WEDNESDAY, June 19, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The number of people severely sickened after consuming mushroom edibles sold as Diamond Shruumz-brand chocolate bars, cones or gummies has risen, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday. “As of June 17, 2024, a total of 26 illnesses have been reported fromContinue Reading
FRIDAY, June 14, 2024 (HealthDay News) — In half of American homes containing a loaded gun, that gun is kept unsecured and ready for potential use, often with children in the home, new research shows. The finding is especially troubling given the link between gun accessibility and accidental child deaths,Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, June 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — After helping America through one of its worst tragedies, some responders to the events of 9/11 may now face another foe: Heightened risks for dementia. A new study looks at the health of thousands of firemen, construction workers and others who worked atContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, June 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The number of people severely sickened after consuming mushroom edibles sold as Diamond Shruumz-brand Chocolate Bars, Cones or Gummies has risen, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday. As of Monday, “a total of 12 illnesses have been reported from eight states,”Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, June 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Growing public fascination with “magic” psilocybin mushrooms as a trendy treatment for depression had led to increased interest in another type of psychedelic mushroom, a new study reports. Unfortunately, this second sort of shroom — known as Amanita muscaria — can be moreContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, June 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A potential human-specific antidote to black widow spider venom has been discovered, researchers report. They have identified an antibody that effectively neutralizes black widow venom in lab tests of cell cultures, according to a study published June 12 in the journal Frontiers inContinue Reading
MONDAY, June 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning Americans to avoid Diamond Shruumz-brand Microdosing Chocolate Bars, after numerous people have been made sick after consuming them. Eight severe illnesses related to the edibles have been reported as of Friday in Arizona (four cases),Continue Reading
FRIDAY, June 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday asked states to work harder to protect the public from the risks of raw milk as a bird flu outbreak continues to spread among dairy cows. In an open letter to state and local officials, theContinue Reading
THURSDAY, June 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A 59-year-old person in Mexico is the first human in the world known to be infected with the H5N2 strain of avian flu, and the patient died of complications linked to the illness, the World Health Organization reported Wednesday. H5N1 and H5N2 strainsContinue Reading
THURSDAY, June 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) — America’s poison control centers are increasingly fielding calls on cases of deliberate or accidental poisonings that end in disability or death, a new report finds. Researchers at the University of Virginia Health System reviewed more than 33.7 million poison exposures reported to theContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, June 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Military veterans often struggle with their mental health once their service ends, but the first clinical trial of its kind has found that having a service dog helps lower the risk of PTSD for these former soldiers. Veterans paired with a service dogContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, June 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — As an epidemic of drug abuse cuts it way through America, none are left unharmed, even the very young. New data finds that the rate of infants dying from drug-related reasons more than doubled between 2018 and 2022. In 2018, 10.8% of allContinue Reading
TUESDAY, June 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Following the end of temporary pandemic-era rules expanding access to Medicaid, about 10 million Americans have lost that coverage. But a new report finds that most folks who’ve lost coverage have done so because of paperwork issues, and they’re far more likely toContinue Reading
MONDAY, June 3, 2024 (HealthDay News) — As the H5N1 avian flu continues to spread among dairy cows in the United States, nearly 5 million doses of flu vaccine are now being prepared for possible use in humans. Since the outbreak in livestock began this spring, bird flu has beenContinue Reading