FOOD SAFETY NEWS – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting that 64 people from 22 states have been confirmed with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Telelkebir. Of 44 people with the information available, 20 have required hospitalization.
The true number of sick people in this outbreak is likely much higher than the number reported, and the outbreak may not be limited to the states with known illnesses. This is because many people...
THE BULWARK – ONE OF THE MORE FASCINATING and revealing twists of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s crusade against vaccines is the way it holds up the policies of Denmark—tiny, socialist Denmark—as a model for America.
Denmark’s official vaccine guidelines for children are narrower than ours. They include the older, more familiar vaccines for diseases like measles, mumps, and pertussis. But they don’t include more recently developed shots for diseases like RSV, rotavirus, and meningococcal disease.
Roughly...
THE NEW YORK TIMES – Jane Griffin, 71, knew that her husband was dying — he had been living with Lewy body dementia for more than a decade. But she didn’t anticipate how losing him this April would affect her.
Something small, like seeing one of his favorite foods at the grocery, could “send me on a downhill spiral,” Ms. Griffin said.
She would feel unexpectedly tense up, her heart racing as a wave of emotions...
Through the holiday season, there will be many families who share a table with someone who has Alzheimer’s or some other version of dementia, who might not grasp what the holiday is.
The food industry spends $8 billion a year on research and development, and that includes digging into consumer behavior. So you’d better believe it understands how your primal instincts and your brain’s responses can lead you to buy.
A 2017 investigation revealed that the two Massachusetts locations of Recovery Centers of America, a rehab chain that charges patients an average of $24,000 a month, was severely understaffed and did not even offer all patients basic counseling.
NBC NEWS – The Food and Drug Administration is considering a rule change that would cut back on how often dietary supplement warnings must appear on packaging, a move experts say could make them easier to miss.
Unlike prescription drugs, the FDA doesn’t review dietary supplements for safety and effectiveness before they hit the market.
A 1994 federal law requires supplement companies to include a disclaimer when they make health claims like “supports immune health” or...
Trigger: Low Vitamin B12
If you're feeling lethargic or depressed, too little vitamin B12 may be to blame. If you're older, you're more at risk for the B12 blues because you may not have enough stomach acid to release B12 from food.
Solution: Ask your doctor to measure levels of B12 in your blood. If it's low, talk to your doctor about diet, oral supplements, or an injection to see what might be right for you.
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KFF Health News, SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Tyeesha Ferguson fears her 28-year-old son will kill or be killed.
“That’s what I’m trying to avoid,” said Ferguson, who still calls Quincy Jackson III her baby. She remembers a boy who dressed himself in three-piece suits, donated his allowance, and graduated high school at 16 with an academic scholarship and plans to join the military or start a business.
Instead, Ferguson watched as her once bright-eyed, handsome son sank...