WEDNESDAY, Dec. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) — When hospitals support trauma survivors’ mental health during and after treatment, patients are less likely to return in crisis, researchers report. There’s no uniform guidance on how to offer mental health services to these patients, noted lead study author Laura Prater. Fewer hospitalContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Dec. 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) — People are being maimed by unauthorized fat-dissolving injections meant to tighten up double chins and dissipate flab along the arms, thighs and stomach, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warns. The shots are supposed to break down fat cells and reduce fat depositsContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Dec. 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) — At least 205 cases of lead poisoning linked to contaminated fruit puree pouches have now been reported in the United States, federal health officials report. That’s up from 125 cases in the last weekly tally, with 33 states now reporting poisonings, the U.S.Continue Reading
MONDAY, Dec. 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Cinnamon used in applesauce pouches that have been tied to high lead levels in kids may have been deliberately tainted with the toxic element, a source at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says. “We’re still in the midst of our investigation,” JimContinue Reading
SATURDAY, Dec. 16 (HealthDay News) — It’s that time of year when your kids come home with sniffles and sore throats, but when should you worry if they have a fever? To a certain extent, fevers are the body’s natural way of fighting infection, one expert says. “Fever helps theContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Dec. 15, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Federal agents have seized more than 1.4 million illegal vaping products being smuggled into the United States from China. A three-day operation at Los Angeles International Airport resulted in the seizure of 41 shipments of illegal e-cigarettes worth more than $18 million, theContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A California company has asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to approve MDMA, the active ingredient in party drugs like molly and ecstasy, as a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). When announcing the new drug application (NDA) filing on Tuesday, MAPSContinue Reading
MONDAY, Dec. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Nurses are less likely to discharge still-recovering Black patients to home health care than white patients, a new study has found. About 22% of Black patients are referred to home health care by discharge nurses, compared with 27% of white patients, according toContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Dec. 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) — As the war in the Ukraine rages on, new research shows that hospitals there are waging a battle of their own against a different kind of enemy: antibiotic-resistant “superbugs” that are spreading at an alarming rate. In a study published Thursday by theContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Dec. 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Suicide rates for Black women and girls ages 15 to 24 have more than doubled over the past two decades, a new report finds. “Suicides are rapidly increasingly among young, Black females in the U.S.,” said study first author Victoria Joseph, an analystContinue Reading