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Category: 4. Health

  • Five Years On, TikTok’s Benadryl Overdose Challenge Endangers Teens

    Five Years On, TikTok’s Benadryl Overdose Challenge Endangers Teens

    Five years after the first reports of teenagers dying from trying TikTok’s viral ‘benadryl challenge,’ the videos encouraging teens to get high on benadryl are still trending and threatening kids’ lives. On Monday a South Carolina mother told WMBF that the challenge almost killed her 13-year-old daughter due to benadryl overdose.

    Tiktok Benadryl Overdose Challenge Harms 13-year-old

    Last week,…

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    News Source: www.forbes.com

  • Scientists finally reveal the hidden mechanism linking alcohol to fatty liver

    Scientists finally reveal the hidden mechanism linking alcohol to fatty liver

    Mayo Clinic researchers have pinpointed how excessive alcohol consumption contributes to fatty liver disease, a condition that affects more than one in three people in the U.S. Also known as Metabolic Dysfunction Associated Steatotic Liver Disease, it is a long-lasting disease that can lead to type 2 diabetes and even liver cancer. Excessive alcohol can contribute to this fatty disease as well — and Mayo Clinic researchers recently discovered a reason why.

    The researchers found that…

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    News Source: www.sciencedaily.com

  • New website tracks how Pennsylvania’s $2.2B in opioid settlement funds is being spent

    New website tracks how Pennsylvania’s $2.2B in opioid settlement funds is being spent

    Pennsylvania is due to receive US$2.2 billion dollars from the national opioid settlements, and a new database shows the public where that money is going.

    Starting in 2021, a national, bipartisan coalition of attorneys general, including now-Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, reached settlements with opioid manufacturers and distributors who had directly contributed to the opioid addiction crisis.

    That year, over 5,000 Pennsylvanians died from unintended drug overdoses. That number has…

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    News Source: theconversation.com

  • More Americans meet criteria for high blood pressure under new guidelines

    More Americans meet criteria for high blood pressure under new guidelines

    Nearly half of all Americans have high blood pressure – a condition called hypertension.

    Hypertension is the No. 1 risk factor for heart disease and stroke. In addition, hypertension increases risk of dementia and cognitive decline. Heart disease, stroke and dementia are the first-, fourth- and sixth-leading causes of death in the U.S. Unfortunately, only 1 in 4 people with a history of high blood pressure have this condition under control.

    In August 2025, the American Heart…

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    News Source: theconversation.com

  • Dr. Debra Houry, Previously The CDC’s Top Doc, Speaks Out

    Dr. Debra Houry, Previously The CDC’s Top Doc, Speaks Out

    When former CDC Director Susan Monarez, Ph.D., testified before the U.S. Senate three weeks after…

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    News Source: www.forbes.com

  • Alcohol’s hidden shortcut lets gut bacteria wreck the liver

    Alcohol’s hidden shortcut lets gut bacteria wreck the liver

    Alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) is a major cause of liver transplantation and death worldwide, and its impact is only growing. In 2022, the annual cost of ALD in the United States was $31 billion. By 2040, this number could be as high as $66 billion. ALD has limited therapeutic options, so scientists are looking for new ways to target the molecular biology of ALD to help prevent its occurrence or reduce its severity.

    Now, scientists at University of California San Diego School of…

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    News Source: www.sciencedaily.com

  • Why Hurricanes Are Bad For Your Heart

    Why Hurricanes Are Bad For Your Heart

    September is typically the peak month…

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    News Source: www.forbes.com

  • Wildfire smoke could kill 70,000 Americans a year by 2050

    Wildfire smoke could kill 70,000 Americans a year by 2050

    Wildfires burning across Canada and the Western United States are spewing smoke over millions of Americans – the latest examples of ashy haze becoming a regular experience, with health impacts far greater than scientists previously estimated.

    Although wildfires have long been part of life in the Western U.S., warmer, drier conditions are fueling bigger blazes that occur more often and for longer. Smoke from these blazes is spreading farther and lingering longer than in the past. In a Sept….

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    News Source: www.sciencedaily.com

  • Scientists discover microplastics deep inside human bones

    Scientists discover microplastics deep inside human bones

    The production and use of over 400 million tons of plastic each year has polluted beaches, rivers, and even the deepest parts of the ocean, reaching depths of up to 11,000 meters. In addition to visible environmental impacts, plastic contributes to climate change. It is estimated that plastic production generates 1.8 billion tons of greenhouse gases per year. Scientific evidence also suggests that using plastic materials in everyday life has impacted human health.

    A large number of plastic…

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    News Source: www.sciencedaily.com

  • Could plastic in your food be fueling Azheimer’s?

    Could plastic in your food be fueling Azheimer’s?

    Micro- and nanoplastics prevalent in the environment routinely enter the human body through water we drink, foods we eat, and even the air we breathe. Those plastic particles infiltrate all systems of the body, including the brain, where they can accumulate and trigger Alzheimer’s-like conditions, according to a new study by researchers in the University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy.

    After a previous study that showed how microplastics can infiltrate all systems of the body –…

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    News Source: www.sciencedaily.com