Several U.S. states have considered doing away with the practice of changing the clocks forward or back in favor of permanent Daylight Saving Time (DST), while experts around the world suggest permanent Standard Time is a better alternative for health and wellbeing. A study appearing January 30 in the journal…
These memoirs show us the role women had in eradicating smallpox from India
Smallpox is one of the only diseases to have been eradicated by sustained human effort. But before it was eradicated in 1977, it claimed an estimated 300 million lives in the 20th century alone. The highly contagious disease was characterized by fever and a spotted skin rash. Although most people…
US superbug infections on the rise, but deaths are falling
NY hospitals face a ‘superbug’ epidemic, former New York Lt. Gov. says Former New York Lieutenant Governor Betsy McCaughey discusses a fungus found in New York hospitals that kills patients within 90 days. NEW YORK (AP) — Drug-resistant “superbug” infections have been called a developing nightmare that could set medicine…
US identifies likely culprit of vaping illness outbreak
Credit: CC0 Public Domain US health officials said Friday they had identified vitamin E acetate as the likely culprit behind a vaping-linked lung injury epidemic that has killed 39 people and sickened more than two thousand. Investigators have previously pointed to the oil, which is sometimes used as a thickening…
US urges shared decisions with pain patients taking opioids
U.S. health officials again warned doctors Thursday against abandoning chronic pain patients by abruptly stopping their opioid prescriptions. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services instead urged doctors to share such decisions with patients. The agency published steps for doctors in a six-page guide and an editorial in the…
US drug czar James Carroll calls out drug companies for role in opioid crisis
Johnson & Johnson was recently found responsible for stoking the opioid epidemic by a judge in Oklahoma. (iStock) “There are hundreds of litigations going on across the country and I do think this will send a message across the states,” he told Fox News, adding that he’s “happy to see…
Work-related burnout affects many of us. Here’s how to beat it
When Lisa Murray was 39, she felt like her world was falling apart. She was working as an operations manager at a job she says was wildly understaffed and underfunded. Consequently, Lisa was burning the candle at both ends, putting in extra-long days to stay on top of her workload….
US preschoolers less pudgy in latest sign of falling obesity
Preschoolers on government food aid have grown a little less pudgy, a U.S. study found, offering fresh evidence that previous signs of declining obesity rates weren’t a fluke. Obesity rates dropped steadily to about 14% in 2016—the latest data available—from 16% in 2010, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
The scandal that should force us to reconsider wellness advice from influencers
Former social media influencer and “wellness guru” Belle Gibson first caught public attention after claiming she cured herself of terminal cancer by rejecting conventional medicine in favour of a healthy diet and lifestyle. Her story was documented on a blog and social media, which became the basis for a successful…
GSK Receives US Approval of Benlysta for Intravenous Use in Children with Lupus Aged Five Years and Above
London UK, Philadelphia USA April 26, 2019 — GSK today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved, under priority review, the use of the intravenous (IV) formulation of Benlysta (belimumab), a B-lymphocyte stimulator (BLyS)-specific inhibitor, in children with lupus from as young as five years of…
Food poisoning remains persistent problem, US report finds
As recent illnesses tied to raw turkey , ground beef , cut melon and romaine lettuce suggest, U.S. food poisoning cases don’t appear to be going away anytime soon. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a report Thursday that the frequency of several types of food poisoning…