Category: Medical

The December death of former Broncos receiver Demaryius Thomas was caused by complications related to a seizure disorder, according to the final report from the Fulton County (Ga.) Medical Examiner’s Office.

The report, which was obtained by 9news.com in Denvernoted that Thomas stage II CTE when he diedbut the medical examiner also made sure to note that there was not “a direct relationship” between CTE and the seizure disorder.

The 33-year-old Thomas tragically died on Dec. 9. At the time of his death, one of his close family members told the Associated Press that the belief was that Thomas had died from a seizure. Thomas had regularly been dealing with seizures over the years and the family’s belief was that he had a seizure while showering at his home in Roswell, Georgia.

Thomas died just 16 days shy of his 34th birthday. The former Broncos receiver spent

• Several states have issued recalls of legal weed due to contamination with bacteria, mold, and pesticides.
• Cannabis testing requirements vary by state and may lack government oversight, one expert said.
• This can lead to discrepancies in cannabis quality, and potentially risky products being released to medical patients.

Nearly 100 medical cannabis products — including flower, concentrates, cartridges, and pre-rolled joints — have been recalled in Oklahomadrawing attention to inconsistent regulations across state cannabis markets.

State regulators found unacceptable levels of mold, pesticides, and bacteria like E. coli and salmonella when double-checking tests done at a state-licensed laboratory.

Medical cannabis has been legal in Oklahoma since 2018. Like most other states with legal markets for cannabis, Oklahoma requires that all weed products grown or processed in-state get tested for fungus, bacteria, and pesticides at a licensed lab.

Other standard tests consider cannabis potency (based on the

Medical staff administering monkeypox tests at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv have requested access to the vaccine against the virus from the Health Ministry, after a doctor was infected earlier in the week while handling a sample, Hebrew media reported on Thursday.

The doctor was wearing full protective gear while testing patients and was likely exposed to the virus while removing his gloves according to an epidemiological investigation, the Kan public broadcaster reported.

Dr. Roy Zucker, a specialist in infectious diseases and head of LGBTQ medicine at the Clalit health fund, told the Kan public broadcaster that medical staff should be immunized against monkeypox.

Doctors checking for monkeypox come into close contact with possibly infected patients. However, Health Ministry guidelines determine the highest priority for the vaccine should be men who have the HIV virus or other sexually transmitted diseases, and those who engage in sexual relations with other men,

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation raised its position in the United Kingdom–based medical diagnostics company to 19,859,773 shares. That figure includes the addition of 14,285,714 LumiraDx shares through a July 25 private placement that priced those shares at $1.75 apiece. Following the fresh investment, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation now holds a 15.8% stake in LumiraDx.

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There are medicines that Angelina Scott can’t live without. Between her Atrial Fibrillation, high blood pressure and high cholesterol, the 45-year-old notary is currently taking five prescriptions.

“You can’t tell your heart, please don’t stop beating,” Scott told CNN.

But with sky high inflation and hundreds of dollars in monthly medical bills, Scott and her husband, a maintenance worker, are falling behind financially.

To cut costs, she’s stopped taking medicine for her irritable bowel syndrome, which she says cost several hundred dollars each month because insurance won’t cover it.

“People will [say], you can’t afford not to. No, literally I cannot afford to,” Scott said, adding that forgoing the medicine “makes me fatigued, lethargic, I get the shakes, very sickly.”

As high inflation takes a toll on household finances, millions of Americans are facing the same brutal decisions.

In June, US healthcare costs were up 4.5% from the