Rubbing banana peels on the face is a hot topic on TikTok and other social media platforms. Some influencers even claim that rubbing banana peels on your face can smooth … Click to Continue » View original article Contributor:
It’s easy to understand how a medicine like phenylephrine got onto pharmacy shelves in the first place. The common decongestant, used most often as an ingredient in multidrug cold medications like DayQuil and Sudafed PE, was initially designated as “safe and effective” by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1976, when the agency was … Read more
BOSTON (AP) — Boston firefighter Daniel Ranahan had heard about colleagues getting cancer but he was stunned when doctors discovered a tumor in his chest. He was only 30 and had been in the Boston Fire Department less than a decade. But as he investigated his diagnosis of Hodgkin’s lymphoma in October 2020 and sought … Read more
As Americans fend off a late summer COVID-19 spike and prepare for a fresh vaccine rollout, Republicans are raising familiar fears that government-issued lockdowns and mask mandates are next. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] It’s been a favorite topic among some of the GOP’s top presidential contenders. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis told reporters that people are “lurching toward” COVID-19 restrictions and “there needs … Read more
In a long-awaited update to the COVID-19 vaccine schedule, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC)’s vaccine committee recommended that everyone six months or older should get another booster shot. CDC director Dr. Mandy Cohen endorsed the recommendation made by the agency’s committee of outside vaccine experts. That shot will be the newest vaccine greenlit … Read more
The virus has killed two so far and infected at least five in the state of Kerala and is considered a priority disease by the WHO for its epidemic potential. View original article Contributor: Kelsey Ables
The agency now must decide whether products containing the ingredient, like some Sudafed and NyQuil products, should no longer be sold or perhaps give companies lead time to substitute other ingredients. View original article Contributor: Christina Jewett and Roni Caryn Rabin
Pharmacists affiliated with the University of Florida have spent decades nudging the agency to pull a decongestant from over-the-counter medicines. View original article Contributor: Christina Jewett
“You don’t really hear much about syphilis these days, very much the MySpace of STDs [sexually transmitted diseases]” is a line from Tom Wambsgans, a character in HBO’s hit show ‘Succession’. Unfortunately, the latest data on syphilis shows otherwise. Infectious syphilis diagnoses increased to 8,692 in 2022, up 15.2% compared to 2021 (7,543) and 8.1% … Read more
If you’re a parent, you often feel that life today is complicated, overloaded, and moving at warp speed. Technological advances like AI are creating exponential change, the world is getting hotter, and the future is hard to imagine–both for ourselves and our kids. The world is brimming with uncertainty as life races forward. Scientists are … Read more