FDA Warns of Norovirus Cases Linked to Oysters – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Infectious Disease News WEDNESDAY, April 6, 2022 The United States and Canada are investigating a multistate outbreak of norovirus illnesses linked to raw oysters from Canada. Restaurants and retailers should not serve or sell these potentially contaminated raw oysters, which were harvested in the south and central parts of Baynes Sound, British Columbia, Canada, […]
Does Cutting Back on Salt Help Folks Battling Heart Failure?
Latest Heart News By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, April 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) If you have heart failure, there’s good news and bad news on how much it would help you to cut back on salt. New research finds that while it doesn’t prevent death or hospitalization among patients, it does appear to improve […]
FDA Warns of Norovirus Cases Linked to Oysters – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Infectious Disease News WEDNESDAY, April 6, 2022 The United States and Canada are investigating a multistate outbreak of norovirus illnesses linked to raw oysters from Canada. Restaurants and retailers should not serve or sell these potentially contaminated raw oysters, which were harvested in the south and central parts of Baynes Sound, British Columbia, Canada, […]
AHA News: She Wasn’t Having a Heart Attack – It Was ‘Broken Heart Syndrome’
Latest Heart News TUESDAY, April 5, 2022 (American Heart Association News) Life has not slowed for Patricia Harden of Oakland, California, since she sold her public relations company in 2020 or since retiring from her remaining consulting work the following year. Now 73, she’s serving on the board of nonprofits, taking part in a writing […]
CDC Director Walensky Announces Sweeping Review of Agency
Latest Infectious Disease News TUESDAY, April 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) In an effort to modernize an agency that has come under fire for its handling of the pandemic, the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday that the agency would undergo a monthlong review of its inner workings. In an […]
Big Drop Seen in Kids Getting Opioids After Surgery
Latest Healthy Kids News By Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, April 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) Efforts to cut back on risky opioid use for pain after surgery are trickling down to kids. New research shows that fewer Americans under the age of 18 were prescribed narcotics to treat surgical pain between 2014 and 2017, and […]
Teens Who Misuse Drugs Rarely Shake the Issue as Adults: Study
Latest Healthy Kids News By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, April 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) Does youthful experimentation with drugs and alcohol always fade with age? Not necessarily, a long-term study warns. Researchers found that more than 60% of teens who report heavy use of alcohol, marijuana, and/or other drugs continue to have a drug […]
Half of Americans Now Think Playing Football ‘Inappropriate’ for Kids: Survey
Latest Healthy Kids News By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, April 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) As sign-ups for youth football get underway this spring, a new study reveals that Americans may love their football, but half now believe that kids should not play the tackle version of the game. The researchers found that of nearly […]
Heart Groups Endorse New Class of Meds for Some Heart Failure Patients
Latest Heart News MONDAY, April 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) – People who live heart failure with reduced ejection fraction can now turn to a diabetes drug to help them feel better, stay out of the hospital and potentially live longer. Three leading heart organizations — the American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association and the […]
Want a Healthier Neighborhood? Plant a Tree
Latest Prevention & Wellness News MONDAY, April 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) It turns out that trees might be good medicine. How so? New research shows that having lots of trees in your neighborhood could improve your health and lower your medical costs. “It’s time to stop looking at trees simply as an amenity and start […]