TUESDAY, Nov. 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Biologic drugs to treat asthma have been around for two decades, but a surprising number of family doctors still aren’t prescribing them to kids and adults. A new survey found that more than two in five primary care docs (42%) are unfamiliar withContinue Reading

FRIDAY, Nov. 17, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A young woman working at a Massachusetts cannabis-processing facility who developed new-onset asthma and later died of a fatal asthma attack is the first such fatality in the burgeoning industry, a new report finds. Researchers believe large amounts of allergen-laden dust created atContinue Reading

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 25, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Clinical trials investigating use of two widely available products — vitamin C and the statin drug simvastatin — in critically ill COVID patients have yielded far different results. Simvastatin had a 96% likelihood of improving outcomes, including a 92% chance of improving survivalContinue Reading

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has proposed a ban on the use of formaldehyde in hair relaxers over concerns about its link to respiratory problems and certain cancers. Right now, the FDA only discourages using such hair-straightening products, which are typically usedContinue Reading