Parts of a northern Chinese city have been quarantined after state media said a man there died of bubonic plague. China’s official Xinhua News Agency said Tuesday that 151 people were under observation in the city of Yumen in Gansu province after authorities determined they had come in contact with a man who died of…
Men have hot flashes as they age. Who knew? There are many reasons a man can have hot flashes. I have listed the five top reasons: Andropause In the past, people thought menopause was a woman’s problem. Annually, more than 25 million men in the United States and more than 408 million men worldwide report…
Fish oil is touted as a magical potion that boosts fertility, heart health, weight loss, and a clear complexion, while lessening the effects of depression, ulcers, diabetes and many more conditions. But there’s another benefit to these glossy little capsules: They may prevent Alzheimer’s Disease. A new study of 819 people published in the journal…
My friends are like my family. In some cases, they are BETTER than my family…. Believe it or not, new studies find that friends share more genes than strangers do, though not enough to make them like brothers and sisters, but enough to make them like cousins to the fourth level. Yep, fourth cousins. “Birds…
With Alaska and Oregon gearing up to vote on legalizing marijuana in a few months and many other states considering it further down the road, one state is on everyone’s mind — Colorado. Activists on both sides of the pot debate are pointing to the Colorado experiment — what they see as its great successes…
Police in Connecticut say an apparent hoarder died after the cluttered first floor of her home collapsed into the basement. Authorites say 66 year old Beverly Mitchell was found in her Cheshire home Saturday, two days after a postal carrier called police because mail was piling up. At first police could not find anybody because…
Remove any clinging materials such as plants, animals and mud from anchor, boat, motor, equipment and trailer (CLEAN) Remove the plug (if applicable) and drain all water from the bilge, live-well, and any other compartments that could hold water. Drain water from engine and engine cooling systems (DRAIN) Physically remove all visible attached mussels from boat…
Arizona’s “Don’t Move a Mussel” law, enacted in 2009 oversees protection of natural waters from predatory mussels thought to have arrived in the United States on European shipping vessels. It is quite simple: Single Day Boaters a required by law to follow four steps when leaving the lake or waterway designated as having quagga and/or…
Chinese made drywall used in more than 20,000 homes in the United States could have caused nosebleeds, headaches, difficulty breathing and asthma attacks in tens of thousands of Americans exposed to it, the federal government said in a report released last month. The drywall was installed in mostly Southern homes since 2005, and it has…
The Saudi Health Ministry says it has discovered a deadly virus in a camel in the eastern Saudi province of Jiddah. The ministry’s statement released Monday is considered an important development in the search for the origin of the deadly illness. There have been more than 60 human deaths from the virus known as Middle…