MONDAY, Aug. 19, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Perdue Foods has recalled over 167,000 pounds of chicken nuggets and tenders after consumers complained of finding bits of metal in the products. The recall covers select lots of Perdue Breaded Chicken Tenders, Butcher Box Organic Chicken Breast Nuggets and Perdue Simply SmartContinue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 19, 2024 (HealthDay News) — “Stealth” foods are sneaking saturated fat and added sugars into even the strictest diets, a new study shows. Most saturated fats and added sugars come from well-known sources – soft drinks, cheese, pizza, ice cream, cakes and pies. But even supposedly healthy foodsContinue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 19, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Iron deficiency isn’t being effectively treated in the United States, with low iron levels persisting for years in most patients, a new study finds. Almost 3 of 5 (58%) patients with iron deficiency still had low iron levels three years after their diagnosis,Continue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 19, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Millions of Americans — mostly younger adults — could be unable to work due to the lingering symptoms of Long COVID, a new study says. About 14% of working-age people with Long COVID symptoms hadn’t returned to their jobs within three months ofContinue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 19, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Across rural America, the increased presence of loaded guns in homes and vehicles could lead to a spike in gun injuries and homicides at the start of every deer hunting season, a new study warns. In fact, in the U.S. rural counties coveredContinue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 19, 2024 (HealthDay News) — All 23 known species of the bacteria that cause Lyme disease have now been genetically mapped, providing an aid to better diagnosis and research. “This comprehensive, high-quality sequencing investigation of Lyme disease and related bacteria provides the foundation to propel the field forward,”Continue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 19, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A fish might hold clues to healing spinal cord injuries in humans, researchers report. The damaged nerve cells of zebrafish can survive a spinal cord injury, eventually restoring full movement in the fish. That’s very unlike humans and most other mammals, in whichContinue Reading
SUNDAY, Aug. 18, 2024 (HealthDay News) — As kids head back to school this fall, there is probably one item many parents haven’t thought to put on the to-do list: dental checkups. But they should make sure their children’s teeth are in good shape, said Dr. Natasha Flake, president ofContinue Reading
SATURDAY, Aug. 17, 2024 (HealthDay News) — It’s that time of year when mosquitoes are at their peak, buzzing around barbecues and stinging at will. But you don’t have to become their next victim, says one expert who offers tips on how to avoid being bitten. Dr. John Wolf, aContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Aug. 16, 2024 (HealthDay News) — As syphilis cases surge throughout the United States, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the first diagnostic at-home test to spot the bacterial disease. “This is the first at-home, over-the-counter test to detect Treponema pallidum [syphilis] antibodies in human blood,”Continue Reading