Spanish Fort, Ala. — After boating with her friends on Labor Day along Alabama’s Gulf coast, Summerlin Skipworth’s life changed dramatically. The 30-year-old single mom slipped and cut her feet near a boat launch in Orange Beach, Alabama, exposing her to a flesh-eating bacteria that could have killed her. Skipworth shared her story with CBS…
A fifth person has died after contracting a rare, flesh-eating bacteria in Louisiana, state health officials said this week. Vibrio vulnificus is a bacteria that occurs in warm coastal waters, CBS News previously reported, and is more common between May and October. It can cause illness including life-threatening necrotizing fasciitis, according to the Centers for Disease…
Despite different snack and drink habits, no clear link was found between toddler diets and tooth decay, emphasizing that childhood cavities have many causes beyond what kids eat. Study: Early-life snack and drink consumption patterns among children: findings from a U.S. birth cohort study. Image Credit: Sorapop Udomsri / Shutterstock In a recent article published in the…
New research reveals that eating kombu seaweed daily may help Japanese men lose body fat and improve their gut bacteria, without affecting thyroid health or causing adverse effects. Effects of Daily Kombu (Laminaria japonica) Intake on Body Composition, Blood Pressure, and Fecal Microbiota in Healthy Adult Japanese: A Randomized, Double-Blind Study. Image Credit: boommaval / Shutterstock In…
Proper asparagus-eating etiquette has long been a subject of debate: Should you cut the treelike spears with a fork and knife, or are they an acceptable finger food? When it comes to asparagus’s nutritional value, though, there’s little dispute. Here are its most notable health attributes, plus fresh ways to prepare it from New York…
Nolen: The first TB patient that I sat down with in Nairobi was a man who had extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis, or XDR-TB — essentially there’s a just a very slim chance that the only drugs we know about will actually cure him. We’re out of options. And he’d come in that day, like he had…
A healthy gut helps you digest your food and absorb its nutrients, strengthens your immune system and reduces your risk of certain chronic diseases. But not everyone realizes that having a happy belly also has a major impact on your mood since about 90% of your body’s serotonin and over 50% of your dopamine —…
Pope Francis, who remains hospitalized, has bilateral pneumonia, the Vatican said on Tuesday. The term simply means pneumonia in both lungs, said Dr. James Musser, director of the center for infectious diseases at the Houston Methodist Research Institute. He added that, without examining a patient, he could not say anything specific about his condition. In…
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