First Read's Morning Clips: A Close Race in Georgia
OFF TO THE RACES: It's a one-point race in Georgia, per NBC/WSJ/Marist poll Don't miss our latest NBC/WSJ/Marist polls in Arizona, Georgia and Texas. From NBC's Leigh Ann Caldwell: "Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have largely ditched the traditional optimistic tone typical of the end of a presidential campaign and instead are making their closing pitches by arguing that the other is either too dangerous or untrustworthy. Fueled by their historically high unfavorable ratings, the candidat..>> view originalChild obesity rises in summer: Time for a shift in approach?
As school cafeterias have started to replace white bread with whole wheat, serve only low-fat or nonfat milk, and set age-aligned calorie maximums, a new national study has found it’s not the school day that’s the problem. It’s summer.Younger elementary school students gained weight faster over summer vacation than during the school year, according to the study published Wednesday in the journal Obesity. In fact, the percentage of overweight or obese students did not increase during the school ..>> view originalMutant Ebola May Have Caused Explosive Outbreak
Omu Fahnbulleh stands over her husband after he staggered and fell, knocking him unconscious at an Ebola ward in Liberia in 2014. John Moore/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption John Moore/Getty Images One mutation. A simple tweak in the Ebola gene — a C got turned into a T. That's all it took to make Ebola more infectious..>> view originalSmoking 'causes hundreds of DNA changes'
Image copyright PA Smoking leaves an "archaeological record" of the hundreds of DNA mutations it causes, scientists have discovered.Having sequenced thousands of tumour genomes, they found a 20-a-day smoker would rack up an average of 150 mutations in every lung cell each year.The changes are permanent, and persist even if someone gives up smoking.Researchers say analysing tumour DNA may help explain the underlying causes of other cancers.Pamela Pugh, 69, was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2..>> view originalNew poll finds voters poised to pass Prop. 57 and revamp California's prison parole rules
Gov. Jerry Brown’s effort to revise and ultimately loosen state prison parole rules appears to be on its way to passage on Nov. 8, as a new poll finds strong support across a wide swath of California voters.Fifty-seven percent of likely voters in a new USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times survey backed Brown’s Proposition 57, and only 31% were opposed. While earlier polling showed an even wider lead, the proposal has had consistently solid backing throughout the campaign season. “Proposition 57 shou..>> view originalNew York Today: Sleeping Better After Daylight Saving Time
Like using that extra hour in the morning, not at night, she told us. Go to bed when you’re tired, and when you wake up in the morning, get up and start your day. Try to get your whole household on a similar schedule. Book that earlier spin class.Dr. Krieger also gave us a few tips for sleeping better every night:• Rein in your heater. Humans sleep best in a cooler environment, between 67 and 71 degrees.• Open the window (if it’s not too loud in your neighborhood); a little bit of white noise m..>> view originalLawsuit claims former fertility doctor used his own sperm
Image copyright Courtesy Rebecca Dixon Image caption The Dixon family learned this year Daniel was not Rebecca's biological father. A former Ontario fertility doctor is facing allegations he used his own sperm to impregnate at least two patients. Daniel and Davina Dixon and their daughter Rebecca filed a civil lawsuit this week in an Ontario court against Dr Norman Barwin. They decided to take legal action after learning this year Rebecca was not Mr ..>> view originalMore U.S. middle school students dying of suicide than car crashes
By Alex Dobuzinskis (Reuters) - The suicide rate among U.S. middle school students doubled from 2007 to 2014, surpassing for the first time the incidence of youngsters aged 10 to 14 who died in car crashes, a federal report released on Thursday said. The steady seven-year rise in middle school suicides, from an annual rate of 0.9 to 2.1 per 100,000, came as traffic deaths among the same age group declined to 1.9 per 100,000, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlan..>> view originalSynthetic opioid nicknamed 'pink' blamed for deaths of two 13-year-old Utah boys
13-year-old friends from Utah died after overdosing on new synthetic opioid 'Pink' – Daily Mail https://t.co/hJbtegm1D7 pic.twitter.com/hUTV444QJ8 — Healthy World (@healthy_wrld) November 4, 2016 Ryan Ainsworth and Grant Seaver, both 13, were students at Treasure Mountain Junior High School in Park City, Utah. They were best friends who shared the hobbies of adventurous Utah teenagers — spending afternoons on skis, dirt bikes or skateboards. Relatives spoke of their bright and beautiful sm..>> view originalWorried well 'might boost heart risk'
Image copyright Science Photo Library Being one of the "worried well" might actually increase heart-disease risk, a study has suggested.Norwegian researchers looked at health anxiety levels in 7,000 people who were followed for at least a decade.The BMJ Open paper suggests that, while general anxiety is already recognised as a risk, health anxiety might also be an issue.Heart experts said anyone who felt they were experiencing 'health anxiety' should speak to their doctor.Health anxiety des..>> view original
Friday, November 11, 2016
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