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Recalled Newborn Loungers Tied to 2 More Infant Deaths
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- June 8, 2023
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After two more infant deaths, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is are urging parents and caregivers to stop using recalled Boppy Newborn Loungers, which are now linked to 10 deaths in all.
The loungers were recalled in September 2021 because of eight b...
Another Reason to Hate Mondays: Higher Risk for Severe Heart Attacks
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- June 6, 2023
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Monday can be a downer as folks leave weekend play behind. Now, researchers say Monday might also be the most common day for deadly heart attacks.
Doctors at the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland determined this by analyzin...
FDA Approves New Nasal Spray to Reverse Overdoses
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- May 23, 2023
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved a second nasal spray for reversing an opioid overdose.
To be sold as Opvee, the spray contains the medication nalmefene hydrochloride and will be available to Americans aged 12 and older with a prescription, the F...
Stroke Gaining Ground as a Global Killer
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- May 19, 2023
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Worldwide deaths from the most common type of stroke have risen significantly in the past three decades and will increase even more sharply in the years ahead, researchers say.
Ischemic stroke deaths grew from 2 million in 1990 to more than 3 million in 2019. They are ex...
U.S. Death Rate Declined in 2022, COVID Deaths Fell by Almost Half
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- May 4, 2023
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Preliminary mortality data for 2022 finds America making its way back from the devastation of the pandemic, with a significant 5.3% decline in deaths compared to 2021.
And although COVID-19 remained the fourth leading cause of death in the United States last year, the nu...
Vermont Opens Its Assisted Suicide Laws to Out-of-State Residents
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- May 2, 2023
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People seeking medically assisted suicide from any state can now get it in Vermont.
The state is the first to allow those with terminal illnesses from out of state to end their lives within its borders, the Associated Press reported.
Science Reveals Possible 'Surge of Consciousness' Just Before Dying
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- May 2, 2023
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Near-death experiences — seeing a bright light, floating outside your body, watching your life flash past, communicating with lost loved ones — could well be part of a dying brain's final fight-or-flight response, a new report suggests.
Electroencephalogram (EEG) rea...
Losing a Spouse May Be More Lethal for Men
- Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter
- March 24, 2023
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While losing a spouse can shorten anyone's life, new Danish research suggests widowers may be far more vulnerable than widows.
After six years spent tracking health outcomes among nearly 925,000 Danish seniors, investigators determined that when a man between the ag...
U.S. Travelers Warned About Counterfeit Pills Containing Fentanyl in Mexico Pharmacies
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- March 20, 2023
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Traveling in Mexico? Use caution when buying medications there, cautions the U.S. State Department.
The warning was issued in response to concerns about counter...
U.S. Pregnancy Deaths Drop Following Spike During Pandemic
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- March 16, 2023
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After U.S. pregnancy deaths soared in 2021, they are on track to drop to pre-pandemic levels in 2022, a new government report shows.
While the decline from more than 1,200 pregnancy deaths in 2021 to 733 deaths in 2022 is positive news, experts said it's still not enoug...
More Than 3 Million 'Calico Critters' Toys Recalled After Choking Deaths to 2 Kids
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- March 9, 2023
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Calico Critters animal figures and sets that were sold with bottle and pacifier accessories are being recalled due to a choking hazard.
Epoch Everlasting Play has recalled more than 3.2 million of the toys, the
Opioids Cause Half of All Poisonings in U.S. Kids Age 5 and Younger
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- March 8, 2023
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Opioids pose the greatest poison risk to children in the United States, accounting for more than half of poisoning deaths in infants and toddlers, a new study reports.
About 52% of poisoning deaths of children aged 5 and younger in 2018 involved the ingestion of an opioi...
What Exactly Is Hospice Care?
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- March 1, 2023
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When former President Jimmy Carter recently entered home hospice care after many years of cancer treatment, it was an invitation for families across America to consider how they would like to spend their final days.
For-Profit Hospices Often Deliver Worse Care: Study
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- February 27, 2023
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Patients spending the end of their lives in for-profit hospices receive substantially worse care than those who are in nonprofit hospices, a new study claims.
To come to that conclusion, RAND Corp. researchers analyzed surveys completed by people whose loved ones had sp...
Almost 700,000 Rocking Sleepers Recalled After 15 Babies Die
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- January 9, 2023
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Following the deaths of 15 infants, families are advised to immediately stop using all models of Kids2 Rocking Sleepers, according to a second recall notice.
Four of those 15 babies died after the first recall notice, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) re...
U.S. Stroke Deaths Fall, But New Rise in Strokes Is Likely
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- January 9, 2023
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U.S. stroke deaths have dramatically declined in the past several decades. But, researchers caution, their new study also found the potential for a resurgence.
“After nearly four decades of declining stroke-related mortality, the risk appears to be increasing in the Un...
