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Any way you slice it, that’s a lot of medication—and a lot of opportunities for things to go wrong. That’s why health authorities are warning consumers about one common practice with prescription meds that could be putting you in harm’s way. They say that doing this one thing to your pills may harm your liver, and you should never do it without consulting your doctor first. RELATED: If You Feel This at Night, You Need to Get Your Liver Checked, Doctors Say....

The large-scale study, which was recently published in the journal BMC Medicine and conducted by researchers at the University of Oxford in the U.K., analyzed data collected from 116,806 adults in the U.K. Biobank from England, Scotland, and Wales between the ages of 37 and 73. Participants were asked to report all of the foods they had eaten in the previous 24 hours on two to five occasions, allowing researchers to identify which food groups and nutrients had been consumed....

On April 13, the CDC and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a joint statement that noted the risk of developing a type of blood clot called cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) in combination with low levels of blood platelets (thrombocytopenia) after receiving the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. The CDC site has now been updated to include symptoms of CVST to be aware of. “People who have received the J&J/Janssen COVID-19 vaccine within the past three weeks who develop severe headache, abdominal pain, leg pain, or shortness of breath should contact their health care provider,” the site warns....

RELATED: The IRS Says These People Must Return Their Stimulus Checks. On July 21, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that it was still sending out payments that were authorized in March under the American Rescue Plan. The tax agency specified that those who had recently filed their 2020 income taxes might be getting another stimulus check as part of a “plus-up” adjustment for anyone who initially received less than they are owed, reporting that 900,000 such payments totaling more than $1....

Keep reading to learn about the eight vaccine side effects the CDC wants you to pay attention to if you got the Johnson & Johnson vaccine recently. And for more recent vaccine side effect news, check out Pfizer Caused This Reaction in Half of Recipients, New Study Says. As the CDC and FDA learn more about these rare blood clots—which were found up to two weeks after the shot and in women between the ages of 18 and 48—the agencies are urging people to recognize any serious side effects that might otherwise be overlooked....

RELATED: If You See This Message on Your Roku, Report It Immediately, Experts Say. On Oct. 6, Dish TV announced that media company Tegna had removed local stations from its airwaves at 9 p.m. ET after it had demanded a massive fee increase for the right to carry them. The move leaves nearly 3 million Dish TV subscribers across more than 50 markets nationwide without access to major networks as the companies continue to clash....

RELATED: If You See This on Your iPhone, Don’t Click It, Experts Warn. In a press briefing released on Aug. 25, the FDA announced that the results of a recent study it conducted showed that high-powered magnets used in certain devices could create interference with implantable medical devices such as pacemakers and implantable defibrillators. In their research, the team tested all models of the iPhone 12 and Apple Watch 6, finding that they could trigger implants into a potentially dangerous situation....

Eve Bloomgarden, MD, assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Molecular Medicine at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, recently told AARP that doctors have been reporting “really impressive” rates of hyperglycemia and insulin resistance in COVID patients since the start of the pandemic. Read on to learn more about how this symptom presents itself so you know what to look out for, and for more signs you should be aware of, check out If You’re Over 65, Watch Out for This Subtle COVID Symptom....

The findings come on the heels of continued research from the GenOMICC Consortium, an international association of scientists that study the connections between severe illnesses and genes. These scientists compared the genes of more than 2,000 COVID-19 patients in Great Britain with those of healthy people, The Washington Post reports. Initial research from the same team, published in the journal Nature in October, pointed to those with type A blood being more likely to develop serious illness when infected with SARS-CoV-2, while those with type O blood were offered some form of effective protection from the disease....

RELATED: If You Notice This While Walking, It May Be an Early Sign of MS. Dysesthetic itching is a form of chronic neuropathic itching with no immediate physical cause. One study in the journal Seminars in Cutaneous Medical Surgery (SCMS) describes the condition as a sort of “sensory hallucination"or “signaling abnormality,” and explains that “the source of the problem is not where the symptoms are felt.” Along with neuropathic pain, dysesthetic itching is frequently identified in individuals with MS and certain other neurodegenerative disorders, thanks to abnormal nerve signals coming from the brain....

