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The overdose-reversing drug naloxone can help save the lives of people whose hearts have stopped due to an opioid OD, a new study shows.
Naloxone rapidly reverses opioid ODs by blocking the ability of opioids to bind with receptors in the brain, researchers said in background notes.
The drug typically saves lives by restoring normal breathing to a person who’s stopped breathin...
A new implant could help prevent overdose deaths by automatically administering the OD-reversing drug naloxone, a new study shows.
The implant, about the size of a stick of gum, is placed under the skin, where it monitors vital signs like heart rate and breathing, researchers say.
When the implant determines an OD has occurred, it rapidly pumps out a dose of naloxone, researchers sa...
Child safety experts have warned about the sometimes lethal dangers of toy water beads.
Now, a report finds a doubling in just one year of U.S. pediatric ER visits linked to the products.
“The number of pediatric water bead-related emergency department visits is increasing rapidly,†said study senior author
It's been a sweltering summer for much of the United States, and a new poll finds many people can recognize the signs of heat sickness if it strikes them or someone else.
However, many more don’t know crucial information that could help them during a heatwave, such as the location of cooling centers where they can seek relief from the pounding heat, researchers discovered.
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Folks nervous about administering a rescue shot for anaphylaxis finally have a new alternative in a nasal spray.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday announced that it has approved neffy, the first non-injected treatment for life-threatening allergic reactions.
The epinephrine nasal spray is for use by adults and children who weigh more than 66 pounds, the agency said.
This summer's blistering temperatures have helped prompt an emergency blood shortage, the American Red Cross has warned.
Heat waves affected almost 100 blood drives last month, either by hurting turnout or forcing the events to be canceled. Since July 1, the national blood supply has fallen by more than 25%, the organization said in a
Whites are three times more likely to survive a cardiac arrest after receiving bystander CPR than Black adults are, a new study has found.
Likewise, men are twice as likely to survive after bystander CPR than women, researchers found.
“CPR saves lives -- that, we know,†said researcher Dr. Paula Einhorn, a ...
The rate at which young Americans are ending up in hospital ICUs after using fake Oxycontin pills spiked with fentanyl is soaring, especially in the U.S. West, a new report warns.
Medical toxicology data from one unnamed hospital in the western U.S. found the number of cases involving overdoses involving fake "M-30" Oxycontin pills rose from just three in 2017 to 209 during 2022, accordin...
Americans' risk of dying in a firearm accident depends in large part on where they live in the United States, a new study finds.
People in Southeastern states like Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama run the greatest risk of a gunshot accidentally killing them, researchers said.
Meanwhile, the risk of accidental gun death is much lower in Northeastern states like Massachusetts, New Y...
Youngsters so sick they’ve needed treatment in an ICU appear to bear the scars of that experience years later, a new study finds.
Children and teenagers treated in an intensive care unit have a significantly higher risk of developing a mental illness as they grow up, researchers reported July 20 in the
More and more Americans who use "micromobility" transport, such as electric bikes and e-scooters, are motoring their way straight into the ER, new data shows.
In fact, the rate of e-bike injuries among Americans doubled each year between 2017 and 2022, reportED a team led by Dr. Adrian Fernandez, of the University of California, Sa...
It's a simple strategy that could deliver powerful health dividends: New research shows that giving cash to poor people could help them stay out of the ER.
In the study, investigators followed nearly 2,900 low-income people who applied for a lottery in the Boston area. Almost 1,750 of them got up to $400 per month from November 2020 through August 2021.
The results? Those who receiv...
Just two years after the launch of the nation's three-digit crisis hotline, more than 10 million calls, texts and chat messages have been fielded by counselors, U.S. health officials announced Tuesday.
Introduced in July 2022 to simplify emergency ...
Gun violence in the United States has become a national public health crisis, the U.S. Surgeon General declared Tuesday.
"Today, for the first time in the history of our office, I am issuing a Surgeon General's Advisory on firearm violence. It outlines the urgent threat firearm violence poses to the health and well-being of our country,"
For the first time since the pandemic, it got a little safer to cross America's streets in 2023, new statistics show.
According to data released Monday from the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA), 7,318 American pedestrians were killed by motor vehicles last year -- a dip of 5.4% from 2022 and the first such decline seen ...
For the fourth year in a row, rates of gun injuries stayed above levels seen before the pandemic, a new government report shows.
Race played a key role in who saw those higher rates of gun violence in 2023, the researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention noted.
"Annual rates among Black and Hispanic persons remained elevated through 2023; by 2023 rates in ot...
A new smartphone tool could help paramedics identify a stroke in seconds by scanning the patient's face.
