HEALTH AND SCIENCE HIGHLIGHTS

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September 6, 2017 (San Diego's East County) -- Our Health and Science Highlights provide cutting edge news that could impact your health and our future.

HEALTH

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HEALTH

Triple Threat: New Pneumonia Is Drug-Resistant, Deadly and Contagious (NPR)

When microbiologist Sheng Chen and his team sequenced the microbes found in the pneumonia infections, they were shocked at what they saw.https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=547892623

Advertising cost for Obamacare to be cut by 90%: U.S. health agency (Reuters)

The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said on Thursday it plans to spend $10 million on advertising for the upcoming Obamacare open enrollment period that starts in November, a sharp cut from the $100 million spent last year. The agency also said it will cut funding for so-called navigators, who help people enroll in Obamacare health insurance plans, by 41 percent to $36.8 million. Thursday’s announcement was the latest move by the Trump administration to undercut the 2010 Affordable Care Act…

FDA Approves First Gene Therapy for Leukemia (NPR)

The process modifies patients' immune cells to attack their own cancer cells. It was approved to treat acute lymphoblastic leukemia in children and young adults — the most common childhood cancer.https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=547293551

Cyber-flaw affects 745,000 pacemakers (BBC)

The manufacturer says that patients should discuss a code fix when they next see their doctors.

Hookworm, a disease of extreme poverty, is thriving in the U.S. south. Why?  (Guardian)

Exclusive: in America, the world’s richest country, hookworm, a parasitic disease found in areas of extreme poverty are rampant, the first study of its kind in modern times shows

More Evidence That Everything the Government Teaches Us About Eating Is Wrong (Reason)

An international nutrition study spanning more than a decade has turned up unexpected findings that researchers say should cause health experts to reconsider global dietary guidelines

New research examines avocados’ potential impact on cognitive health in older adults (EurekaAlert)

…The research tracked how 40 healthy adults ages 50 and over who ate one fresh avocado a day for six months experienced a 25% increase in lutein levels in their eyes and significantly improved working memory and problem-solving skills.

SCIENCE & TECH

Monster black hole discovered near center of Milky Way (Newsweek)

Scientists believe they have discovered a huge black hole near the center of the Milky Way hiding within a massive cloud of molecular gas. With an estimated mass of around 100,000 times that of our sun, they believe it could be a special type of black hole that has long been hypothesized but never officially identified.

How Technology Helped Rescuers (NPR)

New technology has played a crucial role in the Houston rescue efforts, as volunteers could communicate to find those in need.

LinkedIn loses a court fight over users' public profiles: Why this is very BIG (Jewish World Review)

How it turns out could set a precedent for the entire Internet, and a global economy that depends on data.

Coral Reef Fish Are More Resilient Than We Thought, Study Finds (NPR)

Ocean acidification can cause reckless behavior in coral reef fish. But researchers say that coral reef environments have large chemical variations daily, which can offer recovery time for fish.

Scientists and astronauts join forces to create world's deepest coral farm (BBC)

Scientists from Florida International University have teamed up with Nasa to create the world's deepest coral farm in an effort to tackle the decline of coral reefs.

Northern lights linked to North Sea whale strandings (BBC)

Scientists connect the solar storms behind the Aurora Borealis to the deaths of 29 whales in the North Sea.

Footprint find on Crete may push back date humans began to walk upright (News.com.au)

Human-like footprints have been found on an ancient sea shore. They shouldn’t be there. They’re in the wrong place at the wrong time.


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