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70,000 Opioid Deaths in the US May Have Gone Uncounted Since 1999

The death toll of the US opioid crisis has been seriously lowballed, suggests a new study published Wednesday in Public Health Reports. It found that many states have failed to identify fatal drug overdoses specifically caused by opioid use over the past two decades. Since 1999, there might have been as many as 70,000 opioid-related deaths…

Health Ed Cara

Performance Artist Separates Money From Dupes With $38 Bottles of Miracle ‘Hot Dog Water’

Here’s something to give even Goop’s “bio-frequency healing” stickers a run for the money of various rubes: A Canadian man successfully sold slickly marketed bottles of water with hot dogs in them as a miraculous cure-all for whatever ails customers at exorbitant prices. Per Yahoo News and Insider, at Vancouver’s Car-Free Day festival earlier this…

Health Tom McKay

This Woman’s Horrifying Selfies Helped Track the Parasitic Worm Crawling in Her Face

A woman’s selfies helped her monitor the movements of an unwelcome guest: a roving parasitic worm living in her face. Thankfully, doctors were able to get the pesky pest—which she likely caught overseas from a mosquito—out of her body without any problems. The woman’s unsettling story was detailed in a case report published by her…

Health Ed Cara

FDA Approves First Drug Made From Cannabis

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of Epidiolex to treat two severe forms of epilepsy, making it the first cannabis-based drug to be legalized in the United States. It’s welcome news—but patients won’t have access to the medicine until the Drug Enforcement Agency changes the Schedule 1 designation of cannabis. Epidiolex,…

Health George Dvorsky

Fire Chief ‘Bewildered’ After Mysterious Incident at E-Cigarette Plant Left 29 Sick

Nearly 30 workers at an e-cigarette plant in Salem, Massachusetts were hospitalized following a mysterious incident. Firefighters were first called to the Thermal Circuit plant around 3:30pm Sunday afternoon to investigate a chlorine leak. A hazardous material team then came to the plant and took care of the chlorine issue, acting Salem Fire Chief Gerry…

Health Jennings Brown

Oh Joy, We Just Found Another Virus Spread By Mosquitoes That Might Make Us Sick

A mosquito-borne virus discovered over a half century ago has been found in humans for the first time ever. And it possibly might have even caused a case of severe rash and fever in a Florida teenager in 2016. But despite the recent reveal, it’s likely the germ has been making people sick for quite some…

Health Ed Cara

The FDA Has Approved an Implantable Glucose Monitor for Diabetics That Lasts for Months

Keeping track of your blood sugar is poised to become a lot easier for some diabetics living in the U.S. On Thursday, the Food and Drug Administration approved the Eversense Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) system. The Eversense is not the first approved CGM system, though it is the first with a fully implantable sensor, according…

Health Ed Cara

Herpes Viruses Linked to Alzheimer’s Disease in New Brain Research

A fringe theory about the origins of Alzheimer’s disease—that latent viral infections can sometimes trigger its emergence—has gotten perhaps its most significant bit of support yet. A complex new study published Thursday in Neuron has found evidence that certain viruses are not only more common in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s, but that they…

Health Ed Cara

Lawsuit: Detained Immigrant Children in Texas Forced to Take Antipsychotic Drugs

A series of heartbreaking investigative stories published Wednesday by Reveal and The Texas Tribune highlight the disturbing conditions many undocumented children have been allegedly forced to endure in privately run shelters set up to house them as they await proceedings to determine whether they can stay in the country. One of the more gruesome details includes…

Health Ed Cara

A Big Nasty Plant That Burns Like Hell Has Been Discovered in Virginia for the First Time

A towering invasive plant capable of scarring anyone unlucky enough to touch its toxic sap is cropping back up in the U.S. And for the first time ever, it’s been spotted in the state of Virginia. The toxic plant, aptly known as the giant hogweed, was first introduced to North America from its native home…

Health Ed Cara

A Woman’s New Tattoo Led to Three Years of Chronic Pain, Doctors Say

There are plenty of bad (and cool!) tattoos out there, but few might ever be as regrettable as the one that apparently caused an immune disorder and years of chronic pain in a UK woman. The bizarre medical tale, detailed by her doctors Monday in BMJ Case Reports, is apparently the first recorded instance of…

Health Ed Cara

New Medical Analysis Shows What Really Happened on the Night Robert F. Kennedy Was Assassinated

It was 50 years ago this month that Senator Robert F. Kennedy was killed by an assassin. In what is now the first study of its kind, a team of specialists has conducted a systematic review of the medical care he received during the critical hours following the shooting. Their findings offer unprecedented details about…

Health George Dvorsky

The Diabetes Cure That Most Insurance Companies Won’t Pay for

For 15 years, Erez Benari’s struggle with his type 2 diabetes had been a losing one. A software engineer at Microsoft in Seattle, Washington, Benari had stuck to a restrictive diet that kept him off most carbs, along with regular insulin shots. But still, his high blood sugar levels never dropped, while his health continued…

Health Ed Cara

Smartphones and Tablets Might Be Hurting Kids’ Hearing, but No One Knows for Sure

