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The McDonald’s tried to convince their customers of their safety
McDonald’s has stopped serving Quarter Pounder hamburgers and onions in some US states after being linked to a multi-state E. coli outbreak. It added that initial findings suggested that some illnesses were caused by ” sourced onions” from a single supplier. It further said that it is looking for a new regional supplier for onions…
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How can we improve health equity?
Researchers have found there are significant differences in how social determinants of health impact the different Asian subgroups, including Pacific Islander and South Asian populations. The research was conducted as part of the Asian and Pacific Islander Health Survey (AANHPI). “There are significant differences in how social determinants of health impact the different Asian subgroups,”…
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Hezbollah’s next leader is expected to be killed by Israel
Israel’s Foreign Minister Sara Netanyahu on Saturday said the military would “continue to carry out attacks on the Hezbollah”. This comes after Lebanon’s Health Ministry reported 16 deaths and 59 injuries during an Israeli strike on the country’s south. The strike was an attempt to kill Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, she added.
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The Gaza health ministry reported 87 dead or missing from Israeli strikes on north Gaza
At least 87 people were killed or missing after Israel carried out airstrikes on homes and other targets in the Gaza Strip overnight and into Sunday, the Health Ministry said. The strikes came an hour after Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s plane was attacked by a drone. Meanwhile, the Lebanese health ministry said that an Israeli…
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Walgreens hopes for a revival after closing 1,200 stores
US pharmacy chain Walgreens is planning to close 1,200 of its stores over the next three years. Walgreens said that it is “reorienting” to “our legacy strength as a retail pharmacy-led company”. The decision comes after the merger of Caremark and Aetna, the second-largest US health insurer, in September last year. Earlier, Rite Aid also…
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The time is short to leave for a storm
Several US states are defending TikTok against claims that it is damaging teen mental health because it’s aimed to keep young people engaged. Attorneys general have said the features on the app “are harmful” to teens. The states want TikTok to change features that they say are harmful to teens. Florida is the worst-affected state…
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Biden has a 10-year deadline for the replacement of lead pipes
The US Environmental Protection Agency has said it will award $35 million in grants to help reduce lead in drinking water. The agency will award the grants to cities with large volumes of lead pipes. It will help communities replace their pipes but cost decisions will be up to local utilities, the agency said.
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The Oura Ring 4 has more sizes and slimmer sensors
US-based wearable health startup Oura has announced a new ‘Ring 4’ version that is designed to measure stress, resilience and cardiology. It has added a new algorithm that helps move the smart ring away from the user’s hand during the day for better alignment. The Oura Ring 4 will cost 347 and will ship on…
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An airstrike hits a building in Lebanon
More than 100 people have been killed in Israel’s strikes against Hezbollah, the Lebanese Health Ministry said on Sunday. Two strikes near the southern city of Sidon, about 45 kilometres south of Beirut, killed at least 32 people, the ministry added. One of Hezbollah’s security detail was killed along with 20 other Hezbollah militant, according…
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Israel expands attacks in Lebanon while an airstrike hits a building
Hezbollah on Sunday fired dozens of rockets at Israel, most of which were shot down by the country’s military, Israeli media reported. At least 92 people have been killed and over 400 injured in Israel’s airstrike campaign on Lebanon, Lebanese health officials said. Israel launched a series of airstrikes on Lebanon last week after the…
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The schizophrenia drug has been approved by the US
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin have found that Cobenfy, the first-ever drug to treat schizophrenia, can be used together with other antipsychotic drugs. Cobenfy has a mechanism of action that uses muscarinic receptors that are active in the gut and brain. Cobenfy is produced by the muscarinic receptors while an antipsychotic is produced by…
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Over 92,000 people in Lebanon fled the bombardments by Israel
The death toll in Lebanon due to the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah has risen to 720, according to the country’s Health Minister Firas Abi Adwan. At least 25 people were killed in Israeli strikes on Friday, bringing the death toll in Lebanon this week to over 720, he added. Over 90,000 people have fled…
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Voters in swing state Nevada heard about the impacts of Hurricane Helene
Over 90,000 people have been forced to flee their homes in Lebanon following Israel’s airstrikes on Hezbollah-controlled areas in the country, according to the United Nations. Over 10,000 civilians have been killed in Lebanon since the beginning of the conflict. Over 3,500 others have been injured, according to Lebanese health officials.
