BBC news with Neil Nunes. The Venezuelan Defense Minister has defiantly rejected opposition demands for a new government. He said it could only be achieved over the dead bodies of President Maduro’s supporters and that soldiers would continue to block aid deliveries. Thousands of people are attending rallies in Paris and all the French cities…
US enshrines a new national park – Indiana Dunes National Park
Indiana may have been the 19th state to enter the United States, but it took until 2019 for the Hoosier State to get its first national park. A 15,000-acre area in northwestern Indiana along the shore of Lake Michigan, Indiana Dunes National Park is now the country’s 61st national park. It’s about 50 miles from…
Heart attacks are on the rise among young women, study shows
The risk of having a heart attack appears to be rising among young women, according to a new study, and researchers are trying to figure out why. When analyzed across five-year intervals, the overall proportion of heart attack-related hospital admissions in the United States attributable to young patients, ages 35 to 54, steadily climbed from…
Stop hawking young people’s blood as a way to halt aging, FDA warns
Wannabe vampires, beware: The US Food and Drug Administration warned Tuesday against using plasma infusions from young blood donors to ward off the effects of normal aging as well as other more serious conditions. Plasma, the liquid portion of the blood, contains proteins that help clot blood. The infusions are promoted to treat a variety…
36 Hours in Miami and Miami Beach
There was a time when it wasn’t unusual to hear visitors use South Beach as shorthand for the entire Miami metropolitan area. The confusion was understandable — for those weekend warriors there was little reason to venture beyond the city of Miami Beach’s telegenic, Art Deco-emblazoned, southernmost tip. No more. South Beach’s famously louche night…
Can You Get Over a Food Intolerance?
Foods most often associated with intolerances were chocolate, food additives, citrus fruits, fish, shellfish, milk, cheese, eggs and nuts. Q. Can you desensitize yourself to a food intolerance? A. Food intolerances, which the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology defines as “difficulty digesting a particular food,” are different than food allergies and often resolve…
VOA news 2019-02-19
This is VOA news. I’m Nicole Livas. President Donald Trump said Monday that a new day is coming in Latin America as he sought to rally support among the largest Venezuelan community in the U.S. for opposition leader Juan Guaidó. AP’s Ed Donahue reports. The president has said opposition leader Juan Guaidó is the rightful…
BBC news 2019-02-19
BBC news with Eileen McCue President Mohamud Buhari of Nigeria has warned that anyone who tries to wreck next Saturday’s election risks being killed. Mr. Buhari said he had ordered the police to be roofless with those who disrupted the voting process. The opposition said the president was making a direct call for jungle justice….
Smoking STOPS body from fighting cancer and makes you 40% less likely to survive
Smoking cigarettes stops the body from fighting deadly skin cancer, according to research. Smokers and former smokers are 40 per cent less likely to survive the disease ten years after diagnosis than those who have never smoked. A connection between smoking and the bodies response to melanoma, most commonly caused by exposure to the sun,…
What is melanoma and how can you prevent?
Melanoma is the most dangerous form of skin cancer. It happens after the DNA in skin cells is damaged (typically due to harmful UV rays) and then not repaired so it triggers mutations that can form malignant tumors. The American Cancer Society estimates that more than 91,000 people will be diagnosed with melanoma in the…