Are you a victim of ‘medical gaslighting?’ When doctors fail to take their (often female) patients’ complaints seriously, delayed or often wrong diagnoses can be the dangerous result, experts say. Read now America’s 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline launches Saturday. Callers battling mental health crises will be connected to aContinue Reading
THURSDAY, July 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Dog treats are being voluntarily recalled due to possible salmonella contamination. The North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services reported July 6 that some Stormberg Foods LLC dog treats were contaminated with salmonella, which triggered the recall, according to the U.S. FoodContinue Reading
THURSDAY, July 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Big Olaf Creamery said Wednesday that it is recalling all flavors and all lots of Big Olaf brand ice cream products because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. While healthy individuals may only suffer short-term symptoms after infection —Continue Reading
No rise in methadone ODs in pandemic, supporting use as at-home treatment. COVID crisis forced many opioid treatment centers to close, but addicts safely took the treatment at home, a new study finds. Read more FDA approves Novavax as 4th COVID-19 vaccine. The two-dose vaccine employs nanoparticle technology to triggerContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Had COVID? You might want to clean your freezer out. A new study suggests that cousins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus can survive on frozen meat and fish for up to 30 days. The research — prompted by COVID outbreaks in Asia in whichContinue Reading
What do abortion bans mean for people using IVF? The decision to overturn Roe v. Wade opens up a host of knotty moral and ethical questions regarding the storage and disposal of unused embryos, experts warn. Read more Social media has big impact on people taking up smoking, vaping. PeopleContinue Reading
Abortion bans could put lives of cancer patients in jeopardy. Many treatments that cure cancer can cause either miscarriage or birth defects, particularly early in pregnancy. Now, pregnant women who are also battling cancer face stark choices under new laws, experts say. Read more Is it time for young adultContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) — People who douse their meals in salt may have a shorter life than those who rarely reach for the salt shaker, a large new study suggests. The study, of more than 500,000 British adults, found that those who always sprinkled salt on theirContinue Reading
For men at high risk, healthy living lowers risk of lethal prostate cancer. In a new study, men at increased genetic risk of prostate cancer who maintained a healthy lifestyle were much less likely to die of the disease over nearly three decades. Read more Long, regular sleep key toContinue Reading
FRIDAY, July 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Bumble Bee Foods is recalling some canned, smoked clams because they contain high levels of chemicals called per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The voluntary recall, announced July 6, comes after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration found detectable PFAS levels in samples ofContinue Reading