• Winter Wonderland? Not for Your Skin

    Winter is no friend to the body’s delicate skin, but an expert offers three key tips: moisturize, moisturize, moisturize. “It’s pretty intuitive, but it bears repeating,” said dermatologist Dr. David Pearson, an assistant professor at the University...

    • Posted January 21, 2023
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  • Report Outlines National Plan to Test Wastewater for Harmful Germs

    The pandemic brought the utility of testing wastewater to gauge viral spread to the fore. Now, experts at the independent National Academies of Sciences (NAS) have issued a report outlining a roadmap for the broader surveillance of...

    • Posted January 20, 2023
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  • Suicide Risk Rises When Cancer Strikes

    A cancer diagnosis can be devastating. Now, new research shows that patients diagnosed with cancer have a risk of suicide 26% higher than the general population. A variety of factors contribute to the elevated risk, including geography,...

    • Posted January 20, 2023
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  • A Probiotic May Equal Antibiotics in Fighting Staph Infection

    A probiotic supplement appears to clear the body of a type of bacteria that can cause serious antibiotic-resistant infections, a new study finds. More research is needed, but experts said the work could lead to a way...

    • Posted January 20, 2023
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  • AHA News: At Annual ‘Thriller’ Event, Zombie Went Into Cardiac Arrest

    FRIDAY, Jan. 20, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — A week before Halloween 2021 and five days before her 68th birthday, Sarah Katzenmaier slipped into a royal blue bridesmaid dress and carefully applied her zombie makeup. Then...

    • Posted January 20, 2023
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  • What to Know About XBB, the New COVID Variant

    The new coronavirus continues to dodge, duck, dip and dive, mutating again and again to find its way past people’s immune defenses. The latest COVID variant to gain a foothold in America is called XBB.1.5, which has...

    • Posted January 20, 2023
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  • Two Cases of New Drug-Resistant Gonorrhea Strain Reported in Massachusetts

    Two cases of a new strain of gonorrhea reported in Massachusetts were at least partly resistant to several antibiotics, state officials announced Thursday. “The discovery of this strain of gonorrhea is a serious public health concern which...

    • Posted January 20, 2023
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  • Plane Wastewater Study Shows How COVID Travel Restrictions Failed

    Wastewater research isn’t for the squeamish, but it can get to the bottom of questions about such things as the effectiveness of COVID-19 air travel restrictions. Tests of toilet tank water from flights entering the United Kingdom...

    • Posted January 20, 2023
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  • Poll Finds Nearly Half of Americans Unprepared for Medical Emergency

    A medical emergency can happen at any moment. Will you be prepared? Nearly half of American adults will not, according to a new poll from the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) and Morning Consult. About 76%...

    • Posted January 20, 2023
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  • New USDA Rules Ramp Up Oversight of Organic Food

    FRIDAY, Jan. 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) – Organic food will soon have to comply with stricter labeling rules under new requirements announced Thursday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). In what the Organic Trade Organization (OTA)...

    • Posted January 20, 2023
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