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European Regulators Investigating Risk for Suicidal Thoughts With Popular Weight-Loss Drugs 1200 800 AEPC Health

European Regulators Investigating Risk for Suicidal Thoughts With Popular Weight-Loss Drugs

TUESDAY, July 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The European Medicines Agency is investigating concerns that popular weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Saxenda may be linked to suicidal thoughts and thoughts of self-harm. Three case reports…

Hitting the Headlines, Surprise & Confusion, Not a Drop, & Surprisingly So 2011 1491 AEPC Health

Hitting the Headlines, Surprise & Confusion, Not a Drop, & Surprisingly So

Say What? Imagine you just moved to Surprise City, AZ (yes, it’s a real place) and are spending Friday evening searching the internet for a primary care physician (PCP). Up pops the Surprise City Medical’s (SCM) website…

Access to Medical Marijuana Won’t Lower Use of Opioid Painkillers: Study 1200 800 AEPC Health

Access to Medical Marijuana Won’t Lower Use of Opioid Painkillers: Study

WEDNESDAY, July 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Medical marijuana is touted as a pain reliever, but in U.S. states where it’s legal, prescriptions for opioid or non-opioid painkillers haven’t decreased, a new study finds. According…

On the Road 2560 1706 AEPC Health

On the Road

What’s the best thing about July? For many Americans, it’s the Fourth of July, the federal holiday celebrating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. It’s a time to spend with family (that includes pets, too) and…

Infectious Disease Experts Update Rules on ‘Superbug’ Spread in Hospitals 1200 800 AEPC Health

Infectious Disease Experts Update Rules on ‘Superbug’ Spread in Hospitals

TUESDAY, June 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) — “Superbug” infections are increasing in U.S. hospitals, and a coalition of medical groups has now issued a set of updated recommendations to protect patients. These guidelines are meant…

PBM Reform: A Trojan Horse? 2560 1914 AEPC Health

PBM Reform: A Trojan Horse?

The legend of the Trojan horse is a great story of how an ingenious bit of trickery led to the end of the 10 year war between the Greeks and Trojans  sometime around 1200 B.C. The…

Cutbacks on Opioids Around Surgery May Do More Harm Than Good 1200 800 AEPC Health

Cutbacks on Opioids Around Surgery May Do More Harm Than Good

TUESDAY, June 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Many doctors have stopped giving opioids for pain, even during surgery, because of the opioid addiction crisis in the United States. But a new study questions the wisdom…

Baseless Bias, Pride & Prejudice, Being Dad & What’s Bugging You? 2560 1875 AEPC Health

Baseless Bias, Pride & Prejudice, Being Dad & What’s Bugging You?

Marking Milestones In the days of the Roman Empire, roads were marked by milestone markers set 1,000 paces apart. Made of stone or marble, the markers not only provided the distance to Rome or the…

Feds Urge States to Slow Down on Dropping Folks From Medicaid as Pandemic Relief Ends 1200 800 AEPC Health

Feds Urge States to Slow Down on Dropping Folks From Medicaid as Pandemic Relief Ends

TUESDAY, June 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) – Large numbers of people are losing their Medicaid health coverage as pandemic relief measures end, and the federal government is asking states to slow down the purging of…

Something in the Air 2560 1914 AEPC Health

Something in the Air

You may have heard the saying “Red sky at night, sailors’ delight; red sky in the morning, sailors take warning.” It’s an example of a way people tried to predict the weather long before the…

Health screenings with zero costs? Yes indeed! 2560 1707 AEPC Health

Health screenings with zero costs? Yes indeed!

CVS Health’s free, community-based health screening event, Project Health, is underway. These health screenings are available to anyone – no health insurance coverage needed! CVS Health is holding nearly 2,000 Project Health screening events across…

Loneliness Can Cut Survival After a Cancer Diagnosis: Study 1200 800 AEPC Health

Loneliness Can Cut Survival After a Cancer Diagnosis: Study

MONDAY, June 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) — There’s a “loneliness epidemic” in the United States, and feelings of isolation have been linked to heart disease, stroke and other health conditions. Now, new research suggests that…

On the Safe Side 2011 1491 AEPC Health

On the Safe Side

On the Safe Side “Ring Around the Rosie” is a well-known nursery rhyme and singing game in the U.S. and around the world. The rhyme first appeared in print in Kate Greenaway’s 1881 “Old Nursery…

FDA Issues Warning About Compounded Versions of Wegovy, Ozempic 1200 800 AEPC Health

FDA Issues Warning About Compounded Versions of Wegovy, Ozempic

WEDNESDAY, May 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) – Patients taking semaglutide for type 2 diabetes or weight loss should be careful about where they’re getting the medication, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned Tuesday. Shortages…

Don’t Say It, Don’t Post It 2560 1828 AEPC Health

Don’t Say It, Don’t Post It

Don’t Say It, Don’t Post It The lead-up to the long Memorial Day weekend started with the usual barrage of ads touting discounts on clothes, electronics and of course, mattresses. Menus for Memorial Day backyard…

