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Toxic Gas That Sterilizes Medical Devices Prompts Safety Rule Update

“We continue to discover these chemicals that we’ve already been exposed to were toxic, and we have high exposures.”

5 Best Foods for Leaky Gut, According to Dietitians

EATING WELL – Leaky gut is a condition where the lining of the digestive tract becomes damaged. This allows undigested food particles, harmful bacteria and toxins to leak into the bloodstream. This can trigger inflammation and cause health issues, such as digestive problems, resistant weight loss, autoimmune disorders, joint pains, depression and chronic fatigue. However, research shows that it may be connected to a poor diet and could lead to obesity and several diseases. Generally, foods contain...

Any use of marijuana linked to higher risk of heart attack and stroke, study says

How marijuana impacts pain, sleep, anxiety and more, according to the latest science.

How a growing crisis of loneliness is affecting Americans’ health

NewsHour Productions – According to the American Psychiatric Association’s latest monthly poll, 1 in 3 Americans said they felt lonely at least once a week over the past year. Edward Garcia, head of the nonprofit Coalition to End Social Isolation and Loneliness, joins Ali Rogin to discuss the cause and how communities can work to combat it. John Yang: The American Psychiatric Association's latest monthly poll found that one in three Americans said they felt lonely at...

Antidepressant prescribing for youths surged during COVID

AXOIS – Antidepressant prescribing to youths rose 63.5% during the pandemic, with adolescent girls accounting for some of the sharpest increases, according to new research in Pediatrics. It's further evidence of a youth mental health crisis characterized by depression and anxiety brought on by social isolation, concern about the future and financial and other stressors. But a shortage of mental health workers and the shift toward telehealth and remote prescribing may have contributed to a prioritization...

Say That Again: Using Hearing Aids Can Be Frustrating for Older Adults, but Necessary

KFF HEALTH NEWS – It was an every-other-day routine, full of frustration. Every time my husband called his father, who was 94 when he died in 2022, he’d wait for his dad to find his hearing aids and put them in before they started talking. Even then, my father-in-law could barely hear what my husband was saying. “What?” he’d ask over and over. Then, there were the problems my father-in-law had replacing the devices’ batteries. And the...

Gary Sinise’s son, Mac, dead at 33 after cancer battle: ‘We are heartbroken’

Mac Sinise battled chordoma, a rare spinal cancer, for over five years.

Without Medicare Part B’s Shield, Patient’s Family Owes $81,000 for a Single Air-Ambulance Flight

KFF Health News – Debra Prichard was a retired factory worker who was careful with her money, including what she spent on medical care, said her daughter, Alicia Wieberg. “She was the kind of person who didn’t go to the doctor for anything.” That ended last year, when the rural Tennessee resident suffered a devastating stroke and several aneurysms. She twice was rushed from her local hospital to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, 79...

Hepatitis A exposure prompts warning for customers of Pennsylvania Cracker Barrel

FOOD SAFETY NEWS – The Erie County Health Department in Erie, PA, has identified a case of hepatitis A in a restaurant worker. The employee works at Cracker Barrel, which is located at 7810 Interstate Dr. in Summit Township. Customers who ate or drank at the restaurant or ordered or delivered take-out from Jan. 30 through Feb. 21 are asked to watch for symptoms of hepatitis A. Symptoms can take two to seven weeks after exposure...

POTENTIAL NEXT-LEVEL THREAT: “INHALABLE” SELF-SPREADING VACCINES THAT SPREAD LIKE A VIRUS

Supporters of this technology claim it will “solve” several problems with traditional vaccine delivery, including “behavior barriers” like noncompliance.

SNAP Benefits Update as Republicans Target Junk Food

NEWSWEEK – Republicans are trying to add dietary restrictions to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), demanding to cut junk food and unhealthy beverages from the benefits. The idea, spearheaded by Republican Representative Andy Harris of Maryland, is for individual states to test out limiting SNAP benefits to "only nutrient-dense foods and beverages." According to Harris, this restriction could fight rising obesity rates in the country and save money for the government, as data suggests that...

Breakthrough stroke treatment at Penn State Health offers patients new hope

For the first seven-and-a-half years after a massive stroke, Donald Yeagle lived his “new normal.” After a week in the intensive care unit at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, he spent 40 days at Penn State Health Rehabilitation Hospital learning to walk again. But he didn’t regain use of his left arm or hand.

Weight loss expert’s three easy tips will help you lose belly fat quickly

Losing belly fat can be a struggle for many people, but this expert can help

Horse Sedative Use Among Humans Spreads in Deadly Mixture of ‘Tranq’ and Fentanyl

Tampa Bay Times | TREASURE ISLAND, Fla. — Andrew McClave Jr. loved to lift weights. The 6-foot-4-inch bartender resembled a bodybuilder and once posed for a photo flexing his muscles with former pro wrestler Hulk Hogan. “He was extremely dedicated to it,” said his father, Andrew McClave Sr., “to the point where it was almost like he missed his medication if he didn’t go.” But the hobby took its toll. According to a police report, a...

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