TUESDAY, Sept. 9, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A New York-based company has recalled several frozen vegetable products over possible listeria contamination, according to a report shared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Endico Potatoes Inc., based in Mount Vernon, N.Y., recalled its frozen peas and carrots and mixedContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Sept. 9, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A 54-year-old New Hampshire man is recovering well after receiving an experimental pig kidney transplant. Bill Stewart, an athletic trainer from Dover, underwent the procedure June 14 at Massachusetts General Hospital (Mass General) in Boston. “I really wanted to contribute to the scienceContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Sept. 9, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A common rheumatoid arthritis drug appears to also lower blood pressure, potentially reducing patients’ risk of heart disease, a new study says. Methotrexate significantly lowered blood pressure compared to another arthritis drug called sulfasalazine, researchers reported recently in the Annals of Medicine. “WeContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Sept. 9, 2025 (HealthDay News) — “Flower power” psychedelic drugs might be a potential cure for modern anxiety, new research suggests. A single dose of LSD helped people suffering from clinical anxiety in a new clinical trial. Anxiety patients experienced rapid, significant and durable relief following a single treatmentContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Sept. 9, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Afraid of the dentist? You’re far from alone, a new study says. Nearly 3 of 4 adults fear going to the dentist, researchers report in the September issue of the Journal of the American Dental Association. That means dental fear is even moreContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Sept. 9, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Medicaid serves a key role in helping opioid addicts get the treatment they need, a new study says. Prescription rates for the anti-opioid medication buprenorphine increased more than 27% in states that expanded Medicaid between 2018 and 2024, researchers reported in the SeptemberContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Sept. 9, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Most men agree that exercise provides a boost to their mental health, confidence and sex drive. However, that doesn’t mean they’re going to make it a regular habit, a new Cleveland Clinic survey says. About 30% of men do not engage in regularContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Sept. 9, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Folks figuring out how to take their blood pressure at home might be tempted to use online stock photos to see how it’s done — but they really shouldn’t, a new study warns. Only about 1 in 7 stock photos found online correctlyContinue Reading
The recombinant treatment is now approved for prophylactic use in adults and for treating bleeding episodes and perioperative use in childrenContinue Reading
MONDAY, Sept. 8, 2025 (HealthDay News) — U.S. officials are investigating radioactive contamination linked to frozen shrimp imported from Indonesia after testing found Cesium-137, a radioactive isotope, in some shipments. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Friday that the contamination may have come from an industrial metal-melting facility atContinue Reading