07Nov 2023 by Janice Holland
2 more companies recall fruit puree pouches over potential lead contamination

2 more companies recall fruit puree pouches over potential lead contamination

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Federal health officials are expanding an investigation into potentially lead-tainted pouches of apple cinnamon fruit puree marketed for children amid reports of more illnesses and additional product recalls.The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Friday it has received reports of seven illnesses in at least five states possibly linked to contaminated puree.Two new companies, Schnucks Markets of St. Louis and Weis Markets of Sunbury, Pennsylvania, announced recalls of certain cinnamon applesauce products because they may contain high levels of lead. WanaBana of Coral Gables, Florida, previously recalled of all lots and expiration dates of its apple cinnamon fruit puree.Eating the contaminated products could result in “acute toxicity,” FDA officials said. Parents and caregivers should not buy or serve the cinnamon applesauce products, which are sold through multiple retailers, including Amazon, Dollar Tree and at Schnucks and Eatwell Markets…
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07Nov 2023 by Janice Holland
Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin returns to Cincinnati, 10 months after collapse

Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin returns to Cincinnati, 10 months after collapse

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Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin returned to Cincinnati on Sunday night, about 10 months after he collapsed and nearly died during a nationally televised game.Hamlin, 25, went into cardiac arrest early in the Bills-Bengals “Monday Night Football” matchup at Cincinnati’s Paycor Stadium on Jan. 2, leading the crucial Week 17 game to be declared a no contest.He was rushed to the hospital in critical condition and has since been cleared to play football again.Hamlin has been effusive in his appreciation of the Bills’ medical team and first responders in Cincinnati who played key roles in saving his life.He has started a charitable foundation to award scholarships to needy children in Cincinnati.Hamlin was not on the active roster for Sunday night's game. He's played sparingly this season, getting into just one…
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07Nov 2023 by Janice Holland
8 ways to slow your biological aging

8 ways to slow your biological aging

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A 41-year-old who follows most of the guidelines for a healthy heart may have an actual biological age of 36. Then there’s the 53-year-old who doesn’t get enough sleep, doesn’t exercise regularly and has high levels of bad cholesterol who may actually have a biological age closer to 57, according to a new analysis presented at the annual meeting of the American Heart Association on Monday.Biological aging may be slowed significantly when people adopt the eight behaviors recommended by the heart association, dubbed “Life’s Essential 8,” the report from Columbia University researchers found.Data from more than 6,500 adults showed there could be up to five years’ difference between people’s chronological age and their biological age, also known as phenotypical age, if they incorporate all eight recommendations into their daily lives.Phenotypical…
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06Nov 2023 by Janice Holland
Gay couples turn to crowdfunding to raise money for fertility costs

Gay couples turn to crowdfunding to raise money for fertility costs

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The high cost of surrogacy, an increasingly popular option for couples looking to expand their families biologically, has led some prospective same-sex parents to turn to crowdfunding. Kyle and Jack Maurelli, a gay couple living in New York state, began a GoFundMe campaign in July after their insurance company told them they didn’t qualify for the infertility coverage necessary to cover the cost of an embryo transplant. Having a baby through surrogacy can cost up to $250,000, according to Family Equality, a nonprofit that advocates for LGBTQ families. “We successfully created embryos, however, our path to parenthood has been fraught with financial challenges due to the exorbitant expenses associated with fertility treatments like surrogacy and in vitro fertilization (IVF),” the Maurellis, who married in 2019, wrote on their GoFundMe page. “Despite both…
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06Nov 2023 by Janice Holland
Tyson is recalling nearly 30,000 pounds of its dinosaur-shaped nuggets

Tyson is recalling nearly 30,000 pounds of its dinosaur-shaped nuggets

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Tyson Foods is recalling nearly 30,000 pounds of one of its products — dinosaur-shaped chicken nuggets — after some consumers reported finding small metal pieces, the Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced Saturday.Tyson's Fully Cooked Fun Nuggets Breaded Shaped Chicken Patties.U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service The recall is specifically for the 29-ounce plastic bags of the product officially called Fully Cooked Fun Nuggets Breaded Shaped Chicken Patties, the FSIS said in a release. Approximately 29,819 pounds of the Fun Nuggets are impacted, according to the release.The contaminated nuggets were made on Sept. 5, according to the release, and were shipped across the U.S. to distributors in Alabama, California, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia and Wisconsin.There was one “minor oral injury,” the FSIS said, but…
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06Nov 2023 by Janice Holland
Feeling angry may help people achieve their goals, study finds

Feeling angry may help people achieve their goals, study finds

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If you want to achieve your goals, get angry. New research indicates that anger can help people overcome challenges or obstacles that might get in the way of their ambitions.A study published this week in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology found that participants who completed a variety of challenging tasks in a state of anger performed better than participants who felt other emotions such as sadness, desire or amusement. Heather Lench, the lead author of the study and a professor of psychological and brain sciences at Texas A&M University, said the findings suggest that people can use anger as a motivator. “We found that anger led to better outcomes in situations that were challenging and involved obstacles to goals,” Lench said. But anger did not improve people’s performances when it came…
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05Nov 2023 by Janice Holland
When to come out of Covid isolation, according to experts

When to come out of Covid isolation, according to experts

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Covid symptoms may change, but the appearance of a pink line on a rapid test means one thing for sure: five days of isolation.The guidance, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has been in place since late 2021. At the moment, the agency doesn’t appear to be making any changes to the policy.But in some cases, telling people to isolate after a positive test may have an unintended effect. Dr. Victoria Valencia, interim director for the Health Center for Student Care at Tulane University in New Orleans, said that she and her staff saw an uptick in Covid when students returned to campus in August. But that is no longer the case, as students now tend to decline Covid testing. “Students are afraid of being diagnosed with Covid” because they…
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