The Morningwood News

NPR
by John Nielsen

They suck your blood in the middle of the night and vanish when the sun comes up. No, we are not talking about vampires. We’re talking about bedbugs that make people want to itch their arms and legs off.

Mayhill Fowler first noticed the bite marks on her wrists and ankles several years ago when she was living in New York City. New ones showed up almost every morning, usually in groups of three.

“I found out later that this is typical,” Fowler says. “‘Breakfast, lunch and dinner’ is what they call it. And they are very small and kind of hard little bites. You know how mosquito bites can be kind of big? These are kind of small, and they are very itchy

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The Rocky Mountain News
By Fernando Quintero And Kari Craig

Teacher steps up, gives CPR to boy hit by pickup

AURORA - The sight of a sobbing man holding his dying son in his arms was enough for Jennifer Elder to spring into action.

The 2-year-old boy was listed in serious condition Friday after he was hit by a truck Thursday night while crossing a street.

The boy, whom police have not identified because of his age, was lifeless when Elder rushed to the scene and administered CPR.

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The LA Daily News
BY LARRY ALTMAN

The supervisor of the state Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement’s gang enforcement team in Los Angeles was charged Tuesday with selling 50 erectile dysfunction pills to undercover police officers in Long Beach.

Special Agent Henry Kim, who works in the agency’s Commerce office, was placed on paid administrative leave while he faces criminal charges that could send him to jail, and an internal investigation that could put an end to his 18-year law enforcement career.

Until his arrest Saturday, Kim - a former Los Angeles police officer - was held in high regard in his department, and had received two awards from the state attorney general for his investigations.

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Guardian Unlimited
Martin Foster in Tokyo

A Japanese man continued to drive his motorcycle for over a mile after losing his right leg below the knee when he hit the central reservation on a motorway in Hamamatsu, south-west of Tokyo.

Kazuo Osada, 54, described as a company worker, crashed when he failed to negotiate a bend, and was unaware his right leg had been severed below the knee apparently because his attention was focused on the strong pain he felt from the crash, police said.

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Detroit Free Press
By TOM MURPHY
ASSOCIATED PRESS

INDIANAPOLIS — A chemical that thickens antifreeze has turned up again in a Chinese-made toothpaste, this time under a brand that serves luxury hotels around the world.

Gilchrist & Soames said Monday it is recalling its 18-milliliter or 0.65-ounce tubes of complementary toothpaste with the company name on it. The company said some samples showed the toothpaste contained diethylene glycol, a chemical that can lead to liver and kidney damage.

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The Enquirer (Cincinnati)
By BY PEGGY O’FARRELL

WYOMING -  A first-grader whose colorful painting captured the community’s heart has lost her battle with brain cancer.

Elena Desserich, 6, died Saturday at her home in Wyoming a little more than eight months after she was diagnosed with diffuse brainstem glioma. She had undergone treatment for the incurable disease at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn.

She would have been a first-grade pupil at Wyoming Elementary School this fall.

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The Seattle Times
By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER
The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Americans are living longer than ever, but not as long as people in 41 other countries.

For decades, the United States has been slipping in international rankings of life expectancy, as other countries improve health care, nutrition and lifestyles.

Countries that surpass the United States include Japan, most of Europe and Jordan.

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Stuff.com.nz
By BEN FAWKES
The Dominion Post

An Auckland doctor sacked for emailing pictures of his genitals to a female friend can now be revealed as one of the world’s leading cardiologists, Harvey White.

Dr White was fired as director of coronary care and cardiovascular research at Auckland Hospital in May 2005, after pictures of his penis were discovered on his work computer.

Dr White took the pictures on his cellphone in the toilet at home before downloading them on to his work computer.

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Trendhunter Magazine
trendhunter.com

When you have run out of surface area on your skin, look inwards … at your own eyes.

I guess some body modification nuts thought it was a good idea to have the whites of their eyes stained with blue ink.

They tried the standard tattoo equipment but to no avail. A syringe finally did the trick.

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Lindsay Butler
East Valley Tribune

When a stranger collapses, few people are excited about locking lips to perform mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Now, a new method is proving to be just as effective — and a little less intimate.

“People are not real interested in doing mouth-to-mouth breathing,” said Dr. Ben Bobrow, medical director of the state Bureau of Emergency Medical Services. “They’re afraid of disease and it’s just not a real appealing thing.”

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TechNewsWorld
By Kristen Allen
AP

A German woman who lived with a pencil lodged in her head for 55 years finally underwent a procedure to have it removed. An accident that occurred when she was 4 years old caused the 3.15 inch-long pencil to jam inside her brain. The injury has resulted in decades of headaches, nosebleeds and a lack of a sense of smell. Modern surgery techniques helped doctors pinpoint the location of the pencil.

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The Orlando Sentinel
Sara K. Clarke

The grocer apparently ended its $4 price on generic drugs while touting free antibiotics.

When Publix Super Markets announced with great fanfare this week that it was offering seven generic antibiotics free-of-charge to its pharmacy customers, it was also quietly discontinuing a policy that had allowed customers to obtain scores of other medications for just $4 a prescription.

Pharmacy employees at a half-dozen Central Florida Publix stores confirmed Tuesday that the grocery chain has dropped its policy of matching — when a customer requested it — Wal-Mart Stores’ nationwide discount price of $4 for more than 60 generic drugs in more than 160 doses and varieties.

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Daily News, LA
BY BARBARA CORREA

Helped by acupuncture, they trust it for their kids

While most moms and dads cringe watching their baby get an inoculation or a shot of antibiotics, other parents have embraced the use of needles to treat everything from their infant’s colic to their toddler’s chronic ear infections.

They swear by alternative practices such as massage, herbs and acupuncture, in which ultra-thin needles are inserted at specific points to treat maladies and pain.

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