Man Can't Work Because He Gets Drunk Without Drinking - Newser
For years, Eric Poulin kept being told he had a drinking problem—while insisting he hadn't touched a drink. The Nova Scotia father of five has auto-brewery syndrome, a rare condition in which microbes in the gut convert carbohydrates into ethanol at a rate his metabolism can't keep up with, leaving him suddenly intoxicated with slurred speech, alcohol-like breath, and memory gaps.
WHO Chief Visits Bunia—Epicenter Of Africa’s Ebola Outbreak (Live Updates) - Forbes
ToplineWHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus visited Bunia, the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Ituri province on Saturday, meeting with officials as cases of the deadly illness rise. Health workers wearing protective equipment gather to disinfect the isolation area for Ebola patients at the General Referral Hospital of Mongbwalu in Mongbwalu, on May 23, 2026.AFP via Getty ImagesTimelineSATURDAY, MAY 30, 2026Ghebreyesus visits Bunia and says in a statement he updated the prime minister on the WHO’s “coordination and collaboration with multiple partners in support of the government-led response.” The WHO reported 134 confirmed Ebola cases and 18 deaths among those who were confirmed to have contracted the illness in the DRC and Uganda (there were 906 suspected cases and 223 deaths as of May 27).
Health department issues warning after rabid bat found inside home, resident exposed in McHenry County - Lake and McHenry County Scanner
File Photo | Photo by Nils Bouillard (via Unsplash) Health officials said that a resident was exposed to a bat, which tested positive for rabies, that was found in a house in McHenry County, the first rabid bat discovery in the county this year. The McHenry County Department of Health (MCDH) announced Thursday that a bat was found by a resident inside a home in McHenry County but did not specify where exactly in the county.
The human brain accounts for about two per cent of body weight and consumes about twenty per cent of the body's total energy every day — and that consumption barely changes whether you are solving differential equations or staring at a wall - Space Daily
The number that gets repeated in pop-science columns is the 2/20 split (that the brain is 2% of body weight but consumes 20% of energy) — a small organ, enormous appetite — and I think it's fair to suggest that many… By Mal James · Editorial process The number that gets repeated in pop-science columns is the 2/20 split (that the brain is 2% of body weight but consumes 20% of energy) — a small organ, enormous appetite — and I think it’s fair to suggest that many people are led to believe that “thinking” is hard work.