insert_link Health & Wellness These Common Household Toxins are impacting Your Child’s Brain Development Two everyday substances — flame retardants and pesticides— are responsible for millions of lost IQ points and intellectual disabilities among children, new research has found. The Jan. 14 study, published in the journal Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, examined data from the Centers for Disease Control’s National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, which included urine and blood samples from women of reproductive age, as well as from children under the age […] todayJanuary 30, 2020
insert_link Health & Wellness The Worst Health and Wellness Trends of 2019 Everyone is buying into the wellness culture. The industry is worth $4.2 trillion, according to the Global Wellness Summit’s 2019 report. But some of those trends that were at best bogus, at worst downright dangerous. CBD / Cannabidiol. The short definition is that it’s a non-psychoactive compound found in marijuana and hemp. Someone, somewhere, claimed that CBD is a great way to treat things like stress, muscle soreness, and […] todayJanuary 1, 2020
insert_link Health & Wellness Anal Cancer Deaths Are Rising In the U.S.—Here’s How to Spot the Symptoms Cases of anal cancer are increasing in the U.S., according to new research—and more people are dying of the disease. For the study, which was published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, researchers looked at trends in anal cancer cases over 15 years. During that time, they detected about 69,000 cases and more than 12,000 deaths. Cases of squamous cell carcinoma of the anus increased 2.7% each year, […] todayNovember 26, 2019
insert_link Food & Drink Food Safety Alert: E. Coli Outbreak Is Linked To Romaine Lettuce From California The CDC issued a food safety alert last week advising people not to consume romaine lettuce from the Salinas, CA, region following 40 reported cases of E. coli. In the alert, the CDC advised that people not eat and businesses not sell any romaine products that have been labeled as created in (or partly in) Salinas. This includes all types of whole heads of romaine, hearts of romaine, and packages […] todayNovember 25, 2019
insert_link Tech Made Simple Apple to Ban Vaping Apps From Its Store The website Axios broke the news that due to the mounting health concerns over e-cigarettes, Apple will remove all 181 vaping-related apps from its mobile App Store. The move comes after at least 42 people have died from vaping-related lung illness, per the CDC. Most of those people had been using cartridges containing THC, though some exclusively used nicotine cartridges. While Apple has never allowed the sale of vape cartridges […] todayNovember 19, 2019
insert_link Health & Wellness Rising Concerns about Vaping leads to Apple Banning E-Cig Apps from their Store The website Axios broke the news that due to the mounting health concerns over e-cigarettes, Apple will remove all 181 vaping-related apps from its mobile App Store. The move comes after at least 42 people have died from vaping-related lung illness, per the CDC. Most of those people had been using cartridges containing THC, though some exclusively used nicotine cartridges. While Apple has never allowed the sale of vape cartridges […] todayNovember 19, 2019
insert_link Health & Wellness HEALTH ALERT: Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Papayas from Mexico Salmonella linked to papayas imported from Mexico have infected dozens of people in at least eight states in the last six months, according to the Centers for Disease Control. The 62 cases stem from a strain called Salmonella Uganda, which were reported from Jan. 14 to June 8, but mostly concentrated in April, according to a statement the agency released Friday. "Whole, fresh papayas imported from Mexico and sold in […] todayJuly 1, 2019
insert_link Food & Drink FOOD SAFETY ALERT: Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Papayas from Mexico Salmonella linked to papayas imported from Mexico have infected dozens of people in at least eight states in the last six months, according to the Centers for Disease Control. The 62 cases stem from a strain called Salmonella Uganda, which were reported from Jan. 14 to June 8, but mostly concentrated in April, according to a statement the agency released Friday. "Whole, fresh papayas imported from Mexico and sold in […] todayJuly 1, 2019
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