Lead in Lipstick: Health Hazard Or Not A Concern?
By Kathleen Doheny
Valentine’s Day 2012 and its kisses are history, but the lipstick debate continues.
Is the lead in lipstick a health hazard?
According to the FDA, lead in lipstick is not a concern. In its 2010 analysis of… Continue reading
Patients Suffer as Drug Shortages Snowball
By Daniel J. DeNoon
Deathly ill patients, many of them children, aren’t getting the drugs they desperately need.
Why? The drugs — most of them sterile, injectable drugs used to treat cancer or infections or for anesthesia during operations —… Continue reading
Whitney Houston’s Death: Is Prescription Drug Overdose to Blame?
By Michael Smith, MD
Chief Medical Editor, WebMD
Given Whitney Houston’s past struggles with drug addiction and the fact that she was so young, many were quick to turn to drug overdose as the most likely cause of her very… Continue reading
Whitney Houston’s Death
Many are pausing this morning to remember Whitney Houston, 48, who died yesterday at a hotel in Beverly Hills. The cause of death has not been determined.
According to the Los Angeles Times, an autopsy will be conducted with results expected within the next… Continue reading
Drop in Teen Pregnancy Due to Birth Control
by Daniel J. DeNoon
There’s good news from researchers at the Guttmacher Institute. “Only” 7% of teens and “only” about 16% of sexually experienced teens got pregnant in 2008, the most recent year for which data is available.
It’s good… Continue reading
Pet Turtles Linked to Salmonella…Again
By Brianne Moore
If your kids are turtle lovers, you might want to make sure they keep their hands clean: CDC and the Pennsylvania State Health Department are investigating an outbreak of human salmonella associated with pet turtles.
Though cute… Continue reading
Pet Turtles Linked to Salmonella…Again
By Brianne Moore
If your kids are turtle lovers, you might want to make sure they keep their hands clean: CDC and the Pennsylvania State Health Department are investigating an outbreak of human salmonella associated with pet turtles.
Though cute… Continue reading
FDA: OJ OK
by Daniel J. DeNoon
Worried about a banned fungicide in your morning glass of orange juice?
Relax, says the FDA. Tests of OJ already in the U.S. clear the juice of danger. From now on, the FDA will only be… Continue reading
Magic Mushrooms for Depression?
By Daniel J. DeNoon
Psilocybin — the psychedelic drug from magic mushrooms — is back in the news.
A study to be published this week suggests the drug improves people’s sense of wellbeing, and might be a useful treatment for… Continue reading
Joe Paterno Dies of Lung Cancer
By Michael Smith, MD
WebMD Chief Medical Editor
When news broke that former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno had died just two months after announcing he had lung cancer, it took us by surprise.
Until his firing after the… Continue reading
Joe Paterno Dies of Lung Cancer
By Michael Smith, MD
WebMD Chief Medical Editor
When news broke that former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno had died just two months after announcing he had lung cancer, it took us by surprise.
Until his firing after the… Continue reading
Autism Diagnosis Change: What Does It Mean?
By Daniel J. DeNoon
A story in today’s New York Times sounds an alarm for parents of children with autism — particularly kids at the high-functioning end of the autism spectrum.
The article points to a study suggesting that proposed… Continue reading
Readers’ Type 2 Diabetes Questions Answered
Following her admission that she has type 2 diabetes, Paula Deen’s become a hot topic of conversation and debate—as has her condition. We asked our Facebook fans if they had any questions about type 2 diabetes. WebMD’s Brunilda Nazario, MD,… Continue reading
Readers’ Type 2 Diabetes Questions Answered
Following her admission that she has type 2 diabetes, Paula Deen’s become a hot topic of conversation and debate—as has her condition. We asked our Facebook fans if they had any questions about type 2 diabetes. WebMD’s Brunilda Nazario, MD,… Continue reading
Paula Deen Has Diabetes
By Michael Smith, MD
WebMD Chief Medical Editor
OK, let’s get it out of the way. No, it’s no huge surprise that the queen of Southern food has type 2 diabetes. But it’s still upsetting news to me –… Continue reading
ADHD Drug Shortages: Update
By Daniel J. DeNoon
Some good news on the ADHD drug shortage front. The FDA says that the situation is a bit better now than it was earlier this month.
In December, the FDA warned that several types of stimulant… Continue reading
Orange Juice Safe — At Least Some of It
by Daniel J. DeNoon
OJ is OK, the FDA now says. Or at least some of it is.
The agency has retested three of 31 samples of imported orange juice that earlier tests suggested might be contaminated with a fungus-killing… Continue reading
Stressed in the U.S.: Who’s at Risk?
By Daniel J. DeNoon
Who’s stressed in the U.S.?
There’s lots of stress to go around, finds the latest stress survey from the American Psychological Association. The Harris survey samples 1,226 U.S. residents last August and September.
One in five… Continue reading
Fungicide Found in Orange Juice
by Daniel J. DeNoon
A banned fungicide has turned up in some orange juice sold in the U.S.
The warning comes in a letter the FDA this week sent to the Juice Products Association, an industry group. A juice company… Continue reading