Letting Doctors Know a Patient Has Overdosed Might Curb Opioid Overprescribing
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- January 9, 2023
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One low-cost intervention could make a difference in America's epidemic of opioid overdoses, a new study suggests.
When health care providers were notified that one of their patients had died from an overdose, they wrote fewer opioid prescriptions for up to a year later....
Another Big Drop in U.S. Life Expectancy in 2021
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- December 22, 2022
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The average American's expected life span at birth took another big hit in 2021, according to final data on death rates for that pandemic year.
Whereas in 2019 the average American could have expected to live an average of 78.8 years, life expectancy declined to 77 yea...
Homicide a Leading Cause of Death for Kids, Teens
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- December 19, 2022
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Homicide has become a leading killer of children, with guns being the most common weapon used in their deaths, a new study shows.
The overall rate of homicides in children has grown about 4.3% each year for a decade, with a steep rise seen between 2019 and 2020, when th...
U.S. Deaths Drop in 2022, But Still Higher Than Pre-Pandemic Levels
- Cara Murez and Robin Foster HealthDay Reporters
- December 15, 2022
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More than two years after the pandemic began, there is a bit of good news on death rates in the United States: They should be lower this year than during the past two years once final numbers are tallied.
Still, they have not dropped to levels seen before COVID swept acr...
Pandemic's Two-Year Global Death Toll May Be Close to 15 Million
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- December 14, 2022
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Almost 15 million people likely died as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021, nearly three times more than previously reported, a new World Health Organization study estimates.
The researchers said the COVID-19 pandemic caused about 4.5 million more deaths ...
1 in 5 People Saved by CPR Recall 'Lucid Dying'
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- November 7, 2022
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People have long talked about having near-death experiences in which they felt they were looking down on themselves while others tried to save them.
Now researchers have documented some of those experiences. In a new study, investigators found that about 20% of patients...
Physicians Say Faulty Oxygen Devices Put Lives in Peril
- Cara Murez and Robin Foster HealthDay Reporters
- November 3, 2022
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Faulty readings by pulse oximeters may have resulted in more COVID deaths among minorities, doctors warned in testimony before a U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel this week.
Pulse oximeters are small devices that read a person's blood oxygen levels via a ...
Most Pregnancy-Related Deaths in U.S. Could Have Been Prevented
- By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- September 20, 2022
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More than four out of five pregnancy-related deaths in the United States could have been prevented, according to a new federal government report.
Second Person in U.S. Dies After Monkeypox Diagnosis
- By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- September 9, 2022
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A second person in the United States infected with monkeypox has died in California.
As in the earlier case in Texas, public health officials are inve...
Brain Study Shows How Fentanyl Kills
- By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter
- August 31, 2022
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Fentanyl, the synthetic opioid that's driving a surge in drug overdose deaths, kills by stopping breathing even before someone loses consciousness, a new study reveals.
To come to that conclusion, res...
First U.S. Monkeypox Death Reported in Texas
- By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- August 30, 2022
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A Texas patient who was infected with monkeypox has died, though state health officials said Tuesday it's too early to say what role the virus may have played in the death.
The adult, who di...
Wife of California Congressman Died After Using Herbal Remedy for Diabetes, Weight Loss
- By Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- August 25, 2022
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Lori McClintock, the wife of Northern California congressman Tom McClintock, died late last year after taking white mulberry leaf, a herb used to treat diabetes, obesity and high cholesterol, a...
Michigan Officials Puzzled by Mysterious Deaths of 30 Dogs
- By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter
- August 24, 2022
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Health authorities are investigating a parvovirus-like illness that has killed more than 30 dogs in northern Michigan, most within three days.
The dogs died in Otsego County after showing symptoms such as vomiting and bloody stool, signs of canine parvovirus, but tests w...
U.S.-Russia Nuclear War Could Leave 5 Billion Dead Due to Famine
- Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter
- August 10, 2022
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Even a "small" nuclear war, far short of a global conflict, could kill much of the world's population due to starvation, a new study projects.
Any nuclear war would have obviously devastating effects in the places where it was waged — obliterating cities, instantly kil...
Scientists Restore Some Function to Pig Tissues 1 Hour After Death
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- August 3, 2022
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Minutes after a heartbeat stops, a massive series of disastrous events triggered by lack of blood flow begins to destroy a body's cells and organs.
This chain of events had been thought to be inevitable and irreversible. Now, a new animal study shows that
Wave of Opioid Overdoses Expected to Hit U.S. Rural, Urban Areas
- By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- July 29, 2022
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Experts predict opioid overdoses will climb in both rural and urban areas because of the l...
Grief Can Be Heartbreaking for People Battling Heart Failure
- Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter
- July 6, 2022
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Can someone really die of a broken heart?
If that person has serious heart disease, new Swedish research suggests the a...
How Grief Harms the Body After a Spouse's Death
- By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter
- June 17, 2022
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Heartache and heartbreak are apt terms for the intense grief caused by losing a spouse.
