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READ THIS NEXT: Never Ignore Pain in This One Body Part, Experts Warn. Temporary numbness or neuropathy only occasionally suggests a medical emergency, but it’s important to recognize dangerous symptoms if they do arise. For instance, if you experience numbness in your face, it’s important to quickly rule out a stroke before considering other possibilities. Similarly, numbness in the arms can sometimes signal heart attack or stroke, meaning a prompt evaluation at the ER could be lifesaving....

If you start to experience itching at night, you should talk to your doctor. Itching is associated with liver disease, and it “tends to be worse in the late evening and during the night,” Healthline reports. According to Wendie A. Howland, RN-BC, a registered nurse and legal nurse consultant, one of the duties the liver is responsible for is breaking down and excreting substances your body doesn’t need through bile....

RELATED: If You Get an Email From the USPS With These 3 Words, Don’t Click on It. If you’ve received an email from Costco and T-Mobile in the last month or so, you’re not alone. Snopes, a fact-checking website, reported on Feb. 10 that it had reviewed multiple emails recently sent, claiming to be from both companies. The messages promise a “gift” or “exclusive reward,” with a subject line that usually reads “We have been trying to reach you—Please respond!...

RELATED: Pfizer CEO Just Predicted When the Pandemic Will Finally Be Over. Reuters reports CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) will meet on Oct. 20 and Oct. 21 to make recommendations on booster doses of the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines. That’s a week after the FDA committee will meet to discuss the need for boosters of the two vaccines, on Oct. 14 and Oct. 15. It’s similar to the schedule with the Pfizer booster’s EUA: the FDA board met on Sept....

READ THIS NEXT: If You Sleep in This Position, You Could Be Hurting Your Spine, Experts Warn. According to Duke Health, you should call a doctor about your back pain if it persists for longer than two weeks and prevents you from participating in normal, daily activities. You should also call your doctor any time back pain is severe. You should seek emergency care for your back pain in a few specific circumstances....

RELATED: If You Have This Hershey’s Product at Home, Don’t Eat It, FDA Says. According to a Facebook post from the company, Pure Eire Dairