Health officials are fighting to convince people that one of the latest Tik Tok trends — adding borax to their drinking water to reduce inflammation and ease joint pain — is dangerous and can kill. Photo by Chemicalinterest/Wikimedia Commons
July 22 (UPI) — Health officials are fighting to convince people that one of the latest Tik Tok trends — adding borax to their drinking water to reduce inflammation and ease joint pain — is dangerous and can kill.
Borax is found in laundry detergents and in cleaning supplies. And another formulation of boric acid, boron, can kill cockroaches and other…
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Alberta wildfires: Experts address long-term mental, physical impacts of smoke
Summer in Alberta: another day, another smoke-filled sky.
A shift in wind direction pushed smoke from the wildfires in northern Alberta — near High Level and Fort Chipewyan — and the Northwest Territories south into central and southern Alberta.
“The bulk of the ongoing wildfire activity in our region is in the northern extreme of the province,” said Justin Shelley, a meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada.
He said there’s been quite a bit of fire activity and the wind shift transported the smoke south.
“It’s widespread across the province as of today,” Shelley said Friday.
He said wind…
‘Do something’ Merritt major pleads as patient arrives at closed ER
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Merritt major is worried for the safety of doctors and nurses driving many hours to fill in when hospitals are short-staffed
Published July 14, 2023 • Last updated 4 days ago • 3 minute read
Merritt Mayor Mike Goetz worries about the safety of doctors and nurses driving many hours to fill in when hospitals are short-staffed. Photo by Gordon Hoekstra /Postmedia News
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The major of Merritt said his level of frustration was nearing the boiling point after the small Nicola Valley Hospital was shut down last week for the…
Southlake Regional Health Center facing a $9.55M deficit
The hospital reflects positively on year of achievements in the annual report, but says the funding gap remains an ongoing issue
Southlake Regional Health Center remains optimistic about its past year despite ongoing fiscal challenges that include an approximately $9.55-million deficit.
The fiscal numbers were released as part of its 2022-23 annual report July 13. The report highlighted many of the hospital’s successes but showed a gap between expenses and funding in the hospital’s $555-million budget for the year.
After having a slight surplus in 2021-22, treasurer Diana Brouwer reported that the loss of one-time funding put the hospital back…
Lisa Marie Presley’s death puts the rare risk of bariatric surgery in the spotlight
The cause of Lisa Marie Presley’s death, revealed Thursday to be a small bowel obstruction, has cast new attention on the rare risks and long-term complications of bariatric surgery.
The Los Angeles County medical examiner’s office determined that the obstruction was caused by adhesions — buildups of scar tissue that cause organ tissue or walls to stick together — that Presley developed after he had bariatric surgery years ago.
A treatment for severe obesity, bariatric surgery induces weight loss by modifying the stomach or small intestine to reduce how much food the stomach can hold.
Presley, the only child of…
Nova Scotia Health, IWK to drop mask requirements in some facility areas – Halifax
Nova Scotia’s two health authorities plan to drop COVID-19 masking requirements in some areas of their facilities this week, though masks will still be required in high-risk spaces.
Nova Scotia Health and the IWK Health Center are changing their guidelines beginning Monday.
Nova Scotia Health spokesperson Jennifer Lewandowski said in a statement that this was an “evaluated response to where we are as an organization and what’s happening in the community from a COVID-19 perspective.”
“While COVID-19 continues to circulate, COVID-19 activity has continued to decline with fewer hospitals and outbreaks and fewer health-care staff off work due to COVID-19,”…
‘Heat storm’ stretches into southern Europe
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Italy issued hot weather red alerts for 16 cities on Sunday, with meteorologists warning that temperatures will hit record highs across southern Europe in the coming days.
Spain, Italy and Greece have been experiencing scorching temperatures for several days already, damaging agriculture and leaving tourists scurrying for shade.
But a new anticyclone dubbed Charon, who in Greek mythology was the ferryman of the dead, pushed into the region from north Africa on Sunday and could lift temperatures above 45 Celsius (113 Fahrenheit) in parts of Italy early this week.
“We need to prepare for a severe heat storm…