TUESDAY, April 23, 2024 (HealthDay News) — People should rely on the well-established Heimlich maneuver to save a choking victim, rather than newfangled “anti-choking” devices, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says. “The safety and effectiveness of over-the-counter anti-choking devices have not been established; they are not FDA approved orContinue Reading
TUESDAY, April 23, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Soldiers can suffer brain injury if they are repeatedly exposed to explosive blasts, a new study shows. Further, the more frequently a soldier is exposed to explosions, the greater their risk for brain injury, researchers reported April 22 in the Proceedings of theContinue Reading
MONDAY, April 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Even though fentanyl-linked fatal overdoses are soaring among young adults, a new survey of American college students found that just 1 in 7 knew how to administer the overdose antidote drug naloxone. Many who took the survey “reported high willingness to intervene duringContinue Reading
MONDAY, April 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The pandemic caused only “modest” delays in developmental milestones for infants and toddlers, a new study has found. Previous research has reported that pandemic-related lockdowns disrupted the lives of many people, including families with young children. Day-to-day life was upended as schools andContinue Reading
MONDAY, April 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The dangerous heart rhythm disorder called atrial fibrillation is becoming more common in middle-aged people, a new study warns. More than a quarter of patients at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) seeking care for A-Fib during the last decade were youngerContinue Reading
MONDAY, April 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) — People’s idea of “old age” is aging itself, with middle-aged folks and seniors believing that old age starts later in life than did peers from decades ago, a new study finds. The study revolves around the question “At what age would you describeContinue Reading
MONDAY, April 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Measles infections continue to spread across the country, with 125 cases now reported in 18 states, new U.S. government data shows. That is more cases than were reported in all of 2022, the most recent annual peak for measles infections, the U.S. Centers ofContinue Reading
MONDAY, April 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The H5N1 avian flu virus that’s infecting U.S. cattle is increasingly showing up in mammals — a dangerous sign that it could someday easily infect people. That’s the warning issued late last week by World Health Organization chief scientist Dr. Jeremy Farrar, CNNContinue Reading
MONDAY, April 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Two common PFAS “forever chemicals” have been deemed hazardous substances by the Environmental Protection Agency. The new designation, enacted under the country’s Superfund law, will let the EPA investigate and clean up leaks and spills of these harmful chemicals, agency officials said Friday.Continue Reading
MONDAY, April 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Parents too often wave the white flag when it comes to young picky eaters, a new survey finds. Three out of five parents say they’re willing to play personal chef and cobble up a separate meal for a child who balks at theContinue Reading