Daisy Ridley is opening up about her health, revealing in a new interview that she was diagnosed with Graves’ disease in September 2023. The actress, 32, discussed her experience with the autoimmune disorder in the cover story for the September/October issue of Women’s Health, which dropped on Tuesday, Aug. 6. “It’s the first time I’ve shared that [Graves’],” said Ridley, […]
Last week, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued an emergency suspension of the common weedkiller DCPA, also known as Dacthal. As CNN reports, this is the first time the agency has used its emergency suspension authority in 40 years. The last emergency ban of this kind was of the pesticide ethylene dibromide, or EDB, in 1983. […]
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is once again providing organizations with the tools and information needed to build, improve or maintain safe and healthful workplaces. Safe + Sound Week is a nationwide campaign intended to promote workplace health and safety programs. This year’s event will be held 12-18 August and focuses on job […]
When Adelaide Saywell posted on TikTok last month that SSRIs, a commonly prescribed antidepressant medication, could make people more vulnerable to heat, it went viral and sparked a deluge of comments. “Wait seriously??? I just started taking it a month ago and am so hot all the time,” said one commenter. “I have been on sertraline for 8 […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a new warning about a popular medication used for weight loss. As ABC News reports, the FDA says it has received reports of people overdosing on compounded semaglutide, giving themselves as much as 20 times more than the intended dose of the medication. Semaglutide is the active ingredient in […]
Last week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Guardant Health’s blood test, called “Shield,” to screen for colon cancer. The test isn’t meant to replace colonoscopies, but is generating enthusiasm among doctors who say it has the potential to boost the dismal rate of screenings for the second-highest cause of cancer death in the United States. […]
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, […]