Most of us know that spending too much time at loud rock concerts can be bad for our hearing later on. But a new study published Thursday in JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery suggests that kids as young as nine can be at risk of hearing loss from an unexpected source: their smartphones and tablets.…

Health Ed Cara

Coffee Sold in California Might Not Get Cancer Warning Labels After All

Officials with California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) have intervened to nullify a recent court ruling saying coffee sold in the state—say, like at a local Starbucks—must be accompanied by warning labels saying brewed coffee contains the carcinogen acrylamide. The Los Angeles Superior Court ruling ordered producers to put warning labels on the…

Health Tom McKay

NIH Pulls the Plug on Controversial Drinking Study Funded by Big Alcohol

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has abruptly halted its $100 million study meant to examine whether moderate drinking can be good for your heart. The decision, announced Friday, comes in the wake of a report commissioned by the federal agency that reaffirmed allegations first reported by the New York Times this March. It found…

Health Ed Cara

These Tests Will Tell You Just How Good Your Eyes Are at Seeing Color

Let’s talk about how you’re perceiving color. The idea came to me when a coworker asked if they should get the computer with 100-percent sRGB or 100-percent Adobe RGB, which displays more shades of green. I jokingly told him to take this X-Rite color perception test to see if he could even perceive color well…

Health Alex Cranz

Honey Smacks Cereal Added to the Growing List of Shit That Might Give You Salmonella Poisoning

The Kellogg Company has announced that it’s recalling Honey Smacks cereal with “use by” dates between June 14, 2018 and June 14, 2019. The cereal has been linked to America’s current salmonella outbreak which currently affects at least 31 states and follows an announcement this week that consumers should avoid pre-cut melon. “The FDA has…

Health Matt Novak

The Flavoring Chemicals in E-Cigarettes May Harm Blood Vessels

The wide assortment of flavorings used to spice up your vaping experience could be damaging your cardiovascular system, suggests new research released Thursday. The study, published in the journal of Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, found that several common e-cigarette flavorings can directly harm blood vessels. But, as with so many similar studies, it’s hard…

Health Ed Cara

Massachusetts Sues Purdue Pharma, 16 Company Officials for Allegedly Lying About OxyContin

The state of Massachusetts has filed a lawsuit against Purdue Pharma LP, the company that developed the semisynthetic opioid OxyContin in 1995 and aggressively marketed it while downplaying the risk of addiction. It’s part of a growing backlash to Purdue, a pharmaceutical giant the New Yorker characterized as an “Empire of Pain,” and whose business…

Health Tom McKay

70,000 Opioid Deaths in the US May Have Gone Uncounted Since 1999

Performance Artist Separates Money From Dupes With $38 Bottles of Miracle ‘Hot Dog Water’

This Woman’s Horrifying Selfies Helped Track the Parasitic Worm Crawling in Her Face

FDA Approves First Drug Made From Cannabis

Fire Chief ‘Bewildered’ After Mysterious Incident at E-Cigarette Plant Left 29 Sick

Oh Joy, We Just Found Another Virus Spread By Mosquitoes That Might Make Us Sick

The FDA Has Approved an Implantable Glucose Monitor for Diabetics That Lasts for Months

Herpes Viruses Linked to Alzheimer’s Disease in New Brain Research

Lawsuit: Detained Immigrant Children in Texas Forced to Take Antipsychotic Drugs

A Big Nasty Plant That Burns Like Hell Has Been Discovered in Virginia for the First Time

A Woman’s New Tattoo Led to Three Years of Chronic Pain, Doctors Say

New Medical Analysis Shows What Really Happened on the Night Robert F. Kennedy Was Assassinated

The Diabetes Cure That Most Insurance Companies Won’t Pay for

Smartphones and Tablets Might Be Hurting Kids’ Hearing, but No One Knows for Sure

Coffee Sold in California Might Not Get Cancer Warning Labels After All

NIH Pulls the Plug on Controversial Drinking Study Funded by Big Alcohol

These Tests Will Tell You Just How Good Your Eyes Are at Seeing Color

Honey Smacks Cereal Added to the Growing List of Shit That Might Give You Salmonella Poisoning

The Flavoring Chemicals in E-Cigarettes May Harm Blood Vessels

Massachusetts Sues Purdue Pharma, 16 Company Officials for Allegedly Lying About OxyContin

Trump Says He’ll Sign Order to Pay TSA

Deadpool Will Deface ‘Magic: The Gathering’ Classics for a New Secret Lair

Apple’s Siri Isn’t Just Going to Use One Chatbot. It’s Going to Use All of Them

Why ‘For All Mankind’ Season 5 Is the Key to the Rest of the Series

ASUS ZenScreen 15.6-Inch Portable Monitor Is Now Cheaper Than Black Friday in Amazon’s Big Spring Sale

Early Wildfires Are Surging Across the US—and Trump’s New Fire Agency Isn’t Ready

INIU Brings Another Power Bank to the Spring Sale as SnapGo Keychain Portable Charger Drops to Its Lowest Price

Attorney Hit With Historic Fine for Citing AI-Generated Cases

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

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