FRIDAY, April 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Overuse of marijuana is increasingly being linked to dangerous bouts of psychosis, and a new study finds that antipsychotics may be needed to keep such patients out of the hospital. Psychotic episodes involve a dangerous psychiatric state in which people lose their connectionContinue Reading
MONDAY, April 1, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A new warning is being issued over a heart pump whose use could perforate the heart. The device has already been linked to over 100 injuries and 49 deaths. These left-sided Impella heart pumps are made by Abiomed, a subsidiary of Johnson &Continue Reading
THURSDAY, March 21, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Your baby could be endangered by now-recalled Comfi Baby Infant Walkers, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) warned Thursday. The walkers, sold on Amazon, “violate the federal safety regulations for infant walkers because they can fit through a standard doorway, are not designedContinue Reading
MONDAY, March 18, 2024 (HealthDay News) — High school students who use tobacco and cannabis products miss more school and have lower grades than classmates who use them individually or not at all. That’s the conclusion of a study by researchers at UC Davis Health. “Substance use is a mainContinue Reading
TUESDAY, March 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — They’re cheap, easy to buy and now new research shows they have become the buzz of choice for American teens. Delta-8-THC products, which include gummies and vapes, are legal in 22 states and Washington, D.C. There is no federal minimum age requirement forContinue Reading
TUESDAY, March 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Be sure to check your fridge for any Johnsonville turkey kielbasa sausage — over 35,000 pounds of the product is under recall due to some customers finding “pieces of rubber” in the packaged meat. Denmark, Wisc.-based Salm Partners, which makes the sausage, saidContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, March 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a health advisory Wednesday warning consumers that six brands of ground cinnamon are tainted with lead. The FDA urged folks to throw away and not buy the following brands of ground cinnamon: La Fiesta, sold atContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 29, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Folks hoping to quell their anxiety would do best to use cannabis products that don’t get them high, a new clinical trial has found. The non-intoxicating marijuana compound CBD appears to help manage anxiety better than THC, the chemical in weed that getsContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 28, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Folks who use marijuana have a greater risk of heart attack and stroke, with the odds rising even higher when they partake every day, a new study finds. Both daily and non-daily marijuana users had an increased risk of heart attack and strokeContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Feb. 27, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Eye ointment products made in India and sold in the United States at Walmart, CVS and other retailers are being recalled due to a danger of infection. Brassica Pharma Pvt. Ltd., of Maharastra, India, said it is recalling various eye lubricant products labeledContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 23, 2024 (HealthDay News) — After states legalize the sale of weed for recreational use, on-the-job injuries rise among younger workers, new research shows. U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics for 2006 through 2020 show that legal “recreational marijuana sales were associated with a 10% increase in workplace injuriesContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Feb. 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Two people have died and 23 have been hospitalized in a years-long outbreak of listeria illness that’s finally been traced to one company’s cheeses, yogurts and other dairy products. That’s the message from a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention alert sentContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 1, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Certain copycat eyedrops may be contaminated and could give users an antibiotic-resistant eye infection, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned Wednesday. The packaging for South Moon, Rebright and FivFivGo eyedrops mirrors the packaging for Bausch & Lomb’s Lumify eyedrops, an over-the-counter productContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan. 30, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The maker of a drug used to treat ADHD and narcolepsy has recalled one lot of the medication after a pill mixup was discovered. The recall notice, issued by Azurity Pharmaceuticals Inc., states that one lot of Zenzedi 30-milligram tablets is being recalled afterContinue Reading