FRIDAY, Sept. 27, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Laws that ban assault weapons do indeed protect children from dying in mass shootings, but the same can’t be said for more common types of gun restrictions and regulations, new research shows. “Mass shootings are horrific events. We found that large capacity magazineContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) — In a move that could mean more Americans in crisis get help and get it quickly, federal officials announced Tuesday that major cellphone carriers now have the technology to direct 988 callers to local mental health services based on their location instead ofContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A raw diet pet food company is recalling cartons of frozen beef and chicken dog food that could be tainted with salmonella or listeria germs. Answers Pet Food announced the recall this week after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration reported that twoContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Sept. 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Latino and Black family doctors are more likely to hang their shingle in their old neighborhood and care for the less fortunate, researchers report. The new findings, which also showed these doctors were more likely to take on Medicaid patients than white orContinue Reading
MONDAY, Sept. 23, 2024 (HealthDay News) — If global warming is left largely unchecked, the number of Americans who succumb to extreme heat will triple by mid-century, new projections estimate. These deaths could affect poor and minority Americans much more than the white and better-off, according to a team ledContinue Reading
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THURSDAY, Sept. 19, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The Hunan Seafood Wholesale wet market in Wuhan, China, has long been considered the most likely source of the coronavirus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic. That theory is now supported by a new study analyzing more than 800 samples collected in and aroundContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Sept. 19, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Climate change and worsening diets are sending global rates of stroke and stroke deaths skyward, a new study warns. Almost 12 million people worldwide had a stroke in 2021, up 70% since 1990, according to a team led by Valery Feigin, of theContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 18, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Black women have a higher risk of dying from any type of breast cancer than white women, a new review finds. Overall, the increased survival risk for Black women ranges from 17% to 50%, depending on the type of breast cancer, researchers found.Continue Reading
TUESDAY, Sept. 17, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Most parents are placing their kids in harms’ way by moving them out of their car booster seat too soon, a new study warns. Four out of five parents moved their kid out of a booster seat before the child was big enough,Continue Reading
FRIDAY, Sept. 13, 2024 (HealthDay News) — One third of cinnamon products tested by Consumer Reports contained elevated levels of lead, the watchdog agency warned Thursday. The finding follows concerns about metals in foods after tainted cinnamon applesauce poisoned hundreds in 44 states last year, most of them children. InContinue Reading