Flu season is imminent, and CDC continues to remind that everyone 6 months and older to get vaccinated. It’s too soon to know whether the strains will be as bad as last year, but even when flu activity is low, people get sick. WebMD Health
The better the weather, the more active seniors are, researchers say. WebMD Health
Residents of for-profit nursing homes have almost twice the risk of health problems linked to neglect compared with people who live in nonprofit homes, researchers say. WebMD Health
Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, 88, told “friends and fellow Americans” in a letter Tuesday that her doctors diagnosed her with the beginning stages of dementia “some time ago.” WebMD Health
Children who have autism or other developmental delays have a greater risk of being overweight or obese by age 5, a study has found. WebMD Health
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service has found more than a dozen food manufacturers in the U.S. received vegetables from McCain that were potentially contaminated with salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes bacteria. WebMD Health
In a recent study, every person out of the group of 8 had small bits of plastics in their stool, researchers said. More than 95 percent of the particles came from plastics used in food packaging and storage. WebMD Health
Research at Emory University suggests that dogs have at least a basic ability to recognize words they’ve been taught, and to distinguish between words they’ve heard before and those they haven’t. WebMD Health
It’s now estimated that 4 million to 6 million children under the age of 18 have food allergies, meaning 1 in every 13 children are restricted in what they can safely eat. WebMD Health
Between 2013 and 2016, the FDA found that supplement brands contained one or more of four unapproved stimulants. Despite public notice warnings from the agency, three-quarters of the supplements still contained at least one prohibited stimulant in 2017. And half contained two or more. WebMD Health