THURSDAY, Nov. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) — More than a year after its advisory panel unanimously declared the drug phenylephrine to be useless against nasal congestion, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is proposing that it be removed from common over-the-counter decongestants. Products that include phenylephrine as an active ingredientContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Nov. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The head of the company that makes the diabetes and obesity drugs Ozempic and Wegovy has warned that compounded versions of the active ingredient in those medications have now been linked to at least 100 hospitalizations and 10 deaths. “Honestly, I’m quite alarmedContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Folks are more likely to drive drowsy than drive drunk, even though both raise the risk of a fatal crash, a new survey shows. About 4 in 10 adults say they’ll find alternative transportation when they haven’t gotten enough sleep, according to theContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Nov. 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Canadian researchers have found that about 1 in every 3 people newly diagnosed with cancer experienced at least one emergency department visit sometime during the three months prior to their diagnosis. Many of the visits ended up being caused by symptoms related toContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Nov. 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — An elevated heart rate could provide an important clue to which Black adults often have a dangerous heart rhythm disorder, a new study finds. Higher resting heart rate is associated with increased risk of atrial fibrillation, researchers found. What’s more, the higher aContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 30, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A lack of health insurance coverage raises the risk that cancers among Black and Hispanic Americans will be caught too late, a new study suggests. Being uninsured accounts for a significant proportion of racial and ethnic disparities in cancers that are only detectedContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 29, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Researchers looking at the sweltering European summer of 2022 estimated that more than half of the heat-linked deaths occurring on the continent would not have happened if human-led climate change wasn’t in place. “Without strong action, record temperatures and heat-related mortality will continueContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 28, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Every minute spent waiting for a first shock from a defibrillator cuts the odds of surviving cardiac arrest by 6%, a new Dutch study finds. “Our research shows that every minute of delay in giving the first shock has a major impact,” saidContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Oct. 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Wildfires that spread so fast they outrun the efforts of fire crews trying to contain them: These types of conflagrations are becoming far more common across the Western United States, a new study warns. A fire’s velocity could be even more important thanContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Oct. 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Anaphylaxis involves a sudden, potentially life-threatening reaction to an allergen, including even very small amounts of food allergens such as egg or peanut. Now, two studies find that people with allergies, as well as those charged with their care, are often unsure whatContinue Reading