Month: December 2013

By Kim Palmer CLEVELAND (Reuters) – A court-appointed guardian will stop trying to force an Amish girl with leukemia to resume chemotherapy against her Ohio parents’ wishes, according to a court filing on Friday. Maria Schimer, a lawyer and a former nurse, was appointed in October as the girl’s medical guardian after the parents refused to consent to the treatment. The girl’s family left the country to pursue an alternative treatment, said an organization representing the parents called the 1851 Center for Constitutional Law. The cancer is receding, and she is in excellent physical condition,” said the organization’s spokesman Maurice Thompson in a statement.

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong reported its second human case of H7N9 bird flu just days after the first, raising fears that the virus is spreading beyond mainland China.

By Kelly Twedell FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina (Reuters) – Water pollution at the Camp Lejeune military base in North Carolina has been linked to increased risk of birth defects and childhood cancers, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A study released by the CDC's Agency for Toxic Substance & Disease Registry on Thursday confirmed a long-suspected link between chemical contaminants in tap water at the Marine Corps base and serious birth defects such as spina bifida It also showed a slightly elevated risk of childhood cancers including leukemia. Dr. Vikas Kapil, a medical officer and acting deputy director of the CDC agency that produced the study, said it surveyed the parents of 12,598 children born at Lejeune between 1968 and 1985, the year most contaminated drinking water wells at Camp Lejeune were closed.

The Bacteria Diet – This involves consuming the kinds of foods which plump up the amount of healthy bacteria in the digestive tract. Creator of the diet, Stella …