The AI-driven tool analyzes facial symmetry and specific muscle movements to detect subtle signs of stroke, researchers explained.
"One of the key parameter...
Patients are less likely to fill prescriptions for the overdose-reversing drug naloxone when they have to shell out more at the pharmacy, a new study finds.
Naloxone (also known by the brand name Narcan) is a critical lifesaving tool in preventing deaths from opioid overdose, researchers said.
But about 1 in 3 naloxone prescriptions for privately insured and Medicare patients went u...
In a success story for Americans seeking affordable healthcare coverage, tax credits put in place during the pandemic helped millions gain health insurance, a new report found.
Trouble is, the credits are set to expire at the end of 2025, noted a research team from the nonprofit Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJ).
According to RWJ's
America's poison control centers are increasingly fielding calls on cases of deliberate or accidental poisonings that end in disability or death, a new report finds.
Researchers at the University of Virginia Health System reviewed more than 33.7 million poison exposures reported to the 55 poison centers in the United States between 2007 and the end of 2021.
Over that time, the...
Teens on the verge of falling asleep behind the wheel is a common threat to public safety on U.S. roadways, a new study reports.
About 1 in 6 teenage drivers say they've driven while drowsy, according to a National Sleep Foundation study presented Wednesday at the annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies in Houston. The research was also published in a special supplem...
About one in eight U.S. seniors will be treated for a traumatic brain injury, typically during a fall, a new study finds.
Medicare data shows that about 13% of seniors suffered a severe concussion during an average follow-up period of 18 years, researchers report.
Although these injuries...
In just one year, U.S. deaths linked to the use of all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) jumped by a third, according to the latest report from the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
With another summer set to begi...
Ambulances meant for people having a mental health crisis could help folks get the care they need with less confrontation and friction, a new study says.
People transported to the hospital by a "psychiatric ambulance"required fewer restraints or coercive ...
The rate at which Americans under the age of 65 suffered a stroke rose by about 15% between 2011 and 2022, new government data shows.
That was true even among the young: The rate of stroke jumped 14.6% among people ages 18 to 44 during the study period, researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found.
It's not clear why stroke rates have risen so sharply, ...
Only about half of Americans feel prepared to help someone during a medical emergency, a new poll finds.
Only 51% of Americans think they would be able to perform hands-only CPR to help someone who's collapsed. Similarly, only 49% feel they could step in and staunch serious bleeding, while 56% said they can help someone who's choking to death.
"Before emergency responders arrive, it...
TUESDAY, May 14, 2024 (HeathDay News) -- Following decades of declines, drowning deaths are once again climbing in the United States, new government data shows.
More than 4,500 people died from drowning each year in 2020 through 2022, 500 more per year than in 2019, researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found.
Increased access to basic swimming lessons...
Ascension, a major U.S. health care system with 140 hospitals in 19 states, announced late Thursday that a cyberattack has caused disruptions at some of its hospitals.
"Systems that are currently unavailable include our electronic health records system, MyChart (which enables patients to view their medical records and communicate with their providers), some phone systems, and various syst...
Many fewer Americans are falling prey to the most dangerous form of heart attack, a new study says.
STEMI (ST"segment-elevation myocardial infarction) heart attacks have declined by nearly 50% during the past 15 years in the United States, researchers found.
STEMI he...
At major medical centers across the southeast, 1 in every 20 visits to emergency departments involve people who are homeless or face "housing insecurity," a new U.S. study finds.
Concerns of suicide was the leading medical reason bringing these types of patients to the ER and many were uninsured, said a team reporting recently in the journal
Black and Hispanic Americans are gaining a better understanding of CPR, with a growing number expressing confidence they could use it to save a life, a new survey finds.
About 44% of Black Americans now feel confident performing conventional CPR, up from 30% just three years ago, the American Heart Association (AHA)
Last summer was a record-breaker for heat emergencies, so the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday launched a new online heat forecaster to help folks better prepare as summer nears.
People should rely on the well-established Heimlich maneuver to save a choking victim, rather than newfangled "anti-choking"devices, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says.
"The safety and effectiveness of over-the-counter anti-choking devices have not been established; they are not FDA approved or cleared,"the agency said in a
As climate change threatens another long hot summer for Americans, new data shows last summer's record-breaking temperatures sent a rising number of people to emergency departments.
At special risk of heatstroke and other heat-related issues: Working-age Americans, who often found the...
A total eclipse of the sun is coming up next week, and many folks don't know that watching it unprotected can cause permanent eye damage, a new survey finds.
