Today's COVID Is Increasingly Looking Like a Cold or Flu
THURSDAY, Sept. 21, 2023 -- Symptoms of mild COVID-19 infection have shifted this season, and now are more akin to those of allergies and the common cold, doctors say.
Many people with COVID-19 now are presenting with upper respiratory symptoms... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - September 21, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
FDA Must Crack Down on Retailers Selling Tobacco to Teens: Report
THURSDAY, Sept. 21, 2023 -- A new government report finds that federal regulators need to do more to help in the battle to keep kids and teens off tobacco.
Among the report’s findings were that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration needs to... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - September 21, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Suppressing Negative Thoughts Can Sometimes Be Healthy, Study Contends
THURSDAY, Sept. 21, 2023 -- A longstanding core belief of mental health maintains that people must confront their fears to ease the anxiety and depression stemming from those negative thoughts.
Now a new study argues that, for some people,... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - September 21, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
U.S. Resumes Free COVID Test Program
THURSDAY, Sept. 21, 2023 -- Americans will once again be able to get free at-home COVID tests.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced Wednesday that it will spend $600 million to buy and offer the tests, produced by 12... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - September 21, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
In Mississippi, a Huge Jump in Cases of Babies Born With Syphilis
THURSDAY, Sept. 21, 2023 -- The United States is experiencing an alarming wave of congenital syphilis, and one southern state saw a 1,000% rise in babies born with the infection between 2016 and 2022.
The number of babies born with the infection in... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - September 21, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Gun Injuries Rise as Neighborhoods Gentrify
THURSDAY, Sept. 21, 2023 -- As working class neighborhoods gentrify, you ' ll likely see rents rise, pricey restaurants move in — and maybe also a rise in gunshot wounds, researchers say.
In U.S. neighborhoods that gentrified, gun injuries were 62%... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - September 21, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Helping Undocumented Immigrants Find a Primary Care Doc Lowers ER Costs: Study
THURSDAY, Sept. 21, 2023 -- Helping undocumented immigrants in the United States connect with primary care doctors could be a money-saver, substantially reducing emergency department use and lowering health costs, a new study finds.
The findings are... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - September 21, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Wildfire Smoke Pollution a Growing Global Threat
THURSDAY, Sept. 21, 2023 -- More people around the world are exposed to wildfire smoke that has the potential to harm human health, and their numbers are growing, new research finds.
More than 2 billion people are exposed to at least one day of... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - September 21, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Substance Abuse Greatly Raises Odds of Heart Attack, Stroke During Pregnancy
THURSDAY, Sept. 21, 2023 -- Substance abuse and pregnancy may be a dangerous combination.
New research finds that pregnant women with a history of substance abuse had a dramatically increased risk of death from heart attack and stroke during... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - September 21, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Millions Are Exposed to Secondhand Smoke and Don't Know It
THURSDAY, Sept. 21, 2023 -- A lot of people who think they don ’t have secondhand smoke exposure actually do, according to a new study that compared survey answers with blood tests.
According to the results of sensitive blood tests, more than half... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - September 21, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Wildfire Smoke Is Reversing Recent Clean-Air Gains Across the U.S.
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 20, 2023 -- When Canadian wildfire smoke shrouded the New York City skyline and spread to parts of New England this summer, millions of East Coast residents saw firsthand just how pervasive it can be.
Now, a new study quantifies... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - September 20, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Could Artificial Sweeteners in Processed Food Raise Depression Risk?
THURSDAY, Sept. 21, 2023 -- Highly processed packaged foods and drinks may be quick, cheap and tasty, but new research suggests they’re also likely to up your risk for depression.
Among big consumers of ultra-processed foods, depression risk... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - September 20, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
FDA Wants More Data on First Needle-Free Antidote for Severe Allergic Reactions
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 20, 2023 -- In a surprising move, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has opted not to approve a needle-free alternative to the EpiPen for emergency treatment of severe allergic reactions.
Approval of the Neffy nasal spray... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - September 20, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
FDA Wants More Data on Neffy, First Needle-Free Antidote for Severe Allergic Reactions
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 20, 2023 -- In a surprising move, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has opted not to approve a needle-free alternative to the EpiPen for emergency treatment of severe allergic reactions.
Approval of the Neffy nasal spray... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - September 20, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Rat-Borne Parasite That Can Cause Brain Disease Spreading in Southern U.S.
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 20, 2023 -- Brown rats found and analyzed near Atlanta now carry rat lungworm, researchers report.
It ' s a parasite that can trigger a dangerous brain encephalitis in both people and pets, and which now threatens a wide area of the... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - September 20, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