RELATED: If You Can’t Smell These 3 Foods, Get Checked for Parkinson’s, Experts Say. Experts say that excessive sweating—also known as hyperhidrosis—can have many underlying causes unrelated to Parkinson’s disease. However, you should be screened for PD if you notice this symptom along with any other signs of the illness. “Excessive sweating is a relatively common sign of Parkinson’s, particularly if the disease is untreated,” explains the American Parkinson Disease Foundation (APDA), noting that this symptom typically affects the upper body....

RELATED: This Was the First Sign of MS Sopranos Star Jamie-Lynn Sigler Noticed. For many MS patients, inflammation of the optic nerve, also known as optic neuritis (ON), is a common and often early symptom. The optic nerve connects the eye to the brain, which is what allows you to interpret visual information, the experts at Johns Hopkins Medicine explain. However, when the nerve is inflamed, it can lead to blurry or temporary loss of vision and pain in your eye....

The CDC warns on its website that the KN95 should never be used for layering. “Do not combine a KN95 mask with any other masks,” the site reads. “You should only use one KN95 mask at a time, and you should not use any type of second mask on top of or underneath a KN95 mask,” the health authority states. And while this particular model is the only mask flagged on the CDC site as a poor candidate for double-masking, CDC representatives have issued the same recommendation for similarly designed N95 masks....

In fact, people over 65 and their loved ones need to keep a lookout for one subtle symptom in particular that’s easy to miss but common in that age group, experts warn. To see which covert COVID symptom you can’t afford to miss, read on, and to learn about another sneaky symptom, check out If You’re Over 65, You Could Be Missing This COVID Symptom, Study Says. KHN says a subtle but important sign to catch is when seniors seem “off” and are not acting like themselves....

Read the original article on Best Life. Night sweats are typically an early sign of cancer, says Chun Tang, MRCGP, a general practitioner from Pall Mall Medical—but they can also be a side effect of some cancer treatments, he notes.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb According to Mehmet Oz, MD, a cardiothoracic survey specialist and host of The Dr. Oz Show, there are a series of cancers that present as night sweats early on: leukemia, lymphoma, carcinoid tumors, liver cancer, bone cancer, and mesothelioma....

Antoto-K announced that it had voluntarily pulled all lots of its Thumbs Up 7 Red 70K capsules from the market after it was discovered that the supplements may contain sildenafil and tadalafil—the active ingredients in prescription erectile dysfunction medications Viagra and Cialis, respectively—that are not disclosed on the product’s ingredients list.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb Despite being FDA-approved for use in those and other prescription erectile dysfunction medications, those ingredients are not FDA-approved when combined with the other ingredients in Thumbs Up 7 Red 70K’s formula, and thus classify as a new, unapproved drug when used in conjunction with said ingredients....

RELATED: If You’re Unvaccinated, You’re Banned From These Popular Destinations. Royal Caribbean International released a statement on June 28, stating that any unvaccinated passengers leaving on Royal Caribbean cruises sailing from Florida ports between Aug. 1 and Dec. 31 “will be required to get medical expense and evacuation insurance that covers a positive case.” Each unvaccinated guest 12 years and older must present travel insurance with a minimum of $25,000 per person in medical expense coverage and $50,000 per person for quarantine and medical evacuation related to a positive COVID test results, per the new guidelines....

RELATED: These Are the Only 2 Supplements That Help You Live Longer, Study Finds. The supplement aisle can be a daunting place, especially when the products for sale all claim health benefits in easy-to-take pill form. But if you notice the label has the words “pharmaceutical-grade” printed on it, you should avoid it, Ashley Jordan Ferira, PhD, RDN, explained during a podcast for wellness website Mindbodygreen.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb The reason this is a cause for concern involves the regulatory requirements set for supplements by the Food & Drug Administration (FDA)....

However, experts say that those trips still aren’t completely without risk, especially for those who aren’t yet two weeks out from the second dose of their Pfizer or Moderna vaccine, or two weeks from their single Johnson & Johnson shot. In fact, there are certain simple ways to help determine whether or not a trip to your local medical office is going to be a safe one. Read on to discover the signs you still shouldn’t set foot into a doctor’s office, according to a doctor....

On April 22, Cher returned to The Late Late Show with James Corden. As the interview began, Corden told Cher, “you smell like a million dollars,” to which she replied, “I know.” While he thought she smelled like rose petal and bergamot, Cher told Corden that she was wearing Cher Eau De Couture, the award-winning perfume she created. Then Cher shared her secret. “I always had this theory that if you smell like dessert, men won’t forget you,” she told Corden....