StyleGail JohnsonWhat The Health?! Were bees really living in a woman's eye? Canadian experts doubtful
"It is hard to validate those claims.”
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Fraternity brother dies after being hit by friend with a pellet gun during party
A Sacramento State University senior went into cardiac arrest and died after being shot in the chest with a pellet gun during a party at his fraternity house.
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A 23-Year-Old Woman Was Partially Paralyzed After Cracking Her Neck The Wrong Way
“Just that stretching of my neck had caused my vertebral artery to rupture."
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Saskatchewan woman unveils late husband's preserved tattoos: 'We're back together'
"I'd honour his wishes in any way. He was the love of my life."
- StyleDanielle Fowler
Shoppers mock ASOS for selling £68 'bubble wrap dress'
"£68 for bubble wrap? Absolute bargain ASOS."
StyleGail JohnsonWhat the Health?! Teen dies from rare brain infection
A doctor says that while "Canadians don’t generally have to worry about getting NCC at home," they should still be mindful.
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How Can a Woman Have a Baby Without Knowing She’s Pregnant?
How Can a Woman Have a Baby Without Knowing She’s Pregnant?
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Doctors discover four sweat bees living inside woman's eye and feeding on her tears
Sweat bees are attracted to perspiration.
- StyleElise Solé
Bride busted for embezzling $93K for her wedding gown and a butt lift
The Virginia bride allegedly charged a $25K wedding planning service, clothing, furniture and an ATV to her former employer.
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NASA will pay you $19,000 to stay in bed for 2 months
NASA and two other space agencies are looking for 24 volunteers for a study in which people will lie in bed for two months. The pay is $19.000.
StyleGail JohnsonWhat The Health?! Man contracts nasty fungal infection while gardening — but what's the risk?
It's often referred to as "rose gardener’s disease."
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Meet the real life Sleeping Beauty, whose rare syndrome means she sleeps for weeks at a time
"People call me lazy!"
- StyleGail Johnson
What The Health?! Whoopi Goldberg says she came 'very close' to death after developing sepsis - but what is it?
The warning signs that could save your life.
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Doctors blamed this woman's back pain on 'depression' — but it was actually stage 4 cancer
"I almost felt like I was gaslighting myself. Was this all in my head?"
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Man Develops Infection in His Skull and Brain Lining After Cleaning His Ear with a Cotton Swab
Man Gets Infection in Skull, Brain Lining After Cleaning Ear with Cotton Swab
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Felicity Huffman released on bail after allegedly bribing to get kid into college as part of sweeping admissions scandal
Federal officials have charged college coaches and 50 others, including actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin, in an admissions bribery case.
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What The Health?! Did this 25-year-old contract a rare autoimmune disorder from a cat?
In Yahoo Lifestyle Canada‘s newest series, What The Health?!, we ask doctors to weigh in on odd health news stories and set the record straight. Gemma Birch was on a weeklong holiday in Albufeira when she took in a feral feline who had been lounging on her patio, she told People magazine. On the last night of her trip, Birch began feeling ill, with vomiting and diarrhea.
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What The Health?! Woman dies after eating at Michelin-starred restaurant — but were mushrooms really to blame?
María Jesús Fernández Calvo died from asphyxiation from particles of vomit in her lungs after eating at a popular restaurant in Spain.
