Category: Health

We are often told that common house-hold items are dangerous, but the reason this boy may lose 3/4 of his eyesight might surprise you.   Health officials in Australia have a warning for parents around the world: laser pointers are not toys. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported Thursday that a Tasmanian teenager had lost 75 percent of […]

Nicky and Nate Walla were filming their children when they turned their camera to an absolutely horrifying sight: their son, Gavin, then a toddler, hanging silently from the cord of a window blind. From The Daily Mail: A family has released a home video of their child being strangled by a window blind cord to […]

Headaches can be caused by a whole slew of things, none of which usually freak you out. One man, however, found out that his headaches were not only unusual, but caused by something disgusting and dangerous. From Newser: It’s something most of us have done before: ignored a headache. A 26-year-old California man did just […]

Kissing Bugs are now infecting canines, killing them. From Tamu.edu: THE PARASITE: Trypanosoma cruzi Infection with Trypanosoma cruzi can cause Chagas disease in humans, dogs, and other mammals. Kissing bugs can transmit the parasite to hosts by biting and subsequently defecating near the site of the bite. The parasites live in the digestive tract of […]

I adhere to the Paleo diet which dictates natural foods such as unprocessed meats, fruits and vegetables. It is a great way to eat and live. This whole study on how red meat gives you cancer is ridiculous. What gives us cancer is processed packaged foods and probably fast food. Along with the drugs we […]

Who would have guessed that something as simple as blowing your nose would be bad for your health? From The Daily Mail: A woman’s eye swelled to the size of a golf ball after she blew her nose too forcefully. Doctors said if left untreated such an injury can cause blindness as it can cause […]

Like many undesirable things from years past, (i.e. the fedora and bell bottoms) the Bubonic Plague has made a comeback. A teenage girl in Oregon has fallen ill after a hunting trip where it is believed she was bitten by an infected flea. From The Daily Mail: A 16-year-old girl has contracted bubonic plague believed […]

Now, the World Health Organization is telling all of us who eat meat, we’re gonna die! Of cancer that is. That’s just ridiculous PR. Your risk of getting cancer is raised about 1%, if that, by eating meat. Meat is protein. It is good for you. We are built to eat meat. I adhere to […]

A native Northwesterner, I am almost 100% certain that I would perish without my precious cups of warm coffee in the morning and my drive-thru pick me ups at random points through out the day. Who knew it could actually be good for me? Who doesn’t love coffee? Whether in pumpkin spice latte form or […]

Gee, another tax. This one in the name of stopping dental decay AND obesity. Figures it’s the Brits putting this one forth, but we won’t be far behind. There is a contingent of dentists out of Norway that are claiming that fillings put in your teeth may do more harm than good. They may actually […]

Dr. Gregory Perry made the sad mistake of not listening to Tammy Cleveland when she begged him to recheck the prognosis of her husband Michael Cleveland who presumed dead – but still had a pulse! Michael E. Cleveland, 46, suffered a heart attack and was declared dead at a Buffalo area hospital on Oct. 10, 2014. […]