‘Ultra-Processed’ Foods Up Odds for a Second Heart Attack or Stroke
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) — If you’ve had a heart attack or stroke, you might want to avoid ultra-processed foods, new research suggests. The study found that a high intake of such foods significantly increases the risk of another hea…
Learn MoreFirst Overdose Prevention Centers in the Nation Open in NYC
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The United States’ first overdose prevention centers have opened in New York City in the Manhattan neighborhoods of East Harlem and Washington Heights.People will be able to bring their drugs and use them un…
Learn MoreStates Claim Sackler Family Members Are Abusing Bankruptcy Process
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A settlement that gives protections to Sackler family members who own Purdue Pharma should be rejected, a group of states told a federal judge on Tuesday.The settlement was reached in thousands of lawsuits a…
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Tighter rules on COVID tests for foreign travelers. Trying to keep the Omicron variant out of the United States, the CDC plans to shrink the window necessary for a pre-flight negative COVID test from 72 to 24 hours prior to departure. The quick turnar…
Learn MoreAre Your Holiday Gifts on the ‘Noisy Toy List’?
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Stop that racket! A screeching rubber chicken tops this year’s list of noisy toys that pose a threat to children’s hearing. The Sight & Hearing Association’s annual Noisy Toys List for 2021 includes toys th…
Learn MoreGetting a Pacemaker Can Raise Odds for Opioid Abuse
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) — People who are prescribed opioid painkillers after receiving a heart pacemaker or defibrillator may be at risk for opioid abuse — and the higher the initial dose, the greater the risk, according to a new st…
Learn MoreEven T. Rex Had Bone Trouble
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) — They once ruled the planet, but even the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex could suffer from bone disease, new research shows.Scientists used imaging to examine the lower left jaw of a fossilized T. rex skeleton disc…
Learn MoreFDA Panel Mulls Merck COVID-19 Antiviral Pill
TUESDAY, Nov. 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel is meeting Tuesday to weigh both the safety and power of the new Merck antiviral pill in preventing severe COVID-19.There are already two strikes against the…
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