous profit machine vindicated the euphoria on Wall Street and beyond. • None Texas Warns of Possible Power Emergency…#jeromepowell #corporateamericas #israel #iran #brent #goldmansachsgroupinc #barclaysplc #edyardeni #middleeast #sp500 (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
California woman dies from using hemorrhoid cream she bought on Facebook that was laced with toxic metal and shut down her organs
The patient who lived in Sacramento, California , had purchased the treatment on Facebook , which was then mailed to the US from Vietnam. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Trial Underway Against Warren Buffett ’s Railway Company
A trial has begun over BNSF Railway’s transporting of asbestos-contaminated vermiculite from mines in Libby, Montana that closed in 1990. Investor and businessman Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. purchased the railway in 2010. BNSF is accused of negligence and wrongful death.
The suit claims the railway is responsible for failing to control asbestos-contaminated dust from Libby vermiculite stored in a downtown railyard and then transported through the town to manufacturing plants across the country. BNSF denies any responsibility for asbestos contamination of Libby, according to court filings.
The e...
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - April 12, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Travis Rodgers Tags: Asbestos (general) Asbestos Exposure Asbestosis Companies Lawsuit Legal Mesothelioma Source Type: news
Country diary: The flowering blackthorn is a plant of glorious contrasts | Josie George
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire: Now is its time to shine, and having no leaves yet, it is purest black and white, spines and starsWhile the magnolia ’s decidedly middle-class flowering dominates everyone’s attention, I prefer the hidden, grubbier events of spring, the kind I know we’ll find down the muddy path that runs between the industrial units and the strip of boggy wetland on our old housing estate.It is a beautiful day. The sky is blue, the breeze fresh. There ’s litter here, sure –piles of it– and the loud whine of machinery, but my senses soon return me to the mouthy, joyful cascade of wren song. First ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 27, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Josie George Tags: Wild flowers Plants Environment Rural affairs UK news Source Type: news
Living With a Messy Partner? Tips for Handling Different Organization Habits
When people with different tolerances for clutter live together, things can get tense. Experts offer ways to find peace amid the piles. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Catherine Pearson Tags: Dating and Relationships Parenting Orderliness and Clutter Hygiene and Cleanliness Source Type: news
How to beat the health problems no one likes to talk about: From piles to itchy bottoms and constant bathroom visits in the night. And the VERY surprising diet changes that could help...
We asked the experts about everything that can go wrong with your bowels and personal plumbing - and what to do when it does. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Don ’ t Be Surprised If Your Doctor Starts Charging You for Email
Doctors are starting to charge for responding to email, and other offline tasks. Is it justified or just extra costs in an endless stream of medical bills?
It’s 6 pm and you might expect your doctor’s workday to be complete after a busy patient load. Yet for majority, work has just begun. It’s time to open their patient portal, review test results, answer piles of patient email. Then they do whatever needs to be done, like ordering more tests or consults.
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Patient portals have improved access to test results and physicians. Day or night, you can review yo...
Source: TIME: Health - March 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Robert Glatter and Jesse Pines Tags: Uncategorized freelance Source Type: news
From anxiety to cancer, the evidence against ultra-processed food piles up
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Source: NPR Health and Science - March 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Allison Aubrey Source Type: news
Ukraine's top Catholic piles pressure on GOP over Russia's church attacks
Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine is exterminating religious freedom, signaling a return by Moscow to Soviet-era levels of persecution of faiths, the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church has said. Sviatoslav Shevchuk was in Washington D.C. this week with a delegation of his church's…#ukraine #moscow #sviatoslavshevchuk #washingtondc #davidversusgoliath #republicanparty #shevchuk #kremlin #catholic #romancatholic (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Donald Trump's Debt Spiral: Ex-President Now Owes $1 Million More In Interest Related To NY Fraud Case
Former President Donald Trump is facing a quickly worsening financial situation as interest on a New York fraud judgment against him piles up at an alarming rate. Every nine days, Trump's debt increases by $1 million due to interest, pushing his total owed to the state of New York to $455 million…#donaldtrump #trump #arthurengoron #niecepredictsnyag #donaldtrumpjr #erictrump #trumporganization #allenweisselberg (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
AI wave leads some VC investors to put money on other bets
There's no one-size-fits-all strategy when it comes to venture capital investments in the booming artificial intelligence sector. State of play: Large language model companies are still making headlines for raising piles of cash at eye-popping valuations, but it also appears a growing number of…#upfrontventures #hemanttaneja #menloventures #mattmurphy #partnernicolequinn #mikemignano #briansingerman (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The Invisible $1.52 Trillion Problem: Clunky Old Software
Old code piles up and raises the risk of hacks and other breaches (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
With trash bins now required in NYC, only the rats are sorry to see the garbage piles go
New York City’s tradition of piling garbage bags on the sidewalk for pickup is going the way of the dinosaur (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - March 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
