Fast Food Wrappings May Pass on Toxic Chemicals to Pregnant Women
MONDAY, Feb. 12, 2024 -- Think twice if you ' re pregnant and craving a packaged pastry or a take-out burger and shake.
That indulgence can do more than cause unwanted weight gain. A new study shows that phthalates, chemicals associated with... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - February 12, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
A review of poisoning with various types of biotoxins and its common clinical symptoms - Parak M, Asgari A, Hasani Nourian Y, Ghanei M.
INTRODUCTION: Biotoxins are toxic substances that originate from living organisms and are harmful to humans. Therefore, we need to know the symptoms of biotoxins poisoning to manage the damage. The purpose of this study is to establish a practical diagnost... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 12, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Non-Human Animals and Insects Source Type: news
Intracerebral hemorrhage in methanol toxicity patients during COVID-19 pandemic: case report and review of literature - Safari H, Ajudani R, Savaie M, Babadi AJ, Alizadeh P.
PURPOSE: The aim of this study is to examine the clinical and imaging manifestations of methanol toxicity during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as to review existing studies on this topic. The most common cause of methanol intoxication is methanol-adultera... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 12, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Death of a child due to venom toxicity following multiple honey bee stings: a case report - Singh BK, Sharma M, Lra SP, Chauhan M.
Most bee stings are not life-threatening. Bee venom often causes local, mild allergic reactions in people, but even a single bee sting may induce a fatal anaphylactic reaction. Usually, anaphylactic reaction is the cause of death, but, when a child suffers... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 12, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
Food poisoning by oleander skewers: investigation of a toxicologic urban legend - Suchard JR, Lim J, Schmitt K.
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Source: SafetyLit - February 9, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Home and Consumer Product Safety Source Type: news
Gabapentinoids in Ireland 2010 to 2020: An observational study of trends in gabapentinoid prescribing, law enforcement drug seizures and postmortem toxicology - Durand L, O'Kane A, Tierney J, Cronly M, Bennett KE, Kavanagh Y, Keenan E, Cousins G.
Aims We explored trends in gabapentinoid prescribing, drug seizures and postmortem toxicology using a national pharmacy claims database, law enforcement drug seizures data and a population-based postmortem toxicology database. METHODS Gabapentinoid... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 9, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
U.S. Nuclear Missile Bases Under Investigation for Cancer Risks
The U.S. Air Force is investigating nuclear missile bases for asbestos and other potentially cancer-causing materials. The Associated Press recently revealed that the issues date as far back as the late 1980s. Reports prove that the Air Force has been aware of toxic chemicals at nuclear launch silos for decades.
Air Force documents reveal details about several leaks and spills at missile bases across the country over the course of several years. Records describe repeated spills or leaks affecting service members working at the sites. The documents reveal internal reports of asbestos leaks at missile silos in 1989, as ...
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - February 9, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Amy Edel Tags: Air Force Asbestos (general) Asbestos Exposure Cancer (Non-Meso) Source Type: news
What to Know About Complementary Treatments for IBD
One of the hallmarks of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is its unpredictability. Flares come and go, often with little rhyme or reason. Especially for people with moderate-to-severe IBD, most conventional forms of treatment—namely prescription drugs—are not enough to prevent flares or symptoms entirely.
In an effort to better control their IBD, many people with the condition turn to complementary and alternative treatments, also known as “CAM.” Definitions of CAM vary, but it usually includes herbal medicines or supplements, mind-body techniques like meditation, and Eastern medicine practi...
Source: TIME: Health - February 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Markham Heid Tags: Uncategorized freelance healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
The prediction of acute toxicity (LD50) for organophosphorus-based chemical warfare agents (V-series) using toxicology in silico methods - Noga M, Michalska A, Jurowski K.
Nerve agents are organophosphate chemical warfare agents that exert their toxic effects by irreversibly inhibiting acetylcholinesterase, affecting the breakdown of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine in the synaptic cleft. Due to the risk of exposure to dan... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 9, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Poisoning Source Type: news
Buprenorphine involvement in opioid overdose deaths: a retrospective analysis of postmortem toxicology in Marion County, Indiana, 2015-2021 - Del Pozo B, Atkins D, Andraka-Christou B, Wightman R, Clark MH, Huynh P, Ray B.
Background
Amidst an unprecedented overdose epidemic, the opioid partial agonist buprenorphine is a medication for opioid use disorder associated with reductions in overdose. Despite its efficacy, buprenorphine prescribing remains closely regulated, owing... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 9, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Poisoning Source Type: news
To See the Toxic Effect of Crime on Politics, Look at Local DC
No wonder, then, that the subject of neighborhood conversation, particularly in the gentrified precincts popular with young political workers, has whipsawed so fast. A few years ago, people jawboned about who could afford the capital’s skyrocketing rent, or marveled about how much the burgeoning…#nba #virginia #navy #washingtonnationals #capitolhill #henrycuellar #cleveland #seattle #marionbarry #council (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
‘Toxic environment’: former staff of UK fashion retailer allege culture of bullying
Former staff of a fast-fashion brand that boasts of empowering young women have told the Guardian they were subjected to a toxic culture of bullying, abusive and degrading comments. The claims about Missy Empire, a Manchester-based retailer now owned by Frasers Group, were made by female…#guardian #missyempire #manchester #frasersgroup #ishsiddique #xx #ashsiddique #nonestaff #missyempires #jdsports (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Using cancer & #039;s strength to fight against it
Scientists at the UC San Francisco (UCSF) and Northwestern Medicine may have found a way around the limitations of engineered T cells by borrowing a few tricks from cancer itself.
By studying mutations in malignant T cells that cause lymphoma, they zeroed in on one that imparted exceptional potency to engineered T cells. Inserting a gene encoding this unique mutation into normal human T cells made them more than 100 times more potent at killing cancer cells without any signs of becoming toxic. (Source: World Pharma News)
Source: World Pharma News - February 9, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Featured Research Research and Development Source Type: news
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Shows Some Benefit After Breast Cancer Irradiation
(MedPage Today) -- Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) was not effective for reducing pain, but was effective for reducing fibrosis, among women with late local toxic effects after irradiation for breast cancer, a Dutch randomized study showed.
In... (Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology)
Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology - February 9, 2024 Category: Hematology Source Type: news
Rat poison threatens Italy ’s growing wolf population
Over the past few decades, Italy’s growing population of wolves has begun to edge closer to urban areas, attracted in part by tasty prey such as rats and mice. But a recent study suggests city life carries a potentially deadly risk for the predators: eating rodents tainted with poison. Analyses of more than 180 wolf carcasses found in Central and Northern Italy revealed that nearly two-thirds tested positive for rodenticides, suggesting the chemicals pose a bigger threat to wolves than previously understood.
“The results were totally unexpected,” says ecologist Jacopo Cerri of the University of Sassari, an auth...
Source: ScienceNOW - February 8, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
