People on Dialysis Face Higher Death Risk After Hurricanes
FRIDAY, July 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A hurricane threatens anyone in its path, but it can be especially deadly for people who need kidney dialysis to survive, new research shows.An analysis of patient data spanning two decades linked hurricane ex…
Learn MoreHealth Highlights: July 15, 2022
Are you a victim of ‘medical gaslighting?’ When doctors fail to take their (often female) patients’ complaints seriously, delayed or often wrong diagnoses can be the dangerous result, experts say. Read nowAmerica’s 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline laun…
Learn MoreFDA Approves Emergency Use of Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine
THURSDAY, July 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Unvaccinated Americans should soon have a fourth COVID-19 vaccine option.On Wednesday, the Novavax offering was the latest to receive emergency use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. A…
Learn MoreDemand for Monkeypox Vaccine Overwhelms U.S. Cities
THURSDAY, July, 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) — As monkeypox cases continue to climb worldwide, demands for vaccines to combat the virus are crashing the vaccine appointment system in New York City.The city of more than 8 million people has been running …
Learn MorePharmacies Must Fill Rx for Drugs That May End Pregnancy, Biden Administration Says
THURSDAY, July 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Pharmacies must fill prescriptions for medications that could potentially end a pregnancy, the Biden administration said Wednesday.The U.S. Health and Human Services Department Office for Civil Rights sent g…
Learn MoreAsthma Drug Fluticasone Fails as Potential COVID-19 Treatment
THURSDAY, July 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The asthma drug fluticasone furoate is yet another medication that does not work for mild-to-moderate COVID-19, a new study finds. The study was published online July 13 in medRxiv, which publishes studies b…
Learn MoreFlorida Company Recalls All Ice Cream Products Over Possible Listeria Contamination
THURSDAY, July 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Big Olaf Creamery said Wednesday that it is recalling all flavors and all lots of Big Olaf brand ice cream products because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.While health…
Learn MoreMen Often Die Before Women, and the Y Chromosome May Be to Blame
THURSDAY, July 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Scientists have unearthed a possible reason why men tend to die at younger ages than women: Those who lose Y chromosomes from their blood cells as they age may be more vulnerable to heart tissue scarring and…
Learn More