On July 31, Boar’s Head updated its recent deli meat recall to include an additional 7 million pounds of its ready-to-eat products that were produced at a Virginia plant. The products are all under the Boar’s Head and Old Country brand names, per the Associated Press, and include liverwurst, ham, beef salami, bologna, and other products. It’s […]
Since its inception in 2012, World Lung Cancer Day has been observed every year on August 1 in order to raise awareness of lung cancer issues and magnify the need for more lung cancer research funding. According to the Lung Cancer Foundation of America (LCFA), many early lung cancers are diagnosed as an incidental finding […]
Chef Shirley Chung, a two-time finalist on the cooking show Top Chef, has been diagnosed with tongue cancer and is undergoing intensive treatment for the disease. As Yahoo Life reports, the chef and owner of Ms Chi Cafe, who placed third on Top Chef: New Orleans and was runner-up three years later on Top Chef: Charleston, shared the news on Instagram over the weekend […]
California’s wildfires have been increasing in size and frequency, producing vast amounts of smoke that contribute to what state boards call a “growing public health problem.” New research links the long-term exposure of this wildfire smoke to brain health, suggesting that it greatly increases risk of dementia compared with other sources of air pollution. As CNN reports, […]
Ask any dermatologist, and they will tell you that the best way to fight aging skin is to apply SPF daily. Unfortunately, sometimes that’s easier said than done. As HEALTH magazine reports, that’s where moisturizers with SPF come in. Rather than having to apply a moisturizer and then sunscreen, there are many products on the market that […]
If you’re hoping to get an even bigger caffeine kick out of your green tea, you need to put it in the microwave. Yes! The microwave! And that’s according to science! In 2012, the Journal of Food Composition and Analysis published a research study showing that microwaving your tea for a hot minute can have some serious […]
A first-of-its-kind study has detected fiberglass particles in oysters and mussels collected from a harbor on England’s south coast. Researchers from the University of Brighton and the University of Portsmouth published their findings in the Journal of Hazardous Materials. According to the study authors, oysters and mussels were caught in Chichester Harbour over a six-month period between […]
Two people in the U.S. have died and 28 people have been hospitalized from a multi-state outbreak of listeria linked to sliced deli meat, federal health officials announced on Friday. A dozen states in the Midwest and East Coast reported people recently became ill from listeria, a bacteria that causes potentially foodborne illnesses and is […]
Scientists may have pinpointed a primary cause of lupus, a chronic autoimmune disease. As Fox News Digital reports, in study findings published in the journal Nature on July 10, researchers from Northwestern Medicine in Chicago and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston claim they have found a “molecular defect” that leads to systemic lupus erythematosus (known […]
A new study found that more than a dozen brands of tampons contain heavy metals, including lead and arsenic. As Yahoo Life reports, the revelation, published in the journal Environment International, has many women saying they’re going to swear off the products — used by more than half of all menstruating people — over fears that the tampons could […]