Terence ConnorsChina China forcefully harvests organs from detainees, tribunal concludesNBC News - Saphora SmithChina's organ transplant trade is worth $1 billion a year, according to a tribunal. This story contains details some may find distressing. LONDON — The organs of members of marginalized groups detained
Terence ConnorsNordstromWhat was abortion like before it was legal?: Over 50 years ago this woman had an illegal abortion. Now, she's telling herCBS News - Danielle Garrand Carla Nordstrom was 23 years old when she found out she was pregnant. Now, years later, the 74-year-old New York native is sharing her story as …
Terence ConnorsHormones Every Girl I Knew Was On Itthecut.com - Anna Silman Every day since I was 15 years old, I have taken “the Pill,” a pale-pink tablet containing a combination of levonorgestrel and ethinyl estradiol, two …
Terence ConnorsInnovation The Woman Who Revealed the Missing Link Between Viruses and Cancersmithsonianmag.com - Leila McNeill If you’re an adolescent girl getting your annual checkup in the United States, your doctor will almost certainly double-check that you’ve gotten the …
Terence ConnorsPermafrost The poisons released by melting Arctic iceBBC Future - Tim SmedleyPollution, anthrax - even nuclear waste - could be released by global warming In 2012, Sue Natali arrived in Duvanny Yar, Siberia, for the first time. Then a postdoctoral research fellow studying the of
Terence ConnorsMitch McConnell Tobacco's 'Special Friend': What Internal Documents Say About Mitch McConnellNPR - Tom DreisbachSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., says one of his "highest priorities" is to take on the leading cause of preventable death in the United States: smoking. McConnell has sponsored a bill, with
Terence ConnorsIBM IBM works on AI to detect chronic diseases like Parkinson's, diabetesscmp.com - Iris Deng IBM is banking on artificial intelligence (AI) and connected devices to find new ways to help people stay healthy, as the world copes with an ageing …
Terence ConnorsTeeth How modern life is transforming the human skeletonBBC Future - Zaria GorvettFrom the emergence of a spiky growth at the back of some people’s skulls to the enigmatic finding that our elbows are getting narrower, our bones are changing in surprising ways It all started with a The
Terence ConnorsU.S. Politics People In Flint Are Still In Crisis. They Want Presidential Candidates To See Them As More Than A Rallying Cry.buzzfeednews.com - Nidhi Prakash Residents of the Michigan city are tired of politicians showing up for campaign stops and then disappearing. They want to be taken seriously going …
Terence ConnorsBiotechnology ‘It felt like an ’80s criminal drama’: What happened when a biohacker met bureaucrats investigating himstatnews.com - Rebecca Robbins OAKLAND, Calif. — A few weeks ago, the prominent biohacker Josiah Zayner took to Instagram to break some news: He had received a letter from the …
Terence ConnorsBionics An open source bionic leg, Python data pipeline, data breach detection, and more newsopensource.com - 08 Jun 2019 Scott Nesbitt (Community Moderator) Feed In this edition of our open source news roundup, we take a look at an open source bionic leg, a new open source medical imaging organization, …
Terence ConnorsVaccination New York ends religious exemption for vaccines amid measles outbreakpbs.org - David Klepper, Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York eliminated the religious exemption to vaccine requirements for schoolchildren Thursday, as the nation’s worst measles …
Terence ConnorsTechnology 3M has long known it was contaminating the US food supplyQuartz - Zoë SchlangerMultinational manufacturer 3M, which developed two types of industrial chemical now found in the blood of virtually all Americans, has known since 2001 that those chemicals were entering the food supply,
Terence ConnorsEnvironment Study Finds Lakes Are Still Filled With DDT 50 Years After It Was BannedGizmodo - Yessenia Funes The lakes of New Brunswick, Canada, carry a toxic legacy. Researchers have found traces of the pesticide DDT in sediments of five of its remote …
Terence ConnorsScience Blood pressure medication recall expands over cancer riskslashgear.com - Brittany A. Roston The FDA has announced that Teva Pharmaceuticals USA is expanding its voluntary recall of high blood pressure medication losartan potassium. The …
Terence ConnorsWorld News The First-Ever Brain Scans Of Jihadists Show How Radicalisation Alters The MindBuzzFeed - Hazel Shearing "We’re not finding anything bizarre going on with the brain. ... It’s just normal functions being directed in a particular way."