A new study says such a loss can lead to major health problems and even death, and the paper may help explain why that happens.
When faced with stressful situations, grieving sp...
'Tragic Milestone': 1 Million American Lives Lost to COVID-19
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- May 12, 2022
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It's a number many Americans have grimly expected but may still find hard to comprehend: Over one million of their fellow citizens killed by COVID-19.
"Today, we mark a tragic milestone: one million American lives lost to COVID-19," President Joe Biden remarked in a
U.S. Gun Homicides Jumped to Highest Level in 25 Years During Pandemic
- Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter
- May 10, 2022
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During the first year of the pandemic, the number of Americans felled by gun violence reached a level not seen since 1994, a new government report shows.
From 2019 to 2020, the rate of murders involving guns rose by nearly 35%, the highest logged in more than 25 years.
WHO Says Pandemic Death Total Far Higher Than Reported in Many Countries
- By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter
- May 5, 2022
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In an estimate that far exceeds reported totals, an expert panel appointed by the World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday that there were nearly 15 million more deaths worldwide during the first two years of the pandemic than would normally have been expected.
That...
Firearms Now the Leading Cause of Death Among U.S. Kids, Teens
- By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter
- April 22, 2022
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Guns have surpassed road crashes as the leading cause of death among U.S. children and teens.
Gun-related deaths rose 29% among 1- to 19-year-olds from 2019 to 2020, according to a new University of Michigan study. In all, there were more than 4,300 gun-related deaths - ...
U.S. Life Expectancy Drops for 2nd Year in a Row
- By Cara Murez and Robin Foster HealthDay Reporters
- April 8, 2022
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Researchers report that life expectancy in the United States dropped in 2021, continuing a troubling trend that began in the first year of the pandemic.
Specifically, average U.S. life expectancy tumbled from 78.86 years in 2019 to 76.99 in
Half of Americans Now Die With Dementia Diagnosis, Better Record-Keeping May Be Why
- By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- April 6, 2022
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A record number of American adults are now dying with a dementia diagnosis, new research shows.
Yet, that increase of 36% from two decades ago may have more to do with better record-keeping th...
U.S. Nursing Home Deaths Reach Lowest Levels Reported Since Pandemic Began
- By Cara Murez and Robin Foster HealthDay Reporters
- April 5, 2022
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Fresh government data shows that COVID deaths among nursing home residents data have fallen to the lowest levels seen since the pandemic began.
Some 67 residents died nationwide of COVID during the week ending March 27, according to the latest
Out-of-State Residents Can Now Seek Medical Aid in Dying in Oregon
- By Robert Preidt and Robin Foster HealthDay Reporters
- March 29, 2022
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Oregon will no longer require terminally ill patients to be residents of the state to use its law allowing physician aid in dying.
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Cancer Patients Vulnerable to Depression, Suicide
- By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter
- March 29, 2022
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Cancer can be a devastating diagnosis, and now two new studies show these patients are at increased risk for ...
Palliative Care Crucial After Severe Stroke, But Many Patients Miss Out
- March 16, 2022
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Landing in the hospital with a serious illness such as stroke can be one of the worst experiences of a person's life.
Why, then, do so few take advantage of a medical specialty aimed at easing pain and suffering during their hospital stay?
Palliative care professio...
COVID's Global Death Toll May Be 3 Times Official Numbers
- March 11, 2022
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If you think the reported worldwide death toll from the pandemic is already too high, new research suggests the number of excess deaths may be triple that of official estimates.
The official COVID-19 death toll between Jan. 1, 2020, and Dec. 31, 2021, was 5.9 million. Ho...
Heaters, Pools, Bed Rails: Household Dangers Can Kill Seniors
- March 9, 2022
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A new report delivers a troubling statistic: Seven in 10 consumer product-related deaths occur among those over 65, even though these people only account for 16% of the U.S. population.
Each year, consumer products are linked to roughly 3,800 deaths and nearly 3 million ...
Vitamins, Supplements Don't Guard Against Severe COVID
- February 22, 2022
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Remember when everyone was downing zinc supplements at the beginning of the pandemic, in hopes of guarding against a severe case of COVID-19?
New research suggests that folks may have wasted t...
Bob Saget Died From Severe Head Injuries, Autopsy Shows
- Cara Murez and Robin Foster
- February 14, 2022
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Comedian Bob Saget died after a severe blow to his head fractured his skull in several spots and caused bleeding across both sides of his brain, an autopsy report shows.
"It is most probable that the decedent suffered an unwitnessed fall backwards and struck the posterio...
U.S. Kids Still Dying From Toppling TVs, Furniture
- Robert Preidt
- February 4, 2022
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Before your eyes become glued to the Super Bowl or the Winter Olympics, make sure your TV and furniture are anchored to the wall to protect little ones from potentially deadly tip-overs.
Between 2018 and 2020, an average of 22,500 Americans a year required emergency depa...