Health

A new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health found that eating french fries three times a week or more is associated with a 20% increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Other preparations of potato did not yield the same degree of risk, indicating that it’s the cooking method that’s the primary culprit. Nutritional guidelines and a …

Warning: This article contains graphic images which some readers may find distressing. A woman suffered a nightmarish response to pain medication after giving birth to her third child five years ago. Having come through an emergency C-section, Aleshia Rogers was three weeks into an ibuprofen-fuelled recovery when her face began to swell and a rash appeared all over her chest. …

You’d be hard-pressed to find many public health experts who have positive things to say about Donald Trump’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic in the United States. Alongside his numerous policy failures, one Cornell University study found that he was the biggest source of Covid-19 misinformation. But if there’s one redeeming feature to Trump’s pandemic record, it has to be …

29-Year-Old Single Mom Diagnosed with Rare Form of Alzheimer’s Disease: ‘I’ve Started to Notice Small Changes Already’  AOL.com Source link

By Michael Erman and Jennifer Rigby (Reuters) -An influential U.S. medical journal is rejecting a call from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to retract a large Danish study that found that aluminum ingredients in vaccines do not increase health risks for children, the journal’s editor told Reuters. Kennedy has long promoted doubts about vaccines’ safety and efficacy, and as …

When it comes to heart health, a lot of advice is straightforward: Eat a balanced diet, exercise regularly, and avoid vaping. But sometimes, even the healthiest-seeming lifestyle choices can backfire, especially if done in excess. “Any extreme is likely not good for you,” Dr. Dmitry Yaranov, a heart transplant cardiologist at Stern Cardiovascular in Tennessee, known on social media for …

Bay Area COVID-19 levels surge 32% just before school starts  SFGATE COVID is rising again in California — just as school and festival season start  San Francisco Chronicle New COVID surge emerges as Bay Area students head back to school, doctors warn about possible increase in cases  ABC7 San Francisco COVID-19 and cold-like virus cases rise as school year begins  WKRC Summer surge of …

Last month, Basil Kennedy scraped his leg on a trailer parked outside of his home in Bay St. Louis. He rinsed the cut with hydrogen peroxide and pressed on a Band-Aid. Three days later, the 77-year-old was in the emergency room, vomiting with a fever. His symptoms escalated — his blood pressure dropped and lab results showed high levels of …

Hand, foot and mouth disease cases spike across the US  NewsNation Rise in hand, foot, and mouth disease sparks concern for Virginia parents amid summer outbreaks  13newsnow.com The highly contagious summer illness parents of young kids need to know about  NJ.com Westfield Health Bulletin: Rashes and sores are more common than you think  MassLive Measles is ‘more contagious than COVID,’ medical expert warns  Fox News …

The number of children being poisoned by marijuana is on the rise, leaving youngsters with seizures and potentially life-threatening breathing issues.   As the use of the drug has spread across the US due to legalization and commercialization the number of marijuana-related incidents has too.  According to America’s Poison Centers, there were around 930 cases of poisoning in 2019, compared to …