National Handwashing Awareness Week is recognized the first full week of December each year. Personal hygiene begins and ends with our hands. And though we’re taught as youngsters to wash our hands before dinner, it’s important to remember that germs don’t care what time of day it is. Clean hands prevent sickness. So it’s especially […]
A new study on a drug widely prescribed for asthma is binding itself to receptors in the brain and is linked to severe mental health issues and suicide, according to new research. As Reuters reports, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) presented the preliminary results of a study on the asthma drug Singulair, which is sold generically […]
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday confirmed the country’s first case of H5N1 bird flu infection in a child. The good news is that the patient is reported to have experienced mild symptoms and is currently recovering from the illness. As Reuter’s reports, California’s public health department had reported the […]
In our hyper-connected world of social media, Zoom calls and Netflix binges, there’s a refreshing antidote — one that’s good for your mental health, reduces stress and anxiety and even helps your immune system: being in nature. As Yahoo Life reports, while any time spent outdoors is advantageous, there’s an actual “prescription” that can help you […]
Pickle juice has become a popular remedy for leg cramps over the years — specifically for the cramps runners and athletes get after a workout. Some athletes swear by it, attesting that yeah, pickle juice really works. Still, some skeptics have doubted that pickle juice relieves leg cramps at all, and there’s really no solid […]
Lunchables are no longer on the menu at schools across the United States. Last week Kraft Heinz shared that it is pulling its Lunchables products from a program providing free and reduced meals to low-income school children across the U.S. The move comes several months after Consumer Reports sounded the alarm about the pre-packaged meals, which […]
November is National Veterans and Military Families Month. Thousands of Veterans and their families face a daily struggle with the effects of PTSD. As Mindful Health Solutions reports, research shows that ketamine can provide relief from depression, anxiety, and other PTSD-related conditions with minimal side effects. What is PTSD? Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an […]
The U.S. syphilis epidemic slowed dramatically last year, gonorrhea cases fell and chlamydia cases remained below prepandemic levels, according to federal data released Tuesday. As AP News reports, the numbers represented some good news about sexually transmitted diseases, which experienced some alarming increases in past years due to declining condom use, inadequate sex education, and reduced testing and treatment […]
Selena Gomez has shut down social media body shamers once again — and she revealed another health condition while doing so. As the Los Angeles Times reports, the “Only Murders in the Building” star and Rare Beauty cosmetics founder slammed speculation about her weight on TikTok, revealing that she lives with small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, […]
Nearly 11,000 bottles of International Delight coffee creamer have been voluntarily recalled due to a labeling mistake, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). As Health magazine reports, the recall, initiated by Danone U.S., impacts 1,799 cases—or 10,794 individual bottles—of International Delight’s “Home Alone” Peppermint Mocha Zero Sugar coffee creamer. Though the bottles were […]