This week in What were they thinking … ? (#018)

This week has a strong contender for this years “what were they thinking?” when 2 women were admitted to hospital for trying to vacuum their period out. A Dr is recruiting experts to counter social media misinformation and the CRISPR babies are likely more vulnerable to several serious diseases. These are just some of the things that will either make you hold your head in shame or think that maybe there is hope yet.

00:10 Tapeworm larvae mistaken for brain cancer

01:23 Social media Dr recruiting for fact checking pseudoscience debunking team

02:47 CDC announces 2019 has highest measles cases since 1995

04:07 FDA finds surprising amounts of PFAS in food

05:22 Memory supplement is probably causing miscarriage

07:06 CRISPR Babies may be in worse position than first thoughts

07:59 Sex could exist to minimize the harm from cancer

08:51 Pfizer could have buried a viable Alzheimer treatment lead

11:29 Overprotective parent has embarrassing diagnosis of childbearing

12:51 We may understand why the sun has an 11 year solar cycle

13:41 Do not vacuum your vagina to speed your period

14:06 AI that can generate a picture of your face from your voice is close

Relevant links:

Woman went to the hospital with symptoms pointing to brain cancer, ‘and what came out was a baby tapeworm’
https://fox6now.com/2019/06/07/woman-went-to-the-hospital-with-symptoms-pointing-to-brain-cancer-and-what-came-out-was-a-baby-tapeworm/

or is recruiting an army of medical experts to drown out fake health news on Instagram and Twitter
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/31/doctor-recruiting-doctors-to-fight-fake-health-info-on-social-media.html

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CDC Says Measles Cases in U.S. Have Now Reached Over 1,000 So Far in 2019
https://gizmodo.com/cdc-says-measles-cases-in-u-s-have-now-reached-over-1-1835288447?IR=T

As Measles Cases Surpass 1,000, Secretary Azar Reinforces Commitment to Vaccination
https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2019/06/05/as-measles-c..