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By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration has finalized guidance on the maximum amount of inorganic arsenic that can be in apple juice. The announcement that came Thursday reconfirmed the level at 10 parts per billion that the agency first proposed in 2013. The goal of the guidance is to
Continue ReadingBy Amanda McClelland and Dr. Tom Frieden (CNN) — A pandemic emerges. It spreads around the world, claims lives and devastates economies for decades. Climate change makes it even deadlier. It infects hundreds of millions of people and kills millions, especially in areas with limited resources. Is this a future scenario? A tabletop exercise? No.
Continue ReadingBy Carma Hassan, CNN (CNN) — The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Thursday a plan to cover a new class of Alzheimer’s disease drugs if they receive full approval from the US Food and Drug Administration – and with some limitations. Alzheimer’s drugs that slow the progression of cognitive decline will be covered
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — The Covid-19 pandemic set US life expectancy back by years, but new research shows that the country has been falling behind for decades. In 1950, the US had the 12th longest life expectancy among certain populous countries, with more than half a million residents, according to a study published
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — On the day when UnitedHealthcare requirement was set to start a new requirement for endoscopy services, including colonoscopies, the insurance company shifted to a different approach. UnitedHealthcare confirmed Thursday that starting this month, it will no longer require “prior authorizations” for commercial beneficiaries seeking non-screening colonoscopies and other gastroenterology endoscopy services.
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — The United States saw a 200% increase in brain abscesses in children in December 2022 following a surge in respiratory infections over the winter. Even with the increase, abscesses continue to be extremely rare, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Brain abscesses are pockets of
Continue ReadingCNN By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — Eli Lilly’s experimental pill for weight loss helped people lose an average of 15% of their body weight after 36 weeks on the highest dose in a midstage trial, rivaling what’s seen with currently approved injectable therapies like Wegovy over longer durations. The drug, orforglipron, had similar side
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Red light therapy has been found to be helpful for skin health, wound healing, hair growth among people with alopecia and pain management. Some have claimed it’s also useful for sleep, but research and experts tell a different story. Circadian rhythms — the body’s internal clock controlling our sleep
Continue ReadingBy Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — Cheri Ferguson has traded her vape pen for an Ozempic pen. One day seven weeks ago, “I thought, ‘you’re doing something about your weight; leave your vape at home,’ ” Ferguson said. She hasn’t picked it back up since, she says. Ferguson is one of many people taking Ozempic
Continue ReadingBy Alex Leeds Matthews, CNN Birth rates have declined in most states across the US in recent years, while women are having babies at an older age, according to new data released by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Despite the short-term plunge — and comeback — during the early years of the Covid-19
Continue ReadingBy Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved Pfizer’s RSV vaccine for older adults, the second such shot approved for the common virus. Earlier in May, the agency approved the world’s first RSV vaccine for older adults, made by GSK. The vaccines could be available for seniors by fall,
Continue ReadingCNN By Carma Hassan, Paula Newton and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — “Tobacco smoke harms children.” “Cigarettes cause leukemia.” “Poison in every puff.” Those are among the messages that will soon appear – in English and French – on cigarettes in Canada. The country announced Wednesday it will require health warnings to be printed directly
Continue ReadingBy Carma Hassan, Paula Newton and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — “Tobacco smoke harms children.” “Cigarettes cause leukemia.” “Poison in every puff.” Those are among the messages that will soon appear – in English and French – on cigarettes in Canada. The country announced Wednesday it will require health warnings to be printed directly on
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — A part of the brain connected to memory shrank in people with severe sleep-disordered breathing — which can include heavy snoring and sleep apnea — according to a new study. People with sleep apnea stop breathing for 10 seconds or more at a time multiple times a night. “It
Continue ReadingBy Chloe Melas, CNN (CNN) — For decades after returning home from World War II, my grandfather did not talk about his wartime experiences. Frank Murphy flew 21 perilous missions as a navigator of a B-17 for the Eighth Air Force’s 100th Bomb Group, nicknamed “the Bloody Hundredth.” The day his plane was shot down
Continue ReadingCNN, KCAL, KCBS By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Having a heart attack may put you at risk of accelerated cognitive decline in later years, above and beyond what is considered appropriate for the aging mind, according to a new study. Everyone’s brain ages as the years pass, some more than others. What’s considered normal
Continue ReadingCNN By Katherine Dillinger, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration issued a warning Tuesday about compounded versions of the drug semaglutide, which is approved for treatment of diabetes and excess weight. Compounding “is the process of combining, mixing, or altering ingredients to create a medication tailored to the needs of an individual
Continue ReadingBy Katherine Dillinger, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration issued a warning Tuesday about compounded versions of the drug semaglutide, which is approved for treatment of diabetes and excess weight. Compounding “is the process of combining, mixing, or altering ingredients to create a medication tailored to the needs of an individual patient,”
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration proposed Tuesday to add to what you get with your prescription drugs. The proposed rule would require the prescriptions you get to come with a new kind of single-page medication guide with an easy-to-use set of directions and easy-to-understand safety information, a goal
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Restaurant workers who handle food while they are ill are among the leading drivers of foodborne illness outbreaks at restaurants, according to a new study from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The study, which was published Tuesday in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, covers
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