Health 10 August 2020 By Pat Hagan Glue ear can be a painful conditionTara Moore/Getty Images A patch of tissue from a pig’s guts could treat severe cases of glue ear, a condition that develops when the middle part of the ear fills with a sticky, gluey fluid, often as the result of infection. It…
She was saved by silicon.A woman survived a close-range gunshot thanks to her silicone breast implants, doctors have discovered.Researchers detailed how a silicone breast implant deflected the bullet from nipping the 30-year-old woman’s vital organs in a new study published in the SAGE medical journal.“The implant caused the change in the trajectory of the bullet,” surgeon Giancarlo…
New York Daily News | Apr 21, 2020 | 8:12 PM The unidentified 30-year-old woman survived with just a few broken ribs – on the opposite side of her chest from where the bullet went in. Doctors found that the silicone in her left implant deflected the bullet from her heart or lungs, thus saving…
Four companies control about 80 percent of the U.S. beef market, and there is no reason to believe that any of them are satisfied with their share. Published: April 05, 2026, 8:00 am The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) reported that Listeria monocytogenes was the most frequent cause of outbreaks it investigated during fiscal year
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States are paying contractors such as Deloitte, Accenture, and Optum millions of dollars to help them comply with the One Big Beautiful Bill Act — a law that will strip safety-net health and food benefits from millions. State governments rely on such companies to design and operate computer systems that assess whether low-income people qualify