• Health Highlights: July 15, 2022​

    Are you a victim of ‘medical gaslighting?’ When doctors fail to take their (often female) patients’ complaints seriously, delayed or often wrong diagnoses can be the dangerous result, experts say. Read now America’s 988 Suicide and Crisis...

    • Posted July 15, 2022
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  • Key to Battling UTIs May Lie in ‘Good’ Germs Within the Bladder

    As more and more superbugs become resistant to antibiotics, scientists are looking to use the good bacteria that live in people’s bodies to fight back. A new study reports on efforts to harness the power of “good...

    • Posted July 14, 2022
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  • Chicken Strips Dog Treats Recalled Due to Salmonella Danger

    Dog treats are being voluntarily recalled due to possible salmonella contamination. The North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services reported July 6 that some Stormberg Foods LLC dog treats were contaminated with salmonella, which triggered the...

    • Posted July 14, 2022
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  • Florida Company Recalls All Ice Cream Products Over Possible Listeria Contamination

    Big Olaf Creamery said Wednesday that it is recalling all flavors and all lots of Big Olaf brand ice cream products because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. While healthy individuals may only...

    • Posted July 14, 2022
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  • Demand for Monkeypox Vaccine Overwhelms U.S. Cities

    THURSDAY, July, 14, 2022As monkeypox cases continue to climb worldwide, demands for vaccines to combat the virus are crashing the vaccine appointment system in New York City. The city of over 8 million people has been running...

    • Posted July 14, 2022
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  • Cancer Med Might Be Powerful Treatment for MS

    A drug used “off-label” for multiple sclerosis (MS) is more effective than a standard medication at preventing symptom flare-ups, a new clinical trial has found. The drug, called rituximab, is approved in the United States for treating...

    • Posted July 14, 2022
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  • Pharmacies Must Fill Prescriptions for Drugs That May End Pregnancy, Biden Administration Says

    (HealthDay News) – Pharmacies must fill prescriptions for medications that could potentially end a pregnancy, the Biden administration said Wednesday. The U.S. Health and Human Services Department Office for Civil Rights sent guidance to more than 60,000...

    • Posted July 14, 2022
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  • Asthma Drug Fluticasone Fails as Potential COVID Treatment

    The asthma drug fluticasone furoate is yet another medication that doesn’t work for mild-to-moderate COVID-19, a new study finds. “There was no evidence of improvement in time to recovery or reduction in hospitalizations in participants who took...

    • Posted July 14, 2022
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  • FDA Approves Emergency Use of Novavax COVID Vaccine

    (HealthDay News) – Unvaccinated Americans should soon have a fourth COVID vaccine option. On Wednesday, Novavax’s offering was the latest to receive emergency use approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Advisors to the U.S. Centers...

    • Posted July 14, 2022
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  • Methadone ODs Didn’t Rise in Pandemic, Supporting Use as At-Home Treatment

    Giving more patients at-home access to the opioid addiction treatment drug methadone during the COVID pandemic did not lead to more overdose deaths, a nationwide study shows. The research, which covered the period from January 2019 to...

    • Posted July 14, 2022
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