by Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Vaping cannabidiol (CBD), a compound found in marijuana, leads to more severe lung damage than vaping nicotine, according to a study by researchers at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center. Until now, research on the health effects of vaping, or using e-cigarettes, has focused almost exclusively on vaping...
Nutritional analysis: Gluten-free products are not on par with gluten-containing counterparts
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc. Feb 27 2023 A research team at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) has spent 9 years monitoring gluten-free products to analyze whether they are nutritionally deficient. The UPV/EHU’s Gluten 3S group is accredited for granting the gluten-free seal to producers. Over the past nine years, the group has...
Cleveland Clinic study finds common artificial sweetener linked to higher rates of heart attack and stroke
CLEVELAND CLINIC IMAGE: NEW CLEVELAND CLINIC RESEARCH, LED BY DR. STANLEY HAZEN, SHOWED THAT ERYTHRITOL, A POPULAR ARTIFICIAL SWEETENER, IS ASSOCIATED WITH AN INCREASED RISK OF HEART ATTACK AND STROKE. CREDIT: CLEVELAND CLINIC Monday, February 27, 2023, Cleveland: New Cleveland Clinic research showed that erythritol, a popular artificial sweetener, is associated with an increased risk...
Commonly used self-test for age-related macular degeneration found to be inaccurate
by Yousif Subhi, Medical Xpress The Amsler grid test is a small piece of paper with horizontal and vertical lines held at a reading distance with the observer looking with each eye separately and focusing on the dot in the center. Credit: Yousif Subhi Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is one the most prevalent eye diseases....
New ‘Frankenstein’ opioid pills 40 times more potent than fentanyl that WILL kill users with one dose are already sweeping the U.S.
By STEPHEN M. LEPORE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM PUBLISHED: 23:52 EST, 25 February 2023 | UPDATED: 00:33 EST, 26 February 2023 Florida’s Attorney General is warning people about a ‘Frankenstein’ opioid that is allegedly 40 times as potent as fentanyl and is already spreading across America. Ashley Moody, a Republican, wants the state to pass a law to add the drug, officially known as ‘nitazene...
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Making hepatitis C care easier when treatment seems impossible
by Franny White, Oregon Health & Science University Electron micrographs of hepatitis C virus purified from cell culture. Scale bar is 50 nanometers. Credit: Center for the Study of Hepatitis C, The Rockefeller University. A health care team at Oregon Health & Science University is trying a different approach to caring for patients who have,...
History of gout tied to risk for BPPV, Meniere disease
by Elana Gotkine A history of gout is associated with an increased risk for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) and Meniere disease, according to a study published online Dec. 26 in the Journal of Clinical Medicine. Hyo Geun Choi, M.D., from the Hallym University College of Medicine in Seoul, South Korea, and colleagues examined the impact of preexisting gout on...
Feds seek to limit telehealth prescriptions for some drugs
by AMANDA SEITZ and LINDSAY WHITEHURST OxyContin pills are arranged for a photo at a pharmacy in Montpelier, Vt., Feb. 19, 2013. The Biden administration is moving to require patients to see a doctor in person before getting drugs to treat attention deficit disorders or addictive painkillers, toughening access to the medications against the backdrop...
FDA authorizes combination flu-COVID test for home use
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration building behind FDA logos at a bus stop on the agency’s campus in Silver Spring, Md., on Aug. 2, 2018. The FDA has approved the first combination test for flu and COVID-19 that can be used at home, giving consumers an easy way to determine if a runny nose...