FRIDAY, Oct. 23, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Reports of deaths and illnesses occurring soon after use are prompting the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to issue warnings on two drugs used to fight the hepatitis C virus. The drugs, called Viekira Pak and Technivie, appeared linked to serious liver damage in patients with advanced… Read More »
Photo: Getty Images WEDNESDAY, May 4, 2016 (HealthDay News) — The number of hepatitis C-linked deaths in the United States reached a record high in 2014, and the virus now kills more Americans than any other infectious disease, health officials report. There were 19,659 hepatitis C-related deaths in 2014, according to preliminary data from U.S. Centers… Read More »
Early last week, news broke that the Trump administration had issued an information blackout for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The agency was directed to stop issuing press releases, posting to their social media pages, and speaking to members of the press or directly to the public. The Boston Globe reported on Tuesday that EPA… Read More »
Women can now get birth control delivered to their homes as easily as they can order take-out—finally. The new app Nurx makes it incredibly convenient for women over 18 to access the patch, ring, or pill—even Plan B—privately and quickly. Although the service is only available in California and New York right now, the company plans to expand to other… Read More »
A photo posted by Zendaya (@zendaya) on Oct 20, 2015 at 7:49pm PDT Nineteen-year-old actress and singer Zendaya took a powerful stand Tuesday night after a magazine severely re-touched images of her. After seeing the outcome of a recent photo shoot for L.A.-based fashion magazine Modeliste, she was totally taken aback: “Had a new shoot come… Read More »
The number of obese people around the world has increased dramatically in the past 40 years, and now tops the number of people who are underweight, according to a new study. The study, published in the journal The Lancet, looked at global, regional and national body mass index patterns among adults from 1975 to 2014,… Read More »
We may be just two weeks into January, but some of the biggest health trends of the year are already starting to emerge. Pinterest recently released a list of the top healthy topics that have spiked since Christmas Eve, and the results may surprise you: Instead of extreme ab workouts and crash diets (what we might’ve expected in the middle… Read More »
By Dennis ThompsonHealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, May 26, 2016 (HealthDay News) — Are health officials in the United States overreacting to the threat posed by the Zika virus this summer? Some leading insect and infectious-diseases experts think so, arguing that the mosquito-borne virus is unlikely to become a widespread hazard to pregnant women throughout the United States. “I… Read More »
How do I know if I’m really depressed or just extra cranky? Depression is more than just feeling down or crabby. It’s caused by a chemical imbalance in your brain that usually affects your mind and body. So while feeling sad is one sign of depression, there are usually also physical clues, such as changes… Read More »
Daisy Ridley has an empowering reminder for her fans: Don’t believe everything you see on social media. Yesterday the Star Wars: The Force Awakens actress, 24, shared ” target=”_blank”>an Instagram selfie with the sentence “I woke up like this #nofilter #nomakeup” across her forehead. In the caption, though, Ridley clarified the obvious—”3 of these statements aren’t true”—and took the opportunity to… Read More »