Expanding on the Legacy
By DR. PIERRE B. BLAND As they departed, I looked at the floor of the waiting room and thought, “What a mess!” and smiled. My …
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Bird flu found at Tyson Food chicken supplier-thousands destroyed
Associated Press NEW YORK – Tens of thousands of chickens have been destroyed at a Tennessee chicken farm due to a bird flu outbreak and …
Scientists creating method to break down drugs in wastewater
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – University of Minnesota researchers are developing a way to better foresee how drugs break down in wastewater. Scientists from the Wackett Lab …
Garden-to-Table Tips for Growing and Cooking Your Own Produce
StatePoint Nearly 50 percent of fresh fruits and 20 percent of fresh vegetables in the US are imported, according to FoodSafety.gov. This means that your …
Gene therapy lets a French teen dodge sickle cell disease
By MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer A French teen who was given gene therapy for sickle cell disease more than two years ago now …
Do you believe in angels?
DR. PIERRE B. BLAND When dealing with a condition that necessitates being out amongst and mingling with people, what better place to be on a …
Farm to School program serves students Florida grown produce
Staff Report TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Adam H. Putnam recently announced that Broward County Public Schools is serving more than 40,000 pounds …
Congress allows guns for mentally impaired
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON – The Republican-led Senate voted last Wednesday to block an Obama-era regulation that would prevent an estimated 75,000 people …
Mosquito saliva vaccine? NIH tests new way to fight illness
WASHINGTON – Wanted: 60 people willing to be bitten by mosquitoes to test a new kind of vaccine – one that acts against the bugs’ …
Brave New World
By DR. PIERRE B. BLAND Change. I am not a big fan of change. It is so insidious. All of a sudden you find yourself …