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When one thinks of the type of wildlife inhabiting sewers, animals like rats, snakes, opossums and raccoons often come to mind. Baby deer, or fawns, in contrast, typically aren’t found lurking in these underground pipes.

In the town of Wentzville, MO, however, a fawn is running free once again after being rescued from a storm sewer by a few brave firefighters.

According to a KMCB article, residents of the eastern Missouri town reported hearing a high-pitched wail at about 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, June 17, and contacted the fire department.

Soon after, firefighters from the Wentzville Fire Protection District arrived at the Stone Meadow Subdivision off Highway Z, where they found the fawn trapped in the storm sewer on Jonathan Cody Drive.

After about 20 minutes, firefighters successfully freed the baby deer, who didn’t appear to be injured by its ordeal, said John Schneider, assistant chief for the Wentzville Fire Protection District. Firefighters gently brought the fawn up using a rope and their bare hands.

It’s unclear how the fawn had fallen 12 to 24 inches into the bottom of the storm sewer, Schneider said. It’s likely that the fawn could simply have fallen in accidentally, or that the area’s recent rainfall swept the animal into the hole.

Upon being freed from the storm sewer, the baby deer left the area on its own. Schneider added that the mother deer had been spotted near the area where her fawn had gotten trapped, and authorities hope the two are reunited soon.

“We are hoping they’ve been reunited,” he said.

Across the world, 3D printing technology has slowly made its way into new housing constructions. There’s a 3D-printed home located in Amsterdam; in the Chinese city of Suzhou, plans are underway to construct a development of 3D-printed mansions.

And now, this technology has finally reached the U.S. housing market in the form of a sprawling luxury estate, constructed entirely through 3D printing.

According to CNN, the 3D-printed Upstate New York estate will consist of a 2,400 square foot mansion, as well as a swimming pool, jacuzzi and car port. New York City architect Adam Kushner, in collaboration with 3D-printing pioneer Enrico Dini and his D-Shape firm, plan to begin excavation and construction soon.

While the swimming pool and jacuzzi are set for completion by the end of this year, 3D printing of the house itself will continue through the end of 2017.

Kushner stressed that the entire project’s realization depends on whether or not he and Dini can acquire a 3D printer large enough to take on such a massive project. Currently, the only printer that can handle this workload is located in Italy, where it was designed and built for Italian military use. Kushner and Dini will require military clearance before it can be shipped to the U.S.

“If I had another printer I’d send it there tomorrow, but unfortunately we don’t have and must wait,” Dini told CNN.

But once construction does start, the results will be incredible to witness. D-Shape uses a distinctive printing process that involves collecting sand, dust and gravel on site and mixing these materials with a magnesium-based binding agent. The resulting building blocks closely resemble marble and allow D-Shape to create unique sculptural forms that other printing systems cannot, CNN reports.

In March 2015, the U.S. housing marketing saw 618,000 new single-family homes begin construction. Who knows how many of these homes will be built using 3D printing technologies someday? According to Kushner, the 3D-printed housing industry is only getting started.

“Why? Because it democratizes construction and architecture and puts it into everyone’s hands, just like the camera phone made everyone a photographer,” he said. “Not everyone is good at it, but everyone can become one.”

New studies on sleep come out practically every day with different recommendations for all kinds of demographics, and now there is another to add to the list. A panel from the University of Washington says that for optimal health, adults need to sleep for seven hours every night.

However, researchers say that this figure isn’t counting functioning effectively for day-to-day activity. If you habitually slam back a couple cups of coffee in the morning before you can get going, you may need even more sleep — seven hours is just the bare minimum.

The study looked at over 5,300 articles concerning links between sleep and health for people aged 18 to 60. For young adults, those recovering from a sleep deficit, or those who are sick, the number jumps up to nine hours a night. If you’re healthy, however, that may be too much. In other words, it’s all a balancing act.

Looking at current estimates from other studies, most adults sleep six hours or less each night, making this study an important but difficult message to get out. In a world where being busy means that you’re successful and driven, this may be a message some take lightly.

