Households are hitting pause on their tub-to-shower conversion plans and buying new shower curtains instead. As NBC News reports, after a pandemic-era renovation craze, the nation’s two largest home improvement retailers say customers are spending less on big projects in favor of cheaper do-it-yourself fixes. At the end of February, Lowe’s reported that it was seeing […]
Complaints that Purina pet food has sickened pets have been circulating on social media in recent weeks, sparking fear for dog and cat owners. But, as TODAY.com reports, Purina adamantly denies there are any issues with its products. “Pet parents continue to be understandably scared by an online rumor that there is an issue with […]
A proposal announced Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) aims to remove all lead drinking water pipes across the country within a decade. As NBC News reports, the lead and copper rule improvements would require utilities to replace lead service lines within 10 years regardless of the lead levels that register in water samples. […]
Life expectancy in the U.S. ticked upward in 2022, following two years of significant declines driven primarily by the Covid pandemic, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report published last week. As NBC News reports, the CDC data showed that life expectancy at birth — how long a baby born in a particular […]
Air that’s polluted by traffic exhaust can spike people’s blood pressure sharply almost as soon as they begin traveling, according to a study that monitored people in real time on busy roadways. As NBC News reports, the findings — published last week in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine — suggests that roadway pollution not […]
President Joe Biden spent part of his 81st birthday Monday carrying out an annual White House tradition: pardoning two lucky turkeys. As NBC News reports, the selected star birds, named Liberty and Bell, both hail from Willmar, Minnesota, the National Turkey Federation announced Sunday. “Even though Liberty and Bell are from Minnesota, they are named for the […]
The makers of Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro are racing to prove that the incredibly popular drugs have health benefits beyond weight loss and diabetes. Doing so, they say, will make it easier for patients to get insurance to cover the pricey medications. As NBC News reports, clinical trials are underway to see whether the drugs […]
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill that bans four food additives linked to health problems, the first time a state has outlawed chemicals allowed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). As NBC News reports, starting in 2027, California will prohibit red dye No. 3, potassium bromate, brominated vegetable oil and propylparaben after […]
As more Americans are being diagnosed with multiple chronic health problems at younger ages, for the first time, the American Heart Association (AHA) is identifying a new medical condition that reflects the strong links among obesity, diabetes and heart and kidney disease. As NBC News reports, in an advisory released this month, the goal in […]
So-called “good” HDL cholesterol may not be as healthy as experts once thought, a new study suggests. As NBC News reports, the new study, published Wednesday in the medical journal Neurology, found that having either high or low levels of high-density lipoprotein, or HDL, cholesterol, may increase the risk of dementia in older adults. It’s more […]