Thursday, April 30, 2015

Agoraphobic UK grandmother falls down manhole after braving outside world

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Janet Faal is recovering physically, but says it'll be "years" before she makes progress against her agoraphobia after the freak manhole accident.

Neither Complete Tyres Services in West Sussex nor the shop's landlord will take responsiblity for the manhole, pictured.

An agoraphobic British woman bravely left her house for only the third time in ten years — and then promptly plunged down an open manhole.

Janet Faal had only just started beating her crippling decadelong fear of the outside when the horrific accident happened, reports the Telegraph.

The 57-year-old was out helping a friend reverse her car on the driveway of Complete Tyres Services, in Crawley, West Sussex, at 2 p.m. Friday.

She went to move a wooden pallet and accidentally stepped into the gap below, causing her to do the splits.

Faal fractured one of her legs as it fell down the coverless void. The grandmother of four also broke her nose after slamming head first onto the pallet.

She claims the accident has possibly set her back "years" in her fight against the condition — and now feels like she may never leave her home again.

"I was helping her reverse out of a car park, and there was this wooden pallet in the way," she told ITV News.

"I moved the pallet and took a step over — never in my life did I think there's a hole underneath, I thought it'd just fallen over. The next thing I remember is the pain. It was awful," she added.

It's not clear who should have been maintaining the manhole cover, as neither the tire shop or its landlord, JP Supplies, are accepting responsibility.

But Faal's son Andy MacDonald called for it to be repaired immediately.

"Whoever owns that manhole should get it fixed and get it fixed right now," he told the Daily Express.

"It's ruined my mother's recovery. I can't believe it. Whoever owns that manhole has something serious to answer for," he said.

Wiz Khalifa expresses ‘true unhappiness’ after Amber Rose fails to bring their son to his own birthday party

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#ALOOFSHOPWITHTHEBEST #ALOOFSHOPGOTYOU Wiz Khalifa (r.) and son Sebastian Taylor Thomaz attend Grammys on Feb. 8 in Los Angeles.

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Wiz Khalifa (r.) and son Sebastian Taylor Thomaz attend Grammys on Feb. 8 in Los Angeles.

Wiz Khalifa threw a birthday party for his 2-year-old son, but there was one thing "missing" … Sebastian.

"We bout to party super hard for my young prince," the rapper tweeted on Friday afternoon, calling the celebration for Sebastian Taylor Thomaz, his son with ex Amber Rose, "#BashDay."

But the festive mood quickly diminished when Rose never showed up to drop their son off at the party his dad threw in his honor.

"Only thing missing was bash," the 27-year-old rapper captioned an Instagram photo hours later, showing the pre-party setup packed with gifts and balloons.

"Let's all cut this for my boogie boo," he captioned another photo that showed baby Bash's pirate-themed birthday cake, featuring the Disney character from "Jake and the Neverland Pirates."

'Only thing missing was bash, ' Wiz Khalifa captioned this photo on Instagram Friday.

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'Only thing missing was bash, ' Wiz Khalifa captioned this photo on Instagram Friday.

There's no telling why Rose decided against bringing her son to his party, but it could be due to the nasty custody battle she's in with Khalifa, reportedly claiming she's an unfit mother.

Regardless, the "Black and Yellow" rapper was feeling blue on Friday and took to Twitter to air his grievances after they were a no-show to the party.

He premised his online rant by writing how it's not his intention to "tear anyone down," but rather to "use social media as a tool to help shed some light."

"I've never voiced my true unhappiness out of fear of the person I was with and what she would do to make me more unhappy (if) anyone knew,"Khalifa wrote.

"I know a lot of people have that same fear and I'm just like you," he continued. "We need to talk to each (other) more and empower each other to peruse our own happiness because the illusion is strong."

The illusion of their happy union came crashing down when she filed for divorce in September after 14 months of marriage, citing "irreconcilable difference" and that Khalifa had been unfaithful.

Amber Rose heads to a pumpkin patch with her little Sebastian Thomaz.

"Anyone who really knows me knows that I never cheated on Amber," he tweeted Friday.

"I always kept my views on family and stability clear and stood by them just as I do anything else I feel strongly about," Khalifa added.

But his focus was far from where his relationship with Rose currently stands, and instead was a call for help and support of all the good fathers out there.

"I'm even at a point where I feel I have no other options and I just need some help," he wrote. "Standing up for all fathers who need, deserve, or can't find help."

Khalifa also wrote, "Very greatful (sic) for my amazing support system right now. Especially my mom and dad. This is tough for them too. They raised me normal and want the same for my son without the evil that fame brings."

Phoenix toddler dies inside hot car, dad arrested for manslaughter after drinking bottle of gin, leaving boy in vehicle

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James Koryor was arrested on manslaughter and child abuse charges after his son died in a hot car outside the family’s Phoenix home. The dad had consumed a bottle of gin and abandoned the toddler in the car, according to authorities.

A Phoenix toddler died in the back seat of a hot car, trying in vain to free himself after his drunken father left him there and went inside the house to sleep it off, authorities said Tuesday.

James Koryor, 41, was arrested and charged with manslaughter and child abuse, police said.

"It was an absolutely horrific death," Phoenix Police Sgt. Trent Crump said Tuesday,KTVK-TV reported.

There were no car seats inside the vehicle, and the boy tried desperately to get out, Crump said. It was not clear whether the doors were locked.

A 2-year-old Phoenix boy died in a hot car after his dad drinks bottle of gin, leaves boy inside the vehicle.

