Many Who Need Opioid OD Antidote the Most Can’t Afford It
Latest Mental Health News MONDAY, Aug. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) Naloxone is a lifesaving antidote to an opioid overdose, but it may be priced too high for those most vulnerable to opioid-related death, a new study finds. Between 2014 and 2018, naloxone costs rose 500% for those without insurance, while out-of-pocket costs for the medication […]
Wendy’s Pulls Lettuce Due to E. Coli Outbreak – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Infectious Disease News MONDAY, Aug 22, 2022 – – Amid an E. coli outbreak that has sickened at least 37 people in four states, the Wendy’s fast food chain has removed romaine lettuce from its sandwiches in Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania. “A specific food has not yet been confirmed as the source of this […]
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Cleanup Put Workers at Risk for Asthma
Latest Asthma News MONDAY, Aug. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) Workers who cleaned up the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico were more likely than others to have developed asthma or related symptoms, a long-term follow-up shows. “This is the first study to ever look at specific chemicals from oil spills and […]
Kidneys’ Resilience May Depend on Your Gender, Study Finds
Latest Digestion News MONDAY, Aug. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) Men and women have different experiences with declining kidney function as they age, so researchers set out to try to figure out what was happening. What they knew was that more women have chronic kidney disease (CKD), while more men develop kidney failure, a seeming contradiction. […]
Monkeypox May Get New Name to Curb Stigma
Latest Infectious Disease News MONDAY, Aug. 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) – Monkeypox could soon get a new name. The World Health Organization announced Friday that it plans to rename the condition to eliminate any derogatory or racist connotations, a decision in alignment with current best practices for naming diseases. “The naming of virus species is […]
FDA Warns of Salmonella Danger in Darwin’s Raw Cat Food
Latest Pet Health News MONDAY, Aug. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) Cat owners should not feed their pets certain lots of Darwin’s Natural Pet Products, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warns. Some lots of the raw cat food tested positive for salmonella and were associated with illness in three kittens, the agency said in a […]
USDA Gets Tough on Salmonella in Breaded Chicken Products
Latest Infectious Disease News MONDAY, Aug. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to toughen regulations on certain raw chicken products. The agency has notified food processors that new rules would require they lower the amount of salmonella found in breaded and stuffed chicken products, which include frozen foods such as chicken […]
How Service Dogs Help Vets with PTSD
Latest Mental Health News MONDAY, Aug. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) A service dog can lower the severity of a U.S. military veteran’s post-traumatic stress disorder, according to past research. Hoping to learn more about this therapeutic bond, researchers worked with 82 vets and their trained service dogs. Their study was published July 27 in the […]
San Francisco, N.Y. State Declare Monkeypox Public Health Emergencies – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Infectious Disease News MONDAY, Aug. 1, 2022 Both San Francisco and New York state declared monkeypox a public health emergency on Thursday, as they struggle to gain access to more resources to help contain the spread of the virus. About 40% of the 4,907 monkeypox cases recorded in the United States have been diagnosed […]
San Francisco, N.Y. State Declare Monkeypox Public Health Emergencies – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Infectious Disease News MONDAY, Aug. 1, 2022 Both San Francisco and New York state declared monkeypox a public health emergency on Thursday, as they struggle to gain access to more resources to help contain the spread of the virus. About 40% of the 4,907 monkeypox cases recorded in the United States have been diagnosed […]