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Medical professionals are warning about the potential side effects of certain hair treatments after a young woman sustained kidney injuries after a session at a salon. A 26-year-old Tunisian woman suffered from three acute kidney injuries between June 2020 and July 2022, according to a piece that was published in the New England Journal of Medicine this month. The letter …

Drug overdoses reached a new high last year in the U.S., according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Nearly 108,000 people died from drug overdoses in 2022, the agency said. This was a marginal increase from 2021, when 106,669 people died of drug overdoses. ELON MUSK REVEALS WHY HE TAKES KETAMINE, DENIES ABUSING …

It sounds like the stuff of horror films — but for people who are afflicted with a rare disorder, it’s a terrifying reality. A condition called prosopometamorphopsia (PMO) causes facial features to appear distorted, according to researchers from Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. A study published in The Lancet revealed that a 58-year-old man reported seeing faces as distorted …

Cold therapy has been a popular health trend in recent years, but a new review suggests it might not live up to the hype — although others disagree. Medical researchers from the University of Warwick in the U.K. conducted a review of nine different studies of the Wim Hof Method (WHM), a health and wellness discipline that combines cold therapy, …

As marijuana legalization heats up the competition among vendors nationwide, some experts are warning about the sneaky side effects of smoking it. Daily weed smoking could cause complications for heart health, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association. Researchers at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) analyzed CDC data from 434,104 respondents …

A simple blood test could detect colorectal cancer (CRC) with more than 80% accuracy, according to a new study from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle, Washington. The study, published in The New England Journal of Medicine, included nearly 8,000 people between the ages of 45 and 84, a press release stated. The results from the SHIELD blood test …

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Monday it has proposed a ban on electrical stimulation devices intended to reduce or stop self-injurious or aggressive behavior. The health regulator said these devices present an unreasonable and substantial risk of illness or injury that cannot be corrected or eliminated through new or updated device labeling. Electrical stimulation devices administer electrical …

Time-restricted eating, a common weight-loss strategy often known as intermittent fasting, has been linked to a significantly higher risk of cardiovascular death. In a study published by the American Heart Association (AHA), a group of 20,000 adults who followed an eight-hour time-restricted eating schedule were found to have a 91% higher risk of dying from heart disease compared to those …

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Kate Middleton’s Friday video announcement of her cancer diagnosis may have shed some light on why she’s been out of the public eye lately — and there’s been an outpouring of support for her and the royal family ever since she spoke to the world via video. In her video message on Friday, Middleton revealed that after her recent abdominal …