WEDNESDAY. Oct. 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — As Hurricane Milton barreled toward the west coast of Florida, hospitals in its path were making ready. Milton is projected to make landfall a bit south of the Tampa area late Wednesday night. Long-term care facilities in counties where mandatory evacuations have beenContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — When it comes to coverage for the pricey GLP-1 weight-loss drugs Wegovy and Zepbound, only a fifth of large U.S. companies cover the medications in their health insurance plans, a new survey shows. In a report published Wednesday in the journal Health Affairs,Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — High winds, torrential rain: All dangerous, but there’s a silent killer lurking in the aftermath of hurricanes like Milton — carbon monoxide. Experts at the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are warning of the potentially lethal effects of carbon monoxide (CO), emittedContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A study tracking almost 10,000 9- and 10-year olds for two years finds a link between time spent watching TV and other screens with a higher odds for ADHD and depression. “Screen use may replace time spent engaging in physical activity, sleep, socializing in-personContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A severe COVID infection can increase a person’s risk of heart attack and stroke as much as a history of heart disease, a new study says. People hospitalized for COVID had about the same risk of a major cardiac event as people withContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Cancer in young adults is rare, but the insurance coverage given them by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has greatly boosted the survival of people ages 19 to 25 who got the disease, a new study shows. The findings were published Oct. 7Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The bad news first: shower heads and toothbrushes in an average bathroom are teeming with an extremely diverse collection of viruses, most of which have never been seen before, a new study finds. Now, the good news. These viruses target bacteria, not people,Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Cases of a tick-borne parasitic disease have steadily increased in recent years, a new study shows. Rates of babesiosis increased an average 9% a year in the United States between 2015 and 2022, researchers reported in the journal Open Forum Infectious Diseases. Further,Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Widely-used acne creams can become contaminated with a known carcinogen even if kept at room temperature, a new study warns. Creams containing benzoyl peroxide (BPO) can wind up containing high levels of benzene while sitting on a store shelf or in a medicineContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration currently mandates strong health warnings when vapes containing synthetic nicotine are advertised on Instagram and other social media. Trouble is, most vendors aren’t adhering to those rules meant to protect kids, a new study finds. It’s aContinue Reading