Nearly 30% of Americans don't know that looking directly into a solar eclipse without proper eye protection can cause permanent distortions or blind spots in their vision, the researchers found.
"The survey results highlight th...
There's been a big push over the past few years to get automated external defibrillators (AEDs) installed in public spaces, to help save lives threatened by cardiac arrest.
Unfortunately, the devices are very seldom used.
A new study finds that in nearly 1,800 cases where cardiac arrest occurred outside of a hospital, AEDs were only utilized 13 times.
In many cases, the dev...
New research offers an easy prescription to get people to roll up their sleeves for a flu shot.
Just ask them to.
And then reinforce the invitation with a little video and print encouragement.
"Our study adds to the growing body of knowledge showing that a number of important public health interventions can and should be delivered to underserved populations in emergency ...
Americans living in areas where primary care doctors and nurse practitioners are in short supply face a greater risk for emergency surgeries and complications, new research shows.
They're also more likely to wind up back in the hospital after they've left it.
That's because serious health issues don't get addressed until they become emergencies, said lead study author
A "universal"antivenom can block the lethal toxins in the venoms of a wide variety of poisonous snakes found in Africa, Asia and Australia, researchers report.
The antibody protected mice from the normally deadly venom of snakes like black mambas and king cobras, according to findings published Feb. 21 in the journal ...
Falls, frostbite, fractures: They are all potential hazards of icy winter conditions. But experts say there's a lot you can do to avoid injury when snowflakes fall.
First, stay warm.
According to the New York City Department of Health, people lose the bulk of their body heat through their heads, so scarves, hats and hoods are essential.
Other trouble spots -- ...
The care you receive in a medical emergency may hinge strongly on where you are when you need it.
That's a key takeaway from a comprehensive review of the nation's emergency medical service (EMS) systems by researchers at Icahn School of Medicine of Mount Sinai in New York City.
They found that EMS agencies that responded in mostly rural areas were less likely to treat low blood sug...
CPR can save lives, but its ability to restore heart function goes from slim to none in a shockingly short time, a new study finds.
How short? A person's chance of surviving cardiac arrest while receiving CPR declines from 22% after one minute of chest compressions to less than 1% after 39 minutes of compressions, researchers report Feb. 7 in the BMJ.
Meanwhile, the chance ...
Unprovoked shark attacks increased slightly worldwide last year, but twice as many people died from shark bites as the year before, new data show.
There were 69 unprovoked shark attacks in 2023, higher than the five-year average of 63 attacks per year, according to the University of Florida's International Shark Attack File.
Patients who are bleeding out have a better chance of surviving if they're given whole blood transfusions, a new study shows.
Traditionally, patients with significant bleeding are given transfusions of specific blood components -- red blood cells, plasma and platelets that have been separated out from whole blood.
But researchers found that early whole blood transfusions were associ...
The health dangers posed by colorful detergent pods continues to plague young children, a new study warns.
U.S. poison control centers still receive one call every 44 minutes about a young child who's been harmed through exposure to a liquid laundry detergent pod, researchers report.
The steady stream of calls is evidence that voluntary standards adopted by detergent manufacturers i...
Electric scooters might seem a fun way to zip about, but they're also a pricey hazard to riders' health, a new study argues.
Orthopedic treatment for 82 patients injured in e-scooter wrecks averaged more than $28,400 per person, as doctors labored to mend broken bones and dislocated joints.
"E-scooters go up to 20 miles per hour, but people are allowed to ride them on sidewalks with...
When you're looking for a cheap and easy way to get around town, which is safer -- a scooter or a bike?
A nationwide look at injuries related to both suggests biking may be the safer way to go.
UCLA researchers report that scooter injuries nearly tripled across the U.S. between 2016 and 2020, many serious enough to require orthopedic and plastic surgery. The cost of treating those i...
Three twenty-somethings in Chicago took a street drug they thought was a harmless form of Xanax.
All three were found collapsed and unresponsive eight hours later by one of their mothers, who had them rushed to the hospital.
After multiple seizures, fever and heart damage, all three are thought to have recovered, but not before spending many days hospitalized.
According to a n...
Because athletes young and old can suffer cardiac arrest, some states have mandated the placement of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in gyms, stadiums and other sports venues.
But a new study finds the use of AEDs by bystanders for cardiac arrest at athletic sites didn't improve much after states enacted these laws.
The bottom line: "Legislative efforts alone may not be suf...
When hospitals support trauma survivors' mental health during and after treatment, patients are less likely to return in crisis, researchers report.
There's no uniform guidance on how to offer mental health services to these patients, noted lead study author Laura Prater.
Fewer hospital readmissions are a good sign that people's menta...