Medical Xpress – An international team has found that Korean adults living alone with both depression and anxiety face a 558% increased risk of suicide. Individuals aged 40 to 64 and men…
Common medical test may reveal dementia risk
MedPage Today – Reducing hypertension dropped dementia risk by 15% in the open-label China Rural Hypertension Control phase III (CRHC-3) trial of nearly 34,000 people. At 48 months, all-cause dementia among people…
FDA stops short of synthetic food dye ban, calls on industry to stop use
CBS News – The Food and Drug Administration is asking the food industry to stop using synthetic food dyes, in a bid to fulfill one of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert…
USDA withdraws a Biden-era effort to limit salmonella levels in raw poultry
CBS/AP – The United States Department of Agriculture is withdrawing a rule proposed in August to help prevent food poisoning from poultry contaminated with salmonella. The Biden Administration effort, which had been…
Coffee Creamer Recalled as FDA Sets Highest Risk Level
NEWSWEEK – A nondairy coffee creamer sold across the Northeast has been recalled after it was found that it could pose serious health risks to consumers with milk allergies. MO-CHA brand Premium…
Virginia Giuffre, Voice in Epstein Sex-Trafficking Scandal, Dies at 41
THE NEW YORK TIMES – Virginia Giuffre, a former victim of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking ring who said she was “passed around like a platter of fruit” as a teenager to rich and…
Trump Budget Draft Ends Narcan Program and Other Addiction Measures
The New York Times – The opioid overdose reversal medication commercially known as Narcan saves hundreds of thousands of lives a year and is routinely praised by public health experts for contributing…
17 Ways to Cut Your Risk of Stroke, Dementia and Depression All at Once
THE NEW YORK TIMES – New research has identified 17 overlapping factors that affect your risk of stroke, dementia and late-life depression, suggesting that a number of lifestyle changes could simultaneously lower…
Lulu Roman, Popular ‘Hee Haw’ Comedian and Gospel Singer, Dies at 78
HOLLYWOOD REPORTER – Lulu Roman, the brash Hee Haw comedian and gospel singer who delighted fans of the long-running country music variety show while turning her life around in the process, has…
Chicago Bears great Steve McMichael dies at 67 after battle with ALS
CNN – Steve McMichael, a star defensive tackle on the Chicago Bears’ famed 1985 Super Bowl championship team whose larger-than-life personality made him a fixture in the Windy City for decades and…