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Pain is seen as unimportant and ignored in women
Scientists have said that they are seeing more papers on the issue of women’s pain and how it affects male and female nociceptors. One study found that transitioning from male to female helped with the development of chronic pain during hormone therapy, while decreasing the impact on existing chronic pain conditions. Another found that healthy…
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The power of non-pharmaceutical interventions in pain
For up to half of people who opt for surgery once the pain in endometriosis is removed, the pain returns or persists so intensely that they need surgery again within five years, a study has found. The findings showed that the pain experienced by women with endometriosis is not indicative of the number of lesions…
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A pain-o-meter could improve treatments
Stanford University researcher Sean Mackey has said that the issue is not that we’re short of quality pain treatments. “The issue is not that we’re short of quality pain treatments. Preliminary findings suggest that advanced deep-learning AI could be transformative for accurate pain biomarker identification,” he added. Non-interpretable modelling presents a problem for pain-medicine practitioners,…
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Gaza health officials say that 22 people were killed in the Israeli strike on the former school
Israel on Saturday said that it struck a school-turned-shelter in Gaza because it believed Hamas militants were using the building as a command centre. The strike killed 22 people, mostly women and children, who had sought shelter at the school, Palestinian health authorities said. The health ministry in Gaza said that the majority of the…
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Why is she in pain now that her disease has been cured?
US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved two gene therapy treatments for sickle-cell disease last year, including the first CRISPR-based genome-editing therapy the agency has ever authorized. Both stem-cell transplants and gene therapy require chemotherapy before the treatment. Three rounds of chemotherapy and other treatments drove her cancer into remission, but she still struggles with…
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Is Obesity a Disease? It isComplicated in the Age of Ozempic
James Chen, a scientist from UT Southwestern Medical Center, US, has been awarded the Lasker Award for Medical Science for his work on obesity drugs. He was recognised for discovering how DNA triggered immune and inflammatory responses. In 2010, the US Food and Drug Administration had approved the first long-lasting GLP-1-based drugs, for type 2…
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Your phone won’t become the next Exploding Pager
At least 25 people were killed and over 300 others were injured in a series of explosions that targeted Hezbollah in Lebanon on Tuesday and Wednesday, the country’s Health Ministry said. Israel has claimed that it carried out the attacks, claiming that Hezbollah was behind the bombings. The attacks appeared to be part of an…
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Is Obesity a disease in the age of Ozempic?
A recent study found that weight-loss drugs, like GLP-1, can reduce obesity in children aged 6–11 years. It showed 43% of those who took liraglutide showed a reduction in body fat, compared to 19% who took a placebo. However, the study didn’t include long-term data on the effects of GLP-1 mimics on growth and puberty…
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Drug- resistant infections will cause 40 million deaths by 2050
The number of deaths caused by Carbapenem- resistant Gram-negative bacteria have increased by 149.51% in the last 20 years. There have been reductions in the number of children dying from drug-resistant infections over the past 3 decades, but the rate of deaths for people over 70 has gone up. Carbapenem drugs are a class of…
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Hezbollah reels from pager explosions in another wave of blasts
The number of people injured in the Israeli air strikes on Hezbollah in Lebanon has risen to over 3,000, the Lebanese health ministry said on Wednesday. At least 13 people were killed in the blasts, it added. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said that “excellent achievements” were made by Israeli military and intelligence branch, but…
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Some women enter menopause early and that could affect their cancer risk
Researchers have found that the average age of a woman with certain variations of a gene is nine years younger than the average age of a woman with the same gene. The study analysed the genetic sequence of 8000 genetic trios of a mother, father and child. The average age of women with certain variations…