Not only does sleep improve your effectiveness throughout the day, but it also cuts down on health risks. Those who sleep less than the recommended amount per night can fall victim to a host of other issues, including weight gain, depression, diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, and even higher risk of death. You may also get sick easier and more often due to a lower-functioning immune system. Your body needs sleep to be able to run all necessary functions.

Those who still do not believe that enough sleep is necessary can refer to another study done by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, which outlines other risks, such as heart attacks and strokes. As it is, over 42 million Americans say they are disrupted during sleep due to pain or discomfort a few times each week or more. Both of these studies concluded that a lack of sleep makes those aches and pains worse, in addition to lowering your threshold for pain.

The bottom line here is: to stay healthy, you need to strike a balance with your sleep. Sleep enough, but not too much, and remember that there is no substitute for a good night’s rest.

The federal government has charged 243 people in what may be the largest case medical billing fraud in U.S. history, officials announced on June 18.

The 243 doctors, nurses and other medical professionals charged had participated in “Medicare fraud schemes involving approximately $712 million in false billings,” according to Attorney General Loretta Lynch.

A nationwide investigation by the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services’ Medicare Fraud Strike Force in 17 districts revealed the fraudulent billing, which is the largest the task force has seen in terms of number of people charged and the amount lost.

“This action represents the largest criminal health care fraud takedown in the history of the Department of Justice and it adds to an already remarkable record of enforcement,” Lynch told reporters in a statement.

Several healthcare providers were also suspended by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services after the sweep. Although some healthcare providers outsource billing, which can speed up accounts receivable by one to three days, it was the doctors and other medical personnel who were held accountable.

Of the arrests made, 73 were from South Florida, including the Miami area. In total, the tried to take more than $262,567,878 from Medicare and Medicaid funds.

Lynch said that the defendants include “doctors, patient recruiters, home healthcare providers, pharmacy owners and others.”

Many of the healthcare providers took advantage of Medicare Part D. The program is supposed to allow the elderly and disabled to get prescription drugs through pharmacies who are later reimbursed by private insurers through Medicare.

But several pharmacies were caught submitting false prescriptions, which potentially costs the United States billions of dollars each year.

Since the strike force was initiated, the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services have charged more than 2,300 defendants guilty of billing Medicare in excess of $7 billion.

The Justice Department has also relied on the federal False Claims Act in order to recoup more than $15.2 billion in Medicare losses since 2009.

Hardwood floors are one of the most coveted luxuries one can have in his or her home. No other flooring surface is quite as elegant, versatile and reliable as a hardwood floor can be. It’s no surprise that more than half — about 54% — of home buyers say they’re willing to spend a little more to get a hardwood floor in their home.

But what if your brand new hardwood floor is secretly making you sick?

Sadly, it’s not entirely out of the realm of possibility. Some hardwood floors are produced with high levels of formaldehyde, which can be released into the air over time. Inhaling this toxin has been linked with health conditions like nose and throat cancer, difficulty breathing, coughing, sore throat and impaired respiratory function.

For one Colorado Springs, CO, couple, this nightmare became reality when their $6,000 hardwood floor gave them both respiratory illnesses, forcing them to rip out their beloved floor.

According to a June 10 KOAA article, Susan Bolduc and her husband are now involved in a class action lawsuit against Lumber Liquidators, the company that sold the Bolducs their formaldehyde-soaked floor. Lumber Liquidators is accused of selling hardwood floors manufactured in China that contained levels of formaldehyde that exceeded the EPA’s recommended level of .10 parts per million.

In fact, when Bolduc hired an independent inspection company to inspect her hardwood floors, the inspector found formaldehyde levels three to five times what the EPA recommends, even though Lumber Liquidators assured the couple that their floors were safe.

“I believe there are hundreds or thousands of people receiving letters from Lumber Liquidators saying their flooring is safe and if that’s not accurate people need to know,” she said.

To avoid unknowingly installing a formaldehyde-filled hardwood floor, Bill Magavern, policy director at the Coalition for Clean Air, recommends that homeowners steer clear of composite wood products like medium-density fiberboard, particle fiberboard and hardwood plywood. Because China seems to be the only source of this illegal flooring, it’s best to avoid floors made in this country, as well.