Maiya Focht

Dec 6, 2024 | businessandamerica.com | Maiya Focht

Rapper Davion Blessing, 23, has recently had his big break – bursting into the scene and earning fans from across the world. But his fans and doctors have been expressing concerns about the health of the performer, stage name Dave Blunt, who is estimated to weigh around 500 pounds. He’s said that he’s drank lean regularly for the past seven years – an illegal concoction of cough syrup, soda and candy that has a sedative effect.

Dec 6, 2024 | lucianne.com | Maiya Focht

Original ArticlePosted By: Imright, 12/6/2024 2:44:38 PMEating a specific type of sugar can turbocharge cancers and make them more deadly, according to new research. Fructose - which is added to thousands of US food and drinks - was found to speed up the growth of certain kinds of skin, breast and cervical tumors. The study showed this type of sugar gets converted by the liver into components that tumors need to build new cells and grow.

Dec 6, 2024 | businessandamerica.com | Maiya Focht

Eating a specific type sugar can turbocharge cancers and make them more deadly, according to new research. Fructose — which is added to thousands of US food and drinks — was found to speed up the growth of certain kinds of skin, breast and cervical tumors. The researchers found that this type of sugar gets converted by the liver into components that tumors need to build new cells and grow.

Dec 5, 2024 | businessandamerica.com | Maiya Focht

Health officials are warning about a drug 100 times more potent than fentanyl that has caused deaths in 37 states in recent years. The drug, called carfentanil, is a derivative of fentanyl that was designed to tranquilize elephants, and is the most potent commercial opioid on the market. There were 513 overdoses from carfentanil between January 2021 and June 2024, hitting states like Florida and West Virginia the hardest, according to a CDC report published today.

Dec 4, 2024 | businessandamerica.com | Maiya Focht

A pesticide that has been found in breakfast cereals, oats and orange juice may be able to cause dementia symptoms in weeks. Weed-killer glyphosate, which is the active ingredient in RoundUp, has long been linked to cancers and nerve damage. But much of the earlier research has focused on looking at people that interact with it every day like farm workers. The new study, performed on mice, suggests even small amounts of exposure can have long-lasting effects.