TUESDAY, Oct. 1, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A new law just passed in California makes it the first state to tell public schools they may no longer serve foods that contain six artificial dyes linked to health and behavior problems among children. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the California School Food SafetyContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Sept. 26, 2024 (HealthDay News) — There’s been one more death linked to listeria illness from tainted deli meats made by Boar’s Head, bringing the death toll to 10. The latest update from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recorded an additional death in New York State.Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A raw diet pet food company is recalling cartons of frozen beef and chicken dog food that could be tainted with salmonella or listeria germs. Answers Pet Food announced the recall this week after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration reported that twoContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Sept. 17, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A few cups of coffee each morning can help protect a person against heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes, a new study says. Drinking three cups of coffee a day — or about 200 to 300 milligrams of caffeine — lowered theContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Sept. 13, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Boar’s Head announced Friday that its Jarratt, Va. deli meat manufacturing plant, found to be the source of a deadly outbreak of listeria infections, will be closed indefinitely. Boar’s Head added that it also believes it has located the source of contamination. “OurContinue Reading
MONDAY, Sept. 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — At least 65 people in nine states have been sickened in a salmonella outbreak linked to recalled eggs, U.S. health officials report. “The nine states include the three states where the eggs were sold — Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin — in addition toContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Aug. 29, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Climate change will increase people’s risk of salmonella poisoning from contaminated food, a new study warns. Increased humidity will make it more likely that leafy greens like lettuce will suffer from bacterial diseases, such as leaf spot, researchers reported Aug. 29 in theContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Aug. 29, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The death toll from listeria linked to tainted Boar’s Head deli meats has risen to nine, with six more fatalities reported Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Deaths have now occurred in Florida, Illinois, New Jersey, New Mexico, South Carolina,Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 21, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Eating red meat and processed meat can increase a person’s risk of developing type 2 diabetes, a new review finds. Regularly eating 50 grams of processed meat a day — the equivalent of two slices of ham — increased by 15% a person’sContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Aug. 20, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Tiny turtles are the cause of a outbreak of 51 cases of salmonella in 21 states, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday. In almost half of cases, the illness has been so severe as to require hospitalization, although noContinue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 19, 2024 (HealthDay News) — “Stealth” foods are sneaking saturated fat and added sugars into even the strictest diets, a new study shows. Most saturated fats and added sugars come from well-known sources – soft drinks, cheese, pizza, ice cream, cakes and pies. But even supposedly healthy foodsContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Aug. 16, 2024 (HealthDay News) — There are clues that red and processed meats could be driving the increased risk of colon cancer in young adults, a new study claims. Younger colon cancer patients typically have higher levels of metabolites created by the digestion of an amino acid calledContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Aug. 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Chugging coffee, swilling colas or pounding down energy drinks could cause heart damage over time, a new study warns. All of these drinks contain caffeine, and a new study finds that folks who drink more than 400 milligrams of caffeine a day appearContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Aug. 13, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Red meat contains a type of iron that could increase a person’s risk of type 2 diabetes, a new study warns. People who ate the most foods high in heme iron — red meat and other animal products, mainly — had a 26%Continue Reading