The dad was supposed to take his 2-year-old boy, along with his 5-year-old son, to get haircuts. Instead, he drove to a liquor store, bought a bottle of gin and drank it before driving home at about 2 p.m., police said.

Koryor went inside and fell asleep. The 5-year-old somehow managed to get out of the car, but the toddler was left behind with the windows up as high temperatures soared past 90.

The interior of the car was damaged from the toddler's attempts to get out, Crump said.

Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Another study finds no link between MMR vaccine and autism

Yet another scientific study has found no link between autism and the vaccine against measles, mumps and rubella (MMR), according to U.S. research published on Tuesday.

The findings in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) are based on a study of about 95,000 children with older siblings, some of whom had autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

"Consistent with studies in other populations, we observed no association between MMR vaccination and increased ASD risk among privately insured children," said the study, led by Anjali Jain, a doctor in Falls Church, Virginia.

"We also found no evidence that receipt of either one or two doses of MMR vaccination was associated with an increased risk of ASD among children who had older siblings with ASD."

Autism is on the rise, and affects as many as one in 68 children in the United States, but its causes remain poorly understood.

Fears about vaccines and autism began to spread after the publication in 1998 of an article by Andrew Wakefield that purported to find a link between the MMR vaccine and autism in 12 children.

It was later found to be fraudulent and was retracted by the journal that published it. Britain has also stripped the author, Andrew Wakefield, of his medical license.

But concerns over vaccine safety, particularly in the Internet age, have proven difficult to quell.

"Although a substantial body of research over the last 15 years has found no link between the MMR vaccine and ASD, parents and others continue to associate the vaccine with ASD," said the JAMA study.

"Surveys of parents who have children with ASD suggest that many believe the MMR vaccine was a contributing cause."

Children who have an older sibling are less likely to be vaccinated than children without autism in their family, the study found.

The MMR vaccination rate for the children with unaffected siblings was 92% by age five.

In contrast, the MMR vaccination rates for children with older siblings with ASD was 86% by age five.

An accompanying editorial by Bryan King, a doctor at the University of Washington and Seattle Children's Hospital, said the data is clear.

"The only conclusion that can be drawn from the study is that there is no signal to suggest a relationship between MMR and the development of autism in children with or without a sibling who has autism," King wrote.

"Taken together, some dozen studies have now shown that the age of onset of ASD does not differ between vaccinated and unvaccinated children, the severity or course of ASD does not differ between vaccinated and unvaccinated children, and now the risk of ASD recurrence in families does not differ between vaccinated and unvaccinated children."

Overconsumption of vitamins and supplements increases risk of cancer: doctor

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Dr. Tim Byers, associate director for cancer prevention and control at the University of Colorado Cancer Center, warns that people who take more than the recommended dosage of vitamins and supplements increase their risk of cancer.

A review of 20-years of research by a prominent cancer center finds that people who take more than the recommended dosage of vitamins and supplements are at a greater risk for the disease.

Dr. Tim Byers, associate director for cancer prevention and control at the University of Colorado Cancer Center, made the statements Monday at the 2015 annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research in Philadelphia.

"We are not sure why this is happening at the molecular level but evidence shows that people who take more dietary supplements than needed tend to have a higher risk of developing cancer," Byers said in a statement released by the agency.

Center spokeswoman Erika Matich told the Daily News Byers made the comments after a review of current research of the past two decades. Byers has not released a new report specifically on this topic.

Matich stressed that these health products are safe as long as consumers do not exceed the recommended amounts.

At the end of the day we have discovered that taking extra vitamins and minerals do more harm than good.

"The best way to get the nutrients you need is to eat them in real foods with a balanced diet," she said. "More doesn't make it better. Take the recommended dosage."

Byers started to examine the benefits of these supplements 20 years ago. Doctors had begun to notice people who eat more fruits and vegetables had a lower risk of the serious illness and he wanted to see if there were similar results with these health products.

And after studying thousands of patients over the past decade they discovered more people taking the vitamins got cancer than people taking placebos.

"We found that the supplements were actually not beneficial for their health,"Byers said.

Some examples include people who took excessive amounts of beta carotene supplements, which produce Vitamin A and help improve peoples' immune system and vision, increased the risk for developing both lung cancer and heart disease by 20 percent.

A 2005 study of French women found that the number of smokers with high beta-carotene intake who had cancer (368.3 per 10,000 women) more than doubled compared to women with low levels of the supplement (174 per 10,000 women), reports Medical News Today.

People who have taken too much folic acid have also reported an increase of colon polyps, which forms stacks of cells in the lining of a colon and can develop into colon cancer.

In a 2012 article Byers co-wrote with four colleagues, the experts argued the products should not be labeled for cancer prevention unless there is proven results from a clinical trial. They note that many of the manufacturers market their product as a way to reduce their chances for cancer.

The best way to get the nutrients you need is to eat them in real foods with a balanced diet.

"In considering the current evidence, many expert committees and organizations have made public health recommendations, generally concluding that nutritional supplements have little to no benefit in preventing cancer,"the report states. "Perhaps, it is generally assumed by supplement users that these products are as well regulated as over-the-counter medications. These beliefs underscore the need for efforts by scientists and government officials to encourage the public to make prudent decisions based on sound evidence with respect to use of dietary supplements for cancer prevention."

Byers adds many people taking these supplements may not need them if they eat a healthy, balanced diet.

"At the end of the day we have discovered that taking extra vitamins and minerals do more harm than good," he said.

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