General health Tag

Megan Thee Stallion Urges Fans to ‘Check on Friends’ for Mental Health

THURSDAY, Sept. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Megan Thee Stallion is urging you to check on your friends. The rapper, whose offstage name is Megan Pete, is part of a new public service announcement called Seize the Awkward, a national campaign to encou…

Biden Administration Gives Funding Boost to Help Curb Suicides

THURSDAY, Sept. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The Biden administration is allocating $232.2 million in grants to help stem suicides and improve behavioral health care for at-risk groups.Suicide is happening at an “alarming” rate, according to the U.S. …

Oregon Decriminalized Possession of Small Amounts of Drugs. Fatal ODs Didn’t Skyrocket

THURSDAY, Sept. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Critics of a law that decriminalized drug possession in Oregon have blamed the policy for rising overdose deaths in the state, but a new study finds no evidence of that.Researchers discovered that while dru…

Short-Term Exposure to Air Pollutants Linked to Incidence of Stroke

THURSDAY, Sept. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) — There is a significant association between short-term exposure to air pollutants and the incidence and mortality rate of stroke, according to a review published online Sept. 27 in Neurology.Ahmad Toubasi, M…

Racial, Ethnic Differences Seen for Benefits of Antihyperglycemic Agents

THURSDAY, Sept. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) — There are racial/ethnic differences in the cardiorenal effects of sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2is) and glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP1-RAs) in patients with type 2 diabet…

Heavy Pot Users Face High Risk of Developing Heart Disease, Study Finds

Heavy Marijuana Use May Harm the Heart

THURSDAY, Sept. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) — People who abuse marijuana may be setting themselves up for heart problems down the road, Canadian researchers report.The new study found that people with so-called cannabis use disorder may have a 60% high…

FDA Panel Says No to Experimental ALS Drug

THURSDAY, Sept. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) – An advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday voted resoundingly against recommending a stem cell-based experimental treatment for ALS.Although the FDA isn’t bound by the votes of i…

CDC: 22 States Have an Adult Obesity Prevalence ≥35 Percent

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Twenty-two states have an adult obesity prevalence at or above 35 percent, up from 2021, according to data recently released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.State-based adult obesity…

FDA Adds Warning to Ozempic Label About Risk for Blocked Intestines

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Ozempic will now be labeled as having the potential to block intestines. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently made the label update for the drug made by Novo Nordisk, without directly citing Ozem…