MONDAY, Sept. 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) — It’s an important health topic, but both adult patients and their primary care doctors shy away from discussing firearms and gun safety, a new survey finds. While they may discuss a variety of health risks, firearm safety isn’t often one of them, theContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Sept. 15, 2023 (HealthDay News) – If you have a Chuckle & Roar Ultimate Water Beads Activity Kit, a child’s toy made by Buffalo Games and sold exclusively at Target, throw it out. The toy is being recalled due to serious ingestion, choking and obstruction hazards after one infantContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Sept. 15, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The American Stroke Association is promoting the acronym R.Á.P.I.D.O. as a way to raise awareness among Hispanic Americans about stroke symptoms and the need for quick action. Every second counts when someone has had a stroke, the association (ASA) points out. Calling 911Continue Reading
THURSDAY, Sept. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) – Asian-American medical professionals commonly experience racism from both peers and patients, claims a new survey that documented myriad slurs and a lack of support. Researcher David Yang, an emergency medicine fellow at Yale School of Medicine, studied the issue because of his ownContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Sept. 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Following an approval granted Monday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday signed off on new COVID boosters for Americans. “We have more tools than ever to prevent the worst outcomes from COVID-19,”Continue Reading
TUESDAY, Sept. 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For decades, sick people have been taking essentially worthless over-the-counter cold remedies to clear their stuffy noses, a key advisory panel for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday. The panel voted unanimously that nonprescription oral medications containing phenylephrine — including SudafedContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Sept. 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Many Americans are behind on recommended colon cancer screenings — and their doctors often fail to remind them, a new study suggests. The study, by the American Cancer Society, focused on a nationwide sample of more 5,000 Americans who were overdue for colonContinue Reading
MONDAY, Sept. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday gave the green light to new COVID boosters for Americans, setting the stage for the updated vaccines to become available within days. The COVID-19 shots from Pfizer and Moderna will join the flu shot andContinue Reading
MONDAY, Sept. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The American Red Cross said Monday that it urgently needs blood donations because the national blood supply has dropped nearly 25% since early August. Back-to-back climate-related disasters have hampered blood collection efforts, and a summer shortfall has made the shortage worse. Patients inContinue Reading
MONDAY, Sept. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Much has been made of how a lack of English proficiency can interfere with a patient’s ability to interact with their doctor and get the best health care possible. But language barriers can prevent cancer patients from even getting in the door forContinue Reading