FRIDAY, Aug. 1, 2025 (HealthDay News) — It’s no laughing matter: Kids and teens across America are increasingly inhaling nitrous oxide, better known as “laughing gas,” to get high. Too often, this ends in tragedy. U.S. deaths linked to misuse of the common, legal inhalant climbed nearly sevenfold (578%) betweenContinue Reading
FRIDAY, August 1, 2025 (HealthDay News) — There may be a connection between a community’s homicide and suicide rates: When murder rates rise, there’s typically a local uptick in suicides a year later, new U.S. research shows. These trends were especially strong for gun-related incidents, according to a team fromContinue Reading
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THURSDAY, July 31, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) top vaccine official is stepping down after just three months in a role that upset drug companies, patient groups and some political leaders. Dr. Vinay Prasad will leave the agency to “spend more time with hisContinue Reading
THURSDAY, July 31, 2025 (HealthDay News) — High Noon is recalling some of its vodka seltzer packs after finding that a few cans were incorrectly labeled as non-alcoholic energy drinks. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Wednesday that two lots of the High Noon Beach Variety 12-packContinue Reading
THURSDAY, July 31, 2025 (HealthDay News) — More than 1,000 pounds of frozen ground beef are being recalled after metal pieces were reportedly found in the product. The frozen, fully cooked beef was made by Ada Valley Meat Company and sent to food service locations and distributors in five states:Continue Reading
THURSDAY, July 31, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A life-threatening condition involving out-of-control brain swelling can occur in kids who are battling the flu, but it’s extremely rare. A review of recent cases highlights the importance of quick diagnosis and aggressive treatment to saving the lives of kids with the condition,Continue Reading
THURSDAY, July 31, 2025 (HealthDay News) — State bans on enticing flavors of e-cigarettes bring real benefits in terms of lowering vaping among adults of any age, new research finds. But it points to a downside, too: A slowdown in statewide declines of cigarette smoking after flavored vapes were banned. Continue Reading
THURSDAY, July 31, 2025 (HealthDay News) — There’s potentially exciting news from a trial conducted in monkeys: A single shot of gene therapy given to newborn monkeys appears to shield them from HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, for at least three years. Of course, studies conducted in animals don’tContinue Reading
THURSDAY, July 31, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Researchers who’ve developed a new “heart age” calculator say many Americans have unhealthy hearts that are physiologically older than their chronological age, with men faring worse than women. The research team theorizes that telling folks their heart age might help spur them toContinue Reading