TUESDAY, Oct. 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Demand for a new shot that protects babies against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) has outpaced supply, prompting U.S. health officials to recommend the doses be saved for high-risk infants. In an alert posted Monday afternoon, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and PreventionContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Nurse practitioners are just as good as primary care doctors at avoiding potentially harmful prescriptions for older patients — but both need to do better, a large, new study suggests. Nurse practitioners (NPs) are registered nurses with advanced training in doing many ofContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposes to ban a cancer-causing chemical commonly used as a furniture cleaner and degreaser. The ban would prohibit most uses of trichloroethylene (TCE) within one year. Limited remaining commercial and industrial uses would be phased out overContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Life on the streets can be deadly, with homeless Americans 16 times more likely to die suddenly than their peers, a new study says. “Homeless individuals die young, at a mean age of 50 years,” said study co-author Dr. Zian Tseng, a cardiologistContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Use of steroids among high school athletes is a continuing problem, and now new research finds these youths are also more likely to suffer a concussion while they play. The study was published Oct. 20 in the Journal of Osteopathic Medicine. “The neurobehavioralContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Many college kids are depressed and anxious, especially when they are a minority on campus or the first in their family to go to a university, a new study finds. These feelings may be particularly pronounced among minorities attending mostly white colleges, theContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — More than 60,000 gun safes have been recalled following the death of a 12-year-old boy and dozens of reports that unauthorized people can open the Fortress Safe devices. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said a programming flaw allows unauthorized people into theContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Lots of vaccine disinformation spread during the pandemic, and doctors worried that may have given some parents pause about not only the risks of the COVID shot, but of childhood vaccines as well. Now, new research puts that worry to rest. “We did notContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Four years after the state of Georgia approved the distribution of low-dose THC, medical marijuana may be sold at local pharmacies. That will make Georgia the first U.S. state where pharmacies sell medical cannabis, CNN reported. By year’s end, patients who meet aContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The rate of firearm homicides in the United States decreased in 2022, the first drop seen since a sharp increase emerged early in the pandemic, public health officials reported. In 2022, firearm homicides numbered 5.9 deaths per 100,000 people nationwide, researchers from theContinue Reading