August 5, 2024 by Dennis Thompson Folks worried about bird flu, salmonella and other foodborne illnesses have a simple solution at hand—simply use a cooking thermometer to make sure food is well-cooked. But only about one in four Americans (27%) use one either “often” or “all the time” to check whether meat, poultry or fish...
August 5, 2024 by Ernie Mundell Millions of Americans use the opioid-like herbal supplement known as kratom, but evidence of its dangers continue to mount. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued another alert for consumers to stay away from one brand of kratom in particular, OPMS Black Liquid Kratom. “The FDA recently received...
Aug 3, 12:30 PM EDT/by Frank Landymore Be careful, people. People are excited to use semaglutide, a diabetes drug popular for assisting weight loss that’s commonly sold as Ozempic and Wegovy — and there’s good reason to be. But the Food and Drug Administration is now warning the public not to get carried away, issuing...
August 2, 2024 by Joel Streed, Mayo Clinic News Network Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainFor teens who love playing summer team sports, an injury that takes them out of the game can be devastating. Shoulder injuries are among the most common for athletes who play volleyball, tennis, swimming, football and a variety of others. “The shoulder...
August 1, 2024 by Elana Gotkine Child sex, toilet training practices, drinking caffeine before bed, and stressful events are predictors of nocturnal enuresis in children, according to a study published online June 9 in Frontiers in Pediatrics. Nega Tezera Assimamaw, from the University of Gondar in Ethiopia, and colleagues conducted a community-based, cross-sectional study to...
Written by Austin Ulrich, PharmD, BCACP | Reviewed by Christina Aungst, PharmDPublished on June 3, 2024 Key takeaways: Blood thinner medications help prevent and treat blood clots. But they can also increase your risk of bleeding. You shouldn’t combine blood thinners with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). The combination raises your bleeding risk. Many over-the-counter (OTC)...
August 1, 2024 by Joel Streed, Mayo Clinic News Network Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainProcessed, and especially ultra-processed, foods have been blamed for the national rise in obesity, high blood pressure and diabetes. But what exactly are these foods, and are they really all that bad for you? Defining processed foodsAccording to the Department of Agriculture,...
August 1, 2024 by The North American Menopause Society Credit: CC0 Public DomainDespite the fact that endometrial cancer is the most common cancer of the female reproductive organs, a significant percentage of women do not know that postmenopausal bleeding is a key warning sign of the disease. Worse, even fewer women report having received any...
August 1, 2024 by Ernie Mundell Don’t use a chemical peel to help rejuvenate your skin unless it’s done under the supervision of a trained professional, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has advised. “FDA is warning consumers not to purchase or use certain chemical peel skin products without appropriate professional supervision due to risk...
August 1, 2024 by Tufts University Credit: CC0 Public Domain After scrolling social media, you might be tempted to ditch your typical oral care regimen in favor of melted coconut oil, or other similar oils, for a practice known as oil pulling. A method of traditional Ayurvedic medicine native to India, oil pulling involves swishing...
