WASHINGTON — Nothing doctors prescribed controlled Michael Garrity’s dangerously high blood pressure — until they zapped away some nerves on his kidneys. If that sounds weird, well, kidneys help regulate blood pressure in part through signals from certain nerves. The new treatment disrupts overactive renal nerves. “My blood pressure would spike and I’d run out…
The decision by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) to ban the use of some antibiotics in animal food products will help curb the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), according to a new report. In October, the FSSAI banned the use of some antibiotics used in the production of meat, meat…
Attention turned to lifestyle audits when Cogta Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa was grilled in parliament on corruption and bribery for tenders. Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Velenkosini Hlabisa told parliament the lifestyle audits of certain people, especially those with the power to give tenders, should be made public. The minister was answering questions in…
RENO, Nev. — Conservationists and a Native American tribe are suing the U.S. to try to block a Nevada lithium mine they say will drive an endangered desert wildflower to extinction, disrupt groundwater flows and threaten cultural resources. The Center for Biological Diversity promised the court battle a week ago when the U.S. Interior Department…
