- Mother Nature is both wonderful and strange. A new species of the Ebola virus has been discovered in bats in Sierra Leone.
- We knew that bacteria can change and adapt to antibiotics developed to combat them. Now there's evidence that multidrug-resistant superbugs are evolving to render useless our alcohol-based wipes and hand sanitizers, such as those used at home and in hospitals.
- Officially Scary As Hell: the USDA has basically granted all China processing plants blanket approval to export processed chicken to the U.S. for consumption. And nobody has to label Country of Origin. There's no USDA inspector to be found anywhere in the huge expanses of China. You may want to consider only buying fresh chicken, and avoid chicken from restaurants and bagged in stores. The tales emerging from China's processing plants are absolutely horrifying.
- In case you didn't get the memo, do not eat salads from McDonalds. Cyclospora has now sickened 286 people across 15 states.
- And, don't eat salads and wraps from Krogers, Trader Joe's, and Walgreens...they have Cyclospora, too.
- Keep walking. Those people who take a 'break' from exercising, such as walking less than 2,000 steps a day, develop what scientists are calling, "metabolic derangement" that leads to increased blood sugar levels, decreased sensitivity to insulin, worsening cholesterol, and decreased muscle mass. This can be reversed by simple becoming active again...mostly.
- Recall the China vaccine scandal from last week's news? They've arrested 18 employees -- to include the chairwoman -- of the company that falsified data and made ineffective vaccines for rabies, diphtheria, whooping cough, and tetanus.
- Someone has figured out how to make a 3-D printed gun. A gun that's untraceable. So far, they've been blocked to releasing/selling those plans into the internet, but how long do you think that will last?
Monday, August 06, 2018
The World's Health - 3 Aug 2018
Recapping the week's health news
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