Michigan Officials Puzzled by Mysterious Deaths of Dogs

By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Aug. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Health authorities are investigating a parvovirus-like illness that has killed more than 30 dogs in northern Michigan, most within three days. The dogs died in Otsego County after showing symptoms such as vomiting and bloody stool, signs of canine parvovirus,…

Congressman’s Wife Dies After Taking Herbal Remedy for Diabetes, Weight Loss

By Samantha Young Wednesday, August 24, 2022 (Kaiser News) — SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The wife of a Northern California congressman died late last year after ingesting a plant that is generally considered safe and is used as an herbal remedy for a variety of ailments, including diabetes, obesity, and high cholesterol, KHN has learned. Lori…

Healing Broken Bones Is More Complicated Than It Looks

Aug. 26, 2022 – Healing a broken bone isn’t always a straightforward process of putting on a cast and waiting for the body to do its thing with time. The many materials that make up our bones have different densities and interact in several ways that affect whether a fracture heals correctly. A fracture that…

New Science May Show Why Sound Can Ease Pain

Aug. 26, 2022 – Listen up, everybody: If you’ve ever thought your favorite song made your whole body feel better, new science suggests that wasn’t just your imagination. In fact, it’s not only music that has an analgesic, or pain-reducing, effect. Many types of sounds or noises can help, researchers have found – if they’re…

Finding Meaning and Joy After Spinal Cord Injury

Aug. 26, 2022 – Preethi Srinivasan was an 18-year-old with a bright future in sports and academics. A state-level medalist in swimming, she was also a proficient cricket player and dreamed of representing her native India in cricket. Her academic achievements were equally stellar, and she was enrolled in a 5-year MBA course in Chennai,…

Like Humans, a Dog’s Odds for Dementia Rises With Age

Many physical health issues can also cause CCD-like signs, Borns-Weil said. Pain, from conditions like arthritis, is a major one. “If you think your dog has signs of cognitive dysfunction, take them to the vet and rule out physical causes,” said Borns-Weil, who was not involved in the study. Although CCD has been…

More Sick From E. Coli Outbreak Tied to Wendy’s Restaurant Lettuce

By Ernie Mundell HealthDay ReporterHealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Aug 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) – – A total of 84 people across four states have now been made ill by E. coli, in an outbreak possibly tied to contaminated lettuce used in sandwiches sold at Wendy’s restaurants. “Since the last update on August 19, 2022, 47 more…

Squash Spotted Lanternflies On Sight, Experts Urge

Aug. 25, 2022 – If you see one, squash it. Stomp on it until it’s dead. This is the advice agricultural organizations across the Northeast United States are giving when it comes to the spotted lanternfly, an invasive species that has spread rapidly across the country, including into dense urban centers like Philadelphia and New…

New MS Treatment Shows Promise in Trial

By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Aug. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — An experimental antibody therapy for multiple sclerosis can cut symptom flare-ups by half, versus a standard treatment, a new clinical trial has found. The drug, called ublituximab, beat a standard oral medication for MS in reducing patients’ relapses — periods of new or…

Film Traces Katrina’s Lasting Impact on Black Children

Aug. 24, 2022 – Children are being plucked off floodwater-lapped rooftops and placed into open metal baskets that twirl in the wind as they are hoisted up to thumping Coast Guard helicopters. Their faces are marked by a combination of weariness and fear. Similar rescues are repeated several times, and then a lone chopper veers…