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Facebook Tweet Email Link Dr. Anna Wolfson says she sees dangerous misuse of the allergy medication diphenhydramine in her clinic every day. “If someone has an allergic reaction to a food, people will say, ‘Don’t worry, I have diphenhydramine in my purse,’ and I would say, ‘Really, epinephrine is the first-line treatment for food allergies,’” said Wolfson, an allergist at …

A Maine resident has been hospitalized with the year’s first human case of the rare tick-borne Powassan virus.  Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) reported the hospitalization of the unnamed Hancock County resident this week, noting the Powassan virus as the cause of illness.  The rare virus, spread from animal to human, usually via a tick or …

Breast cancer patients who have been in remission for years or even decades may still need to be cautious about respiratory infections. Some common viruses may re-awaken a very small number of dormant breast cancer cells within our lungs, according to emerging research. “Dormant cancer cells are like the embers left in an abandoned campfire, and respiratory viruses are like …

Today at about 11:30am local time, a magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula in the country’s far east. Originating at a depth of roughly 20 kilometres, today’s powerful earthquake – among the ten strongest in recorded history and the largest worldwide since 2011 – has caused building damage and injuries in the largest nearby city, …

Your at-home coffee machine may be pushing you toward a cancer-related death, doctors say.  Experts are warning against using coffee makers made of black plastic over fears the material contains high levels of cancer-causing chemicals and flame retardants.  Kitchen utensils, electronics and coffee machines are made of recycled plastic that is melted together from different colored items, which gives it …

While Edge of Eternities doesn’t officially hit store shelves until this Friday, its cards are actually already legal. Unnecessary confusion aside, this means we’re starting to see decks trying out the new cards, across a range of Magic: The Gathering formats. Cryogen Relic was easily the most-hyped common in the set during preview season. Now that it’s out in the …

The world’s most popular pain reliever may cause people to take more risks and reduce fear around risky decisions, leading to bolder behavior.  Nearly a quarter of Americans take acetaminophen, known around the world as paracetamol, weekly and data estimates 100million Americans take it annually.  Recently, scientists have been investigating how it might influence people’s behavior on a larger scale. To …

Exposure to a toxic metal as far back as childhood could raise the risk of developing dementia later in life, a first-of-its-kind study suggests. Researchers in Canada studied more than 600,000 older US adults who were exposed as children to high levels of lead, a toxic metal linked to autism, infertility and cancer. They found people who grew up in …

New research from Oregon Health & Science University suggests that long-term effects of COVID-19 may be far more common and slower to appear than previously believed. In a study published last week in PLOS Pathogens, scientists tracked a group of rhesus macaques infected with the delta variant of the coronavirus. The animals, all unvaccinated and previously unexposed to the virus, …

The most commonly taken analgesic worldwide – and one of the most consumed drugs in the US – could be doing a lot more than just pain relief. Acetaminophen, also known as paracetamol and sold widely under the brand names Tylenol and Panadol, may also increase risk-taking, according to research from 2020 that measured changes in people’s behavior when under …