WEDNESDAY, Oct. 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Accident victims tend to flood emergency rooms on days with heavy air pollution, a new study shows. The number of patients treated at ERs increase by 10% to 15% on days with increased particle pollution in the air, researchers found. That increase isContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Pharmacists may continue making compounded versions of the weight-loss medication tirzepatide while the U.S. Food and Drug Administration revisits its Oct. 2 decision to remove the medicine from a national drug shortage list. What prompted the FDA to reconsider its decision? On Oct.Continue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — It’s natural for a parent to bundle an injured child into a car and rush their kid to the emergency room. But that decision could actually delay their child’s emergency care, a new study shows. Severely injured children brought to an ER byContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — As temperatures soar in some of America’s hottest spots, death rates among local homeless people rise as well, new research shows. Data from 2015 through 2022 finds a big bump in deaths among unhoused people in Clark County in Nevada (which includes LasContinue Reading
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MONDAY, Oct. 14, 2024 (HealthDay News) — New findings may worry many parents: Nearly 8 in 10 emergency rooms lack the supplies and training needed to treat pediatric patients, new U.S. research shows. To be ready to address children’s emergencies, ERs need “key pediatric equipment and supplies,” training, policies andContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 14, 2024 (HealthDay News) — More bystanders are stepping in to administer naloxone to people who’ve overdosed on opioids, a new study shows. Nearly 25,000 OD patients received naloxone from an untrained bystander before paramedics arrived, according to emergency medical services records from June 2020 to June 2022.Continue Reading
FRIDAY, Oct. 11, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Facing a nationwide shortage of vital IV fluids after Hurricane Helene knocked out a North Carolina production plant, officials heaved a sigh of relief at the news that a second plant in Daytona Beach, Fla., was spared by Hurricane Milton and remains functional.Continue Reading
THURSDAY, Oct. 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — After Hurricane Helene knocked out a North Carolina production plant for a major supplier of IV fluids for U.S. hospitals, officials said the federal government is reaching out internationally to help restore supply. The situation could get even worse: As Hurricane Milton barreledContinue Reading
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) — 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