Terence ConnorsPlay buttonBabies The viral video of a dad talking to his baby demonstrates a crucial parenting skillQuartz - Annabelle TimsitLast week, a video of a dad talking to his 19-month-old son broke the internet. In the clip, Tennessean comedian DJ Pryor talks to his son, Kingston Pryor, about the finale of the TV show Empire. While
Terence ConnorsScience Mystery of why arteries harden may have been solved, say scientistsThe Guardian - Nicola DavisThe mysterious mechanism behind the hardening of arteries may have been solved, researchers have revealed, in a study that also suggests the first potential preventive drug for the condition linked to
Terence ConnorsBusiness Over 180 CEOs Sign Full-Page NYT Ad That Declares Abortion Bans Are 'Bad For Business'HuffPost - Alanna VagianosTwitter's Jack Dorsey, fashion designer Diane Von Furstenburg and more signed the ad that declares equality in the workplace is "one of the most important business issues of our time." Nearly 200 CEOs
Terence ConnorsWorld News “Pig Ebola” is spreading uncontrollably in China and VietnamVox - Vox StaffAn outbreak of African swine fever, a highly contagious disease that’s been called “pig Ebola,” is ravaging Asia’s pig industry with no signs of letting up. The current outbreak of the virus, which kills
Terence ConnorsCelebrity News Marcia Cross says her anal cancer is linked to HPV and husband's throat cancerCNN - By Lisa Respers France, CNN(CNN) — Marcia Cross wants to end the shame surrounding anal cancer. The "Desperate Housewives" star appeared on Wednesday's episode of "CBS This Morning" to discuss her diagnosis more than a year ago.
Terence ConnorsScience Congress Is Debating—Again—Whether Genes Can Be PatentedWIRED - Megan Molteni In 2013, the Supreme Court unanimously struck down patents on two human genes—BRCA1 and BRCA2—associated with breast and ovarian cancers. Justice …
Terence ConnorsCannabis Law Why microdosing LSD should be legalizedQuartz - Madison MargolinThis article appears in the inaugural issue of DoubleBlind, a newly launched magazine on psychedelics. I’m in the back corner of a Hollywood cafe and I just took a hit off my vape pen. For focus, mainly,
Terence ConnorsFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoGlyphosate Kitsap County restricts use of popular weed-killer on its propertieskitsapsun.com A chemical used to kill pesky weeds that has come under heavy scrutiny nationwide will no longer be used by the Kitsap County government. The …
Terence ConnorsScience Your Caffeine or Nicotine Addiction Could Make Your Hospital Stay a Whole Lot WorseGizmodo - Ed Cara A coffee or smoking habit can cause a person some serious trouble if they end up in the hospital, preliminary research suggests. Patients in the …
Terence ConnorsU.S. Politics FDA food testing finds contamination by 'forever chemicals'Associated Press - By ELLEN KNICKMEYER, JOHN FLESHER and MICHAEL CASEY, Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration's first broad testing of food for a worrisome class of nonstick, stain-resistant industrial compounds found substantial levels in some grocery store and
Terence ConnorsNews The US Government Botched Its Investigation Into The Mysterious “Sonic Attack” In Cuba, Emails Revealbuzzfeednews.com - Dan Vergano “The fundamental problem is you can’t trust anybody here,” said one medical ethicist. “Not the US State Department and not the Cuban government.” The …
Terence ConnorsCoimbatore A store in Tamil Nadu is reviving forgotten Indian greensQuartz - Sharmila VaidyanathanHave you heard of Thavasi keerai, a type of sweet spinach that is packed with vitamins and helps reduce blood pressure? Or Chukka keerai, with its broad leaves, which has a sour taste, but works wonders
Terence ConnorsTSA TSA allows flyers to travel with drug derived from marijuanaAssociated Press - By COLLEEN LONG, Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The Transportation Security Administration has changed its cannabis policy to allow passengers to travel with some forms of CBD oil and a drug derived from marijuana that has been approved
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