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Toronto family told they couldn't cremate father because of possible medical implants
When Cindy Monk-Fuller's father died last month on Valentine's Day, the family wasn't expecting to have to scramble to make funeral arrangements — she said that had already been taken care of years earlier by her father."He was the type of person who never wanted to leave, particularly his wife Helen, with any kind of stress," Monk-Fuller told CBC Toronto. "He didn't want to leave her with the problems of making decisions for him after he'd passed."In 2012, Al Monk went into the Highland Funeral Home in suburban Scarborough to sign a prepaid funeral plan agreement. Monk, who was in his early 80s, didn't want anything fancy, paying $2,124.40 to cover all costs associated with a basic cremation. Monk's daughter said he stressed to her the importance of a cremation over burial. "'When I go, do not put me in the ground,'" Monk-Fuller recalled him saying. '"I don't want to be buried.' He was very clear on that."Just hours after his death, Monk-Fuller was at the funeral home with her stepmother to finalize the plans her father had put in place. At one point, Monk-Fuller said, a representative from the funeral home asked if her father had ever had any kind of treatment for cancer involving medical isotopes. She said her stepmother thought he may have, because he was treated for prostate cancer in 2007. At that point, the conversation changed and it appeared a cremation was no longer possible. "Every crematorium in Toronto was refusing to cremate my father." Monk-Fuller said. They were refusing because they were told Monk-Fuller may have had brachytherapy for his prostate cancer. It involves implanting dozens of tiny devices called theraseeds in the body. Theraseeds allow for a higher doses of radiation to be used on the affected area, while limiting damage to other areas. According to Michelle Crognale, an inspector with the Bereavement Authority of Ontario, the crematoriums were just following the guidelines in the Funeral, Burial and Cremation Services Act of Ontario. "Any body that contains an implant, such as a pacemaker or theraseeds … would prevent that body from being cremated," Crognale said. The implants put cremation operators at risk of radiation exposure and can also damage equipment used in the cremation process, according to Crognale.If Monk-Fuller was not eligible, his family would be left with just one option: burial. It would also cost thousands more than he paid for his cremation. His daughter says her family was frustrated and wondering why they had never heard about this before. "I think any oncologist who has offered that treatment to a patient should know the law," Monk-Fuller said. But his doctors weren't the only ones who failed to make this clear. The funeral home where he made his arrangements didn't mention it either, and it's not mentioned anywhere in the contract he signed. "Our role is to really provide the families with guidance in creating funeral and memorializations that are meaningful to them in their love ones," said Dustin Wright, senior director of marketing and communications for Arbour Memorial, the parent company of Highland Funeral Home."Asking that kind of question or having that within our agreement is not part of our scope," he said. Monk-Fuller said her family reached out to her father's doctor to confirm whether he had the brachytherapy to treat his prostate cancer. Fortunately, the doctor was able to pull up all his records. "It turns out my father just had radiation, regular radiation," Monk-Fuller said. It was a huge relief for the family, who now only needed to provide a letter from the doctor confirm the type of treatment he had received. In the end, they were able to follow through with his wishes and have him cremated, but Monk-Fuller wonders why it's not mandatory for funeral directors to provide this information. "If you're sitting down with a client and you're taking their money, I think it's incumbent upon you to have the correct information," she said. Wright said his company will take that under advisement.
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Blow-dryer causes shampoo can to explode, blowing bathroom door off hinges
A blow-dryer left plugged in created enough heat to cause an aerosol can of dry shampoo to explode in a northeast Calgary on Thursday afternoon, fire officials say. "The fire investigator determined that a hair-dryer which had been plugged in created enough heat to cause an aerosol dry shampoo can sitting nearby to explode with substantial force," said a release.
- StyleHope Schreiber
Video of woman shaving her legs while riding on the back of a scooter goes viral
This is certainly one way to shave down time -- but hopefully, she doesn't experience road rash.
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Lufthansa Is Suing a Man for $2,385 for Missing a Connecting Flight
The passenger was using a clever airline hack.
- StyleGail Johnson
How did leftover spaghetti kill a healthy 20-year-old?
“Toxins do not smell. You can’t see them, taste them, or smell them. That’s why they’re so dangerous.”
- StyleElizabeth Di Filippo
'I had no idea': Former Team USA hockey player says radon caused her to develop stage 4 cancer
“I want nobody else to go through what I’ve gone through."
- StyleHope Schreiber
23-year-old student allegedly calls airline with fake bomb threat to prevent parents from visiting
How far would you go to avoid spending time with your parents?
