TUESDAY, May 28, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Backyard chickens are causing outbreaks of salmonella across the United States, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns. About 109 people in 29 states have gotten sick from salmonella after touching or caring for backyard poultry, the CDC said in aContinue Reading
MONDAY, May 27, 2024 (HealthDay News) — “Ugh, I’m so busy these days I can barely think straight. It’s so crazy.” No doubt some friend or coworker (maybe even yourself) has moaned about how stressed and overworked they are. Sometimes its fully justified, but in many cases folks see itContinue Reading
MONDAY, May 27, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Sipped from porcelain cups amid the music of Mozart and periwigs of the 1700s, tea was introduced to England and began its quiet work saving thousands of lives, new research confirms. It wasn’t the leaves that kept tea drinkers out of danger: ItContinue Reading
MONDAY, May 27, 2024 (HealthDay News) — If you’re one of the millions of Americans walking around with a new knee or hip, your odds for an infection in that joint rise if you ever have to undergo cancer chemotherapy, researchers report. “Given the number of people of receiving totalContinue Reading
SUNDAY, May 26, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Memorial Day means firing up that backyard grill for the season, hopefully under warm, sunny skies. You can be sure to enjoy the day without hazards by taking a few simple precautions, said Dr. Mike Ren, an associate professor of family and communityContinue Reading
SATURDAY, May 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Climate change is pushing daytime summer temperatures higher for longer periods of time, and that can spell real danger for folks who work outside, like gardeners and landscapers. Protecting yourself in the heat and knowing the warning signs of heat-related illness is crucial,Continue Reading
FRIDAY, May 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Confirming the dangers of drinking raw cow’s milk when the H5N1 avian flu virus is circulating in U.S. dairy herds, researchers found that mice fed the milk quickly got ill. “Our data indicate that HPAI A[H5N1] virus in untreated milk can infect susceptibleContinue Reading
FRIDAY, May 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Colon cancer is increasingly hitting Americans under the age of 50, and a new study outlines the warning signs that these young patients first encounter. The analysis was based on data from 80 different studies, involving almost 25 million patients under the ageContinue Reading
FRIDAY, May 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel on Thursday recommended the approval of a new blood test that can spot colon cancer. The panel voted 7-2 that the benefits outweighed the risks when using the Guardant Health’s Shield test for colon cancer. “TheContinue Reading
FRIDAY, May 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Ozempic provides a wide variety of health benefits for people with kidney disease and type 2 diabetes, a major clinical trial has found. The drug significantly reduces the risk of severe kidney events, heart problems and death from any cause in patients whoContinue Reading