Erin Brockovich weighs in on MSU investigation despite no building link to cancer – FOX 31 Denver

DENVER Erin Brockovich is offering advice to Colorado residents who are concerned about the cancer investigation at Metropolitan State University. Be vigilant. Keep talking about it just in case more people get sick. Keep track of those people. Keep them tog…
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Candida auris: The new superbug on the block – BBC News

Image copyrightGetty Images The drug-resistant fungus, Candida auris, was only discovered 10 years ago, but is now one of the world's most feared hospital microbes. There have been outbreaks across the world, and new research shows higher temperatures may h…
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7 Californians hospitalized in ICU after vaping cannabis or CBD oils – SF Gate

This file photo shows disposable e-cigarette cartridges used with vaporizing pens. Kings County health authorities are warning people who vape cannabis to use only cartridges from licensed dispensaries after seven people who had bought them on the street were…
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A Woman Lived with a ‘Twin’ Inside Her for 17 Years Without Knowing – Gizmodo

A young woman in India unknowingly lived with one of the rarest and most unsettling medical conditions for nearly two decades, her doctors say. According to a case report out this week, the woman had a sac containing her still-growing twin lodged in her abdom…
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More West Nile Virus samples test positive in Washoe County – KOLO

RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - The Washoe County Health District reports that five additional mosquito samples have tested positive for West Nile Virus. The samples were collected near Longley Lane and South Rock Boulevard. So far, there have not been any human cases …
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Apples, Tea, and Moderation—The 3 Ingredients for a Long Life – Good News Network

This exciting new piece of research says that consuming flavonoid-rich items such as apples and tea protects against cancer and heart disease, particularly for smokers and heavy drinkers. Researchers from the School of Medical and Health Sciences at Edith Co…
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Could A Healthy Gut Make You More Responsive To Cancer Treatment? – mindbodygreen.com

There's another reason to celebrate the gut microbiomea healthy gut might actually be able to save lives. According to scientists at the Lawson Health Research Institute, all it takes to strengthen your immune system is to improve your gut health, a process t…
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Atlanta Hotel, Source of Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak, Reopens – The New York Times

The reopening of the hotel came one week after officials announced that a woman died July 9 after contracting Legionnaires disease while staying at the hotel this past summer. The woman, Cameo Garrett, 49, died of coronary artery disease, a condition that was…
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Police Suicide: Explaining Rate, Prevention, STOIC Act – PEOPLE.com

What Mark DiBona remembers, even now, is the stench. Burnt flesh is not easy to describe, not unlike meat or leather, roasted and rotted, and it is not easy to forget. It’s a smell you can’t stop tasting. In the days immediately following the 9/11 attack on…
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Health Officials Warn Of Potentially Fatal EEE Virus In Michigan – WWJ Newsradio 950

(WWJ) There's another reason to protect yourself against mosquito bites: Eastern Equine Encephalitis.  The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is confirming two cases of the virus -- commonly called Triple E, EEE or sleeping sickness -- in horse…
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