FRIDAY, Feb. 2, 2024 (HealthDay News) — It’s known by the street name “gas station heroin,” but a new government report finds the highly addictive supplement Neptune’s Fix may also contain synthetic pot. The product has already been linked to seizures, brain swelling and hallucinations, researchers reported Thursday in MorbidityContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 2, 2024 (HealthDay News) — In some good news for those folks who rolled up their sleeves for the latest COVID vaccine last fall, new government research shows the updated shots halve the chances of getting a symptomatic infection. “Everything from this study is reassuring that the vaccinesContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 1, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Coupons for e-cigarettes appear to be a powerful way to get people hooked on vaping, a new study shows. People who receive coupons for e-cigarettes are 50% more likely to begin vaping, and less likely to quit once they’ve started, according to findingsContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 1, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A new and worrisome antibiotic-resistant form of E. coli has been identified at a children’s hospital in China. Already, so-called ST410 strains of the E. coli bacterium — resistant to last-resort antibiotics called carbapenems — have become the most common drug-resistant strains seenContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan. 30, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The maker of a drug used to treat ADHD and narcolepsy has recalled one lot of the medication after a pill mixup was discovered. The recall notice, issued by Azurity Pharmaceuticals Inc., states that one lot of Zenzedi 30-milligram tablets is being recalled afterContinue Reading
MONDAY, Jan. 29, 2024 (HealthDay News) — It’s long been known that people with immune deficiencies are at increased risk for severe COVID. But a new study shows the threat varies dramatically based on how severe that immune suppression is and the reason behind it, researchers report in the Jan.Continue Reading
FRIDAY, Jan. 26, 2024 (HealthDay News) — While largely eliminated in more affluent nations, typhoid remains a deadly scourge in developing countries, killing more than 110,000 children every year. Children in endemic areas — mainly sub-Saharan Africa and southeast Asia — have new reason to hope, however, with the adventContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Jan. 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Reiterating a warning first issued in November, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is urging Americans to stay away from supplements containing tianeptine, known on the street as “gas station heroin.” The supplements, sold under the brand name Neptune’s Fix online and atContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 24, 2024 (Healthday News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has told drugmakers to add a boxed warning to a type of cancer treatment called CAR-T therapy, saying the treatment itself may sometimes cause a secondary cancer. Still, FDA spokesperson Carly Kempler told NBC News that, despiteContinue Reading
