WEDNESDAY, Aug. 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday issued warning letters to three companies, including Amazon, for selling unapproved products for removing moles and skin tags. No over-the-counter medications have FDA approval for that purpose, and the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act prohibitsContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Aug. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Researchers are reporting early but encouraging findings on a potential new way to prevent malaria — an old foe that still ranks as a major killer worldwide. In a small trial of healthy volunteers, U.S. government researchers found that a lab-engineered antibody protectedContinue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Edgewell Personal Care Co. has recalled three batches of its Banana Boat Hair & Scalp Sunscreen Spray SPF 30 because trace levels of benzene were found in some samples during an internal review. Benzene is a human carcinogen. Exposure can happen through inhalation,Continue Reading
MONDAY, Aug. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — You may not have even considered the possibility, but new research finds that flies and roaches are not likely to spread COVID-19. Although public health professionals and officials now have a better understanding of how COVID-19 spreads, there are lingering concerns about whetherContinue Reading
SATURDAY, July 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Bugs are a part of summer, like it or not. While many times bug bites are little more than an irritating inconvenience, some can trigger a medical emergency, according to the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), which offered tips on telling oneContinue Reading
TUESDAY, July 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Sometimes just looking at a person can give clues to their likelihood of developing long COVID after a bout with the virus. For example, obese people are five times more likely to suffer long COVID symptoms that persist at least three months afterContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) — You might think everyone knows by now to protect against the sun’s rays, but many Gen Zers apparently haven’t gotten the message. In a recent survey of 1,000 U.S. adults by the American Academy of Dermatology, many of these 18- to 25-year-olds wereContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, June 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — It’s an icky truth: Everyone has millions of tiny mites living and mating on their skin. Not to worry, though — Demodex folliculorum skin mites actually help keep your pores clean and your skin healthy, stressed Alejandra Perotti, an associate professor of invertebrateContinue Reading
MONDAY, June 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) — It may seem tempting to remove a mole or skin tag you don’t like with a product that promises to make them disappear quickly. Don’t do it, experts say. Dermatologists and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration both warn about the dangers ofContinue Reading
TUESDAY, June 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The first pill to treat adults with severe alopecia was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday. Olumiant (baricitinib) is the first FDA-approved alopecia therapy that treats the entire body rather than a specific spot, the agency said in aContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, June 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) — After adding, and then deleting, a recommendation that U.S. travelers wear masks to protect themselves from monkeypox, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention still says that those traveling to countries where the disease is spreading and “other people who may beContinue Reading
TUESDAY, June 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) — U.S. veterans are at higher risk for melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, than most Americans, and new research finds they are also more likely to have advanced-stage disease when it’s detected. At the time of diagnosis, “we found veterans with melanomaContinue Reading
SUNDAY, June 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A skin biopsy is often used to diagnose skin cancer and other skin conditions. It involves the removal of a small amount of skin, which is examined under a microscope. Afterwards, you’ll need to look after the biopsy location to make sure itContinue Reading
FRIDAY, May 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Giving antibiotics to a woman just before a cesarean delivery does not increase her baby’s risk of asthma or eczema, a new British study says. C-section is common, but can put new mothers at increased of infection, so they’re given preventative antibiotics. “MaternalContinue Reading