Delta outbreak piles pressure on China’s homegrown vaccines
Officials insist jabs work but lack of peer-reviewed research reinforces doubts about efficacy (Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare)
Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare - August 10, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

How Deadly Flooding in Germany and Belgium Exposed Europe ’s Climate Change Hubris
Gaping holes of muddy brown water where manicured streets used to be. Huge piles of abandoned belongings set on fire because there’s nowhere else to put the trash. Army tanks rolling through once picturesque villages now turned to rubble. Northwestern Europeans—accustomed to a mild climate rarely troubled by the extremes of weather they see on the news—were not prepared for the scenes they saw this week after the worst flooding to hit the region in at least 80 years. “People kept saying it was worse than the war,” says Arne Piepke, from the DOCKS photography collective, which captured the scen...
Source: TIME: Science - July 19, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Ciara Nugent Tags: Uncategorized climate change Londontime Source Type: news

How to treat piles - 5 easy ways you can prevent haemorrhoids
PILES are lumps inside and around your bottom, but there are ways you can prevent them from forming. Here's how. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - July 15, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Councils in tourist hotspots overwhelmed with litter problems
Visitors flocking to UK beauty spots are creating vast piles of litter that are putting enormous pressure on councils and their overstretched workers, says UNISON. The government must give proper financial support to ensure local authorities can maintain services and keep communities rubbish-free for everyone’s safe enjoyment, says the union. With people grounded for the summer once again, many are staying at home or heading to UK holiday destinations to enjoy beaches, the countryside and parks. But many popular public spaces are at risk of being swamped with waste as people dump food packaging, cans, bags, nappies, and...
Source: UNISON meat hygiene - June 14, 2021 Category: Food Science Authors: Anthony Barnes Tags: News Press release council funding refuse workers Source Type: news

Hemorrhoid Surgery in Older Adults: Not a'Minor' Procedure Hemorrhoid Surgery in Older Adults: Not a'Minor' Procedure
Rates of 30-day complications, 1-year mortality, and worsening fecal continence may have implications for treatment decisions and patient counseling, researchers suggest.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - June 3, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Internal Medicine News Source Type: news

Army of the Dead review: Zack Snyder piles on the glorious, ridiculous excess
It’s a ridiculous zompocalypse heist, aimed right at Snyder fans (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 21, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Black fungus piles on the misery for India’s Covid victims
Doctors blame ‘irrational use of steroids’ for surge in mucormycosis, a deadly infection in the nose (Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare)
Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare - May 20, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

An Animated Guide to This Year ’s Massive Brood X Cicada Emergence
As COVID-19 vaccination continues, many of us are gearing up to come out of our shells after what feels like years of laying low. But this spring’s emergence of trillions of Brood X cicadas will make our renewed buzz of activity look like child’s play. Every 17 years, trillions of Brood X cicadas emerge from below ground, ready to party. The circle-of-life spectacle comes with a deafening mating ritual—plus sex in the treetops, predation and also, inevitably, death. Just about as quickly as they emerge, the cicadas will all be gone. The adults will be left to decompose on the ground, and newly hatched nym...
Source: TIME: Science - May 12, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Lon Tweeten and Rebecca Katzman Tags: Uncategorized Environment interactive Source Type: news

Is Hemorrhoid Surgery Hemorrhoidectomy Painful
Is Hemorrhoid Surgery (Hemorrhoidectomy) Painful? (Source: eMedicineHealth.com)
Source: eMedicineHealth.com - May 6, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

Buried Asbestos Remains a Concern at EPA Superfund Sites
Scientists have discovered that the soil composition typically used by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to cap asbestos Superfund sites actually increases mobility of the toxic mineral, sending it into groundwater that could endanger people nearby. This discovery disproves the long-held belief that, once buried, asbestos waste no longer presents a serious problem. The Journal of Hazardous Materials Letters published the findings in early 2021. Researchers referenced at least 16 federal Superfund sites designated by the EPA as environmental emergencies, along with many lesser-contaminated asbestos dumping grou...
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - April 29, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Fran Mannino Source Type: news

‘When the Rain Stops:’ a New Short Story by Bryan Washington
We heard about the storm a week before the rains. Manny figured they wouldn’t be a problem. Jae disagreed. The news called it a minor inconvenience—a flash flood at most—but we’d learned not to lean too deep into forecasts. In the morning, Houston felt sticky. Our heels slapped across the floorboards. We plodded around the house, yawning and stretching and tugging at our boxers. Manny went straight for the vegetable garden, but Jae took his time with breakfast, stirring a pan of eggs, slipping everything inside pieces of toast. Between mouthfuls of sandwich, he swore we’d end up packing everyt...
Source: TIME: Science - April 16, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Bryan Washington Tags: Uncategorized climate change Magazine TIME 2030 Source Type: news

Two drunk friends were left with swollen penises after injecting each other with piles cream
The French men, both in their thirties, watched a YouTube 'tutorial' that offered bogus tips on how they could get a bigger penis. They injected each other's penis with a cream used to treat piles. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 15, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

AP PHOTOS: Greek cafes still shuttered by COVID-19 measures
Silence has replaced the low hum of conversation and the clink of glasses that pervaded the sidewalk cafes across Athens. Their chairs and tables, once occupied throughout the day and deep into the night, stand stacked in empty piles, some secured by chains. When coronavirus infections rose again in Greece in the fall, the government imposed a second lockdown. Retail stores, bars, restaurants and cafes found themselves shuttered once more, forced to close their doors in early November to prevent the virus's insidious spread. Retail stores opened briefly during the Christmas holidays, with social distancing measures in p...
Source: ABC News: Health - April 4, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news

How Do You Cure Piles?
Title: How Do You Cure Piles?Category: Diseases and ConditionsCreated: 3/18/2021 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 3/18/2021 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Digestion General)
Source: MedicineNet Digestion General - March 18, 2021 Category: Nutrition Source Type: news

Piles symptoms: The three key signs of haemorrhoids when you use the toilet
PILES symptoms can be tricky to spot at first, as some people don't feel any pain or discomfort around their anus at all. But if you do have haemorrhoids, there may be some key signs and symptoms you should be looking out for after you use the toilet. Do you regularly check your poo? (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - March 16, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news