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Cops and ambulances called to home of top NYC doc Krystal Cascetta at least twice before she killed baby, self: neighbor

13/12/2023binomo

Cops were called to the home of Dr. Krystal Cascetta at least twice before she shot dead her 4-month-old daughter and fatally turned the gun on herself, an upstate neighbor told The Post on Sunday — as it surfaced the oncologist’s parents were in the house at the time of the slay-suicide horror.

“They had ambulances and police come to their house two, maybe three times this summer. At least twice,” recalled neighbor Bob Stuart, 71, who lives near the 40-year-old cancer doctor’s million-dollar home in Somers, Westchester County. “I saw the police and ambulances arrive.”

It’s not clear why

When Should You Buy Teladoc Health, Inc. (NYSE:TDOC)?

04/12/2023binomo

While Teladoc Health, Inc. (NYSE:TDOC) might not be the most widely known stock at the moment, it received a lot of attention from a substantial price increase on the NYSE over the last few months. With many analysts covering the mid-cap stock, we may expect any price-sensitive announcements have already been factored into the stock’s share price. But what if there is still an opportunity to buy? Let’s take a look at Teladoc Health’s outlook and value based on the most recent financial data to see if the opportunity still exists.

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Aerobic and cardio exercises best for lower blood pressure: study

01/12/2023binomo

When it comes to lowering blood pressure, studies have typically shown that aerobic or cardio exercises are best.

Now, new research suggests another type of physical activity is worth including as an effective tool to prevent and treat hypertension, or high blood pressure.

Exercises that engage muscles without movement — such as wall squats and planks — may be best for lowering blood pressure, according to a large study published Tuesday in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.

This type of training is known as isometric, or static, exercise, according to the Mayo Clinic. Isometric muscle

Do You Absolutely Hate Broccoli?

25/07/2023binomo

June 7, 2023 · 8:50 AM

If so, it may well be because of your genes according to an article at SBS.com. Particular genes determine whether you can detect a bitter chemical (called PTC) in broccoli and other brassicas like cauliflower and brussels sprouts.

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“On average, about 70% of us can taste something bitter in broccoli or PTC, but those with two copies of the bitter sensitivity gene are closer to 20%, and they are much more likely to hate it.”

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Health system giant almost saved Madera hospital. Now, it wants to ‘extract every dollar’

21/07/2023binomo

For most of last year, Fresno-based St. Agnes Medical Center looked like a white knight poised to rescue the smaller Madera Community Hospital from financial ruin.

Now, with the nonprofit Madera hospital bankrupt and shuttered, St. Agnes looms as a dark knight, pushing to liquidate the hospital to get a loan that makes Madera paid back — even if that means dashing the hopes of community activists, political leaders, and health care officials that the hospital can still reopen.

A pivotal moment in the case could come July 25, when a bankruptcy judge in Fresno will hear arguments on whether

Florida ramps up mosquito control efforts due to 4 cases of locally contracted malaria

27/06/2023binomo

TERRA CEIA ISLAND, Fla.

The Florida Department of Health has issued a statewide mosquito-borne illness advisory after four locally contracted cases of malaria were reported along the Gulf Coast south of Tampa.

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On Monday, a health alert issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also noted that another case has been detected in Texas, marking the first time there has been a local spread of malaria in the United States in 20 years.

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The four residents in Sarasota County received treatment and have recovered, according to the state’s Department of Health advisory. Malaria, caused by a

Freeze-dried feces pills called ‘crapsule’ to be taken by patients in clinical trial

23/06/2023binomo

A tiny plastic toilet is surrounded by pills and tablets. — iStock/Getty Images Plus

Keeping up with all the latest in health news can be a crapshoot. Luckily, we’ve got you covered. Here are the most headline-grabbing stories this week from Yahoo News partners.

‘“Crapsules” … may offer new hope for patients’

A clinical trial funded by the United Kingdom’s National Institute for Health and Care Research is testing whether pills made from the freeze-dried poop of healthy people could help those with advanced liver disease, Sky News reported.

Individuals with cirrhosis — a condition involving severe scarring and damage to the liver — have higher levels of “bad” gut bacteria