WEDNESDAY, Aug. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Whites are three times more likely to survive a cardiac arrest after receiving bystander CPR than Black adults are, a new study has found. Likewise, men are twice as likely to survive after bystander CPR than women, researchers found. “CPR saves lives —Continue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Botanicals like turmeric, green tea and black cohosh may seem benign, but their overuse is being increasingly linked to liver injury. New research suggests that 7% of U.S. adults are using at least one of the six leading botanicals, the equivalent of 15.6Continue Reading
MONDAY, Aug 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Millions of Americans use the opioid-like herbal supplement known as kratom, but evidence of its dangers continue to mount. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued another alert for consumers to stay away from one brand of kratom in particular, OPMS BlackContinue Reading
MONDAY, Aug 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Folks worried about bird flu, salmonella and other foodborne illnesses have a simple solution at hand – simply use a cooking thermometer to make sure food is well-cooked. But only about 1 in 4 Americans (27%) use one either “often” or “all theContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Aug. 2, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Background checks alone might not be enough to reduce shooting deaths in the United States, a new study warns. States that require gun permits, rather than relying solely on universal background checks, have firearm murder rates that are 18% lower, on average, researchersContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Aug. 1, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Don’t use a chemical peel to help rejuvenate your skin unless it’s done under the supervision of a trained professional, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has advised. “FDA is warning consumers not to purchase or use certain chemical peel skin products withoutContinue Reading
TUESDAY, July 30, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Black Americans, especially young Black men, face 20 times the odds of gun injury compared to whites, new data shows. “Black persons made up only 12.6% of the U.S. population in 2020, but suffered 61.5% of all firearm assaults,” noted researchers led byContinue Reading
TUESDAY, July 30, 2024 (HealthDay News) — People taking compounded versions of Ozempic have been overdosing on the drug, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warns. These ODs typically are due to miscommunications or miscalculations regarding dosage, the FDA added. “Dosing errors have resulted from patients measuring and self-administering incorrectContinue Reading
FRIDAY, July 26, 2024 (HealthDay News) — An additional cinnamon product sold in the United States has been found to contain high levels of lead, health officials are warning. In a health alert issued Thursday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said the ground cinnamon product, sold as El Servidor, joinsContinue Reading
FRIDAY, July 26, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The rate at which young Americans are ending up in hospital ICUs after using fake Oxycontin pills spiked with fentanyl is soaring, especially in the U.S. West, a new report warns. Medical toxicology data from one unnamed hospital in the western U.S. foundContinue Reading