13-Year-Old Boy Dies From Brain-Eating Amoeba After Swimming at a Campground

A 13-year-old boy in Florida died last month after contracting a brain-eating amoeba in a campground, according to Jacksonville news outlet News4JAX. The victim, Tanner Lake Wall, became sick in August after swimming at an unnamed North Florida campground, which features a lake and a water park. He developed symptoms two days after swimming at the campground, Tanner’s parents told […]

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HBO's 'The Vow' Refers to NXIVM as a High Control Group—Here's What That Means

In 2017, The New York Times lifted the lid on NXIVM (pronounced Nex-e-um), a self-help organization based in Albany with chapters throughout North America. Some of the participants, all women in their 30s and 40s, were part of an exclusive subgroup that required an invitation and initiation, including getting a small tattoo. Each woman in the subgroup, called DOS, was […]

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Study finds novel mechanism that may confer protection against glaucoma

A team of researchers from LSU Health New Orleans Neuroscience Center of Excellence and the University of Copenhagen provides the first evidence that patients with ocular hypertension may exhibit superior antioxidant protection that promotes resistance to the elevated intraocular pressure associated with glaucoma. Their findings are published online in the Journal of Clinical Medicine, available here. In general, glaucoma patients […]

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2 lawsuits allege doctors used their own sperm in fertility treatments without patients’ consent. The families involved say their memories ‘are forever tainted.’

Two civil lawsuits filed Wednesday allege that doctors used their own sperm in fertility treatments without their patients' knowledge.  The families involved say they found out their now-adult children weren't the products of healthy anonymous sperm, as they believed, after the children used home DNA testing kits.  The cases shed light on a largely unregulated fertility industry. Visit Insider's homepage […]

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Is your kitchen clean enough?

Every year, 5,000 Europeans die from diseases contracted from food. Researchers visited people’s homes and discovered both good and bad kitchen habits in different European countries. Most of us know that we have to be careful about hygiene when preparing raw chicken. We should wash the utensils and our hands after handling chicken, and we should wash or use a […]

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