A tick that makes people throw up when they eat red meat is spreading across America. A single bite from the lone star tick can trigger a life-long allergy known as alpha-gal (AGS) syndrome, said The Telegraph. “Before my diagnosis, I loved bacon cheeseburgers,” said Maryland-based Keith Tremel, who has the allergy. “My wife and two kids both like bacon, and my son enjoys steak, so cooking that for them can be a little bit of torture.”
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Man hopes penis op will change his fortune
A man is celebrating after his penis was restored by an operation involving a skin graft from his arm. Malcolm McDonald has spent six years with a reconstructed penis attached to his arm, awaiting an operation to move it down south. He told The Times that he was thrilled by the outcome of the nine-hour operation, which he said he hoped would mark a change in his fortune. “My luck in life hasn’t been too good so far,” he said, “but it can only go bad for so long, can’t it?”