More Older Americans Use Online Patient Portals to Access Care 1200 800 AEPC Health

More Older Americans Use Online Patient Portals to Access Care

WEDNESDAY, May 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Older Americans are increasingly likely to log into patient portals to access their health care information — but confidence levels vary, according to the results of the latest…

News to Know, Mental Health Matters, Scam Alert & Feeling Curious 2560 1914 AEPC Health

News to Know, Mental Health Matters, Scam Alert & Feeling Curious

How Are You? What’s your response to the question “how are you”?  Do you reply “fantastic”, “I am well, thank you for asking”, “great” or something in a similar vein? But is your response really…

Even After Pandemic, Cancer Patients Prefer Telemedicine Care 1200 800 AEPC Health

Even After Pandemic, Cancer Patients Prefer Telemedicine Care

TUESDAY, May 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) — During the early part of the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the only ways to see a doctor was via video or phone appointment, and it turns out many…

Lost Mothers, Mother’s Helper, Mama Don’t Cry, & Oh Mother 2560 1875 AEPC Health

Lost Mothers, Mother’s Helper, Mama Don’t Cry, & Oh Mother

Lost Mothers In 1964, the Beatles song, Can’t Buy Me Love was #27 on Billboard pop chart upon release. The song then jumped directly to #1 the following week, breaking the record for the biggest…

Should All U.S. Newborns Undergo Genomic Testing? 1200 800 AEPC Health

Should All U.S. Newborns Undergo Genomic Testing?

TUESDAY, May 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) — While newborns are only screened for about 60 treatable conditions, there are hundreds of genetic disorders that have targeted treatments. Now, a national survey of experts in rare…

Read the News, All the Lonely People, Help, Ticket to Ride 2011 1491 AEPC Health

Read the News, All the Lonely People, Help, Ticket to Ride

Only the Lonely Let’s start with a quiz! What are the answers to these three questions? 1. What is associated with a 29% increased risk of heart disease and a 32% increased risk of stroke?…

Why People Love Selfies: It’s Not About Vanity 1200 800 AEPC Health

Why People Love Selfies: It’s Not About Vanity

THURSDAY, April 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Selfie shots might seem shallow but they’re actually serving a deeper psychological purpose, a new study suggests. So-called “third-person” photos — shots taken to include the photographer, such…

In the Headlines, Mirror Mirror, More or Less, and Shades of Green 2560 1914 AEPC Health

In the Headlines, Mirror Mirror, More or Less, and Shades of Green

Pick a Word Pick a word – chubby, pudgy, stout, plump, or round. When used to describe a person’s body, these words reflect a negative view of an individual who is not thin/skinny. Americans have…

Lots of Older Americans Would Like to Take Fewer Meds, Poll Finds 1200 800 AEPC Health

Lots of Older Americans Would Like to Take Fewer Meds, Poll Finds

TUESDAY, April 25, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A new study finds that Americans over 50 are interested in cutting back on prescription medications, dovetailing with a movement toward “deprescribing.” About 67% said they would seek…

Hitting the Headlines, Last Call, Perspectives to Ponder and Drink Up? 2011 1491 AEPC Health

Hitting the Headlines, Last Call, Perspectives to Ponder and Drink Up?

Four Roses I remember my parents frequently saying that our next-door neighbor, Mr. T, a friendly and kind man in his early 70s, was “talking to the four roses.” I was only 8 or 9…

FDA Authorizes Spring COVID Booster for Certain Americans 1200 800 AEPC Health

FDA Authorizes Spring COVID Booster for Certain Americans

TUESDAY, April 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Seniors and people with weakened immune systems can get another booster dose of the bivalent COVID vaccine this spring, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday. Seniors…

News Break, My Way, Let’s Talk, You Don’t Say 2560 1875 AEPC Health

News Break, My Way, Let’s Talk, You Don’t Say

I Did It My Way Let’s face it, no one likes being told what to do. If you have ever heard the song My Way, first recorded by Frank Sinatra in 1969, you may remember…

Menthol Vapes Could Be Even More Toxic to Lungs 1200 800 AEPC Health

Menthol Vapes Could Be Even More Toxic to Lungs

TUESDAY, April 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Adding menthol flavoring to electronic cigarettes may damage your lungs more than regular e-cigarettes do, a new study reveals. The common mint flavoring helps deliver lots more toxic…

Hitting the Headlines, Refrigerator Mothers, Nickel & Dimed, and Ever Wonder? 2560 1708 AEPC Health

Hitting the Headlines, Refrigerator Mothers, Nickel & Dimed, and Ever Wonder?

Refrigerator Mothers April is Autism Acceptance month, sometimes referred to as Autism Awareness month. While current research supports that genetic and environmental factors are some causes of autism, the exact cause of autism remains unknown. But…

Drinking Alcohol Brings No Health Benefits, Study Finds 1200 799 AEPC Health

Drinking Alcohol Brings No Health Benefits, Study Finds

FRIDAY, March 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Dozens of studies have purportedly shown that a daily glass of wine or mug of beer could reduce your risk of heart disease and death. But these studies…

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