Every winter, deaths from heart-related conditions rise in the United States. Plotted on a graph, the rise in deaths looks like a hill – with two spikes at the top when deaths sharply increase.
The world’s largest furniture seller, Ikea, bills itself as “The Life Improvement Store.” But after its products caused three deaths, the Swedish company will pay $50 million to the families of three young boys.
Relatives of an 82-year-old Alzheimer’s patient were under the impression that only one beloved pet cat had to be looked after when the home was vacated, but a trip to check on the animal gave them quite a shock.
Too many opioids. Not enough opioids. Behold the opioid paradox. The United States is in the midst of a massive opioid epidemic, as The Washington Post and other news organizations have documented extensively.
Delta Airlines has announced it will no longer require its flight attendants to verify medical professionals’ credentials when health emergencies arise in-flight.
THURSDAY, Dec. 22, 2016 (HealthDay News) — A new drug slows the progress of multiple sclerosis, including an advanced form of the degenerative nerve disease for which there currently is no treatment, according to a pair of new clinical trials.
The Food and Drug Administration has turned a critical eye to lead in cosmetics such as lipstick, eye shadow and shampoo. In a new draft guidance issued on Thursday, the FDA suggested a limit on lead contained in cosmetics marketed in the United States …
Officials blame a bath lotion used as a liquor substitute in Russia for an outbreak of alcohol poisoning that has now killed 61 people, according to state-run media.
Prospective cultivators of medical marijuana will have to compete for state licenses on a merit-based system, rather than a lottery, the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission decided Thursday.
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. – A Florida teen texted his mother early Monday from the back of an ambulance: he had been in a wreck and needed her to grab the suitcase filled with marijuana and Xanax pills from his trunk, the police report said.
BOISE – A southern Idaho man has died from influenza in the first flu-related death of the season, state health officials say. The identify and location of the man, who was over the age of 50, are unknown because influenza deaths are not reportable …
BEIJING Two people in China’s Anhui province have died from H7N9 bird flu, the first fatalities in China among this winter’s cases, while Macau reported its first human infection of the strain since the former Portuguese colony returned to China in 1999.
Colo, the nation’s oldest living gorilla, sits inside of her enclosure during her 60th birthday party at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, Thursday, Dec. 22, 2016 in Columbus, Ohio.
“Facebook lurking makes you miserable, says study,” BBC News reports after a Danish study found regular users who took a week-long break from the social media site reported increased wellbeing.
The federal government has cut payments to 769 hospitals with high rates of patient injuries, for the first time counting the spread of antibiotic-resistant germs in assessing penalties.
A study today in the New England Journal of Medicine finds that shorter antibiotic treatment for infants with ear infections results in worse outcomes than standard-duration treatment and does not reduce levels of antibiotic resistance.
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