A warning about a dangerous food challenge issued by the US Food and Drug Administration has had the opposite effect — and instead spurred searches for it. Known as the “NyQuil chicken” or “sleepy chicken” challenge on TikTok and other platforms, the viral trend involves marinating chicken breasts in the cold and flu syrup and then eating the … Read more
If you drink alcohol, you’ve probably seen — or overlooked — warning labels on the back of bottles. But those labels haven’t been updated since the late 1980s. Now, researchers say they don’t adequately advertise alcohol consumption’s biggest potential health consequence: cancer, including breast cancer. In a perspective article in the New England Journal of … Read more
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The CDC is asking pediatricians to look for a rare, but serious respiratory infection in children. It’s not the flu or covid-19. It’s called Enterovirus D68, which can lead to a condition that causes paralysis. It’s tricky to diagnose because its symptoms mirror the common cold, with afflictions like runny nose, cough, … Read more
Piyata Touvre, 30, of Hokitika was found dead at a tanning salon in Swansea on May 28. photo / supplied Every year, otherwise healthy New Zealanders die without warning. The research hopes the new funding will prevent more deaths, writes health reporter Emma Russell. Efan Jones remembers saying goodbye to his 30-year-old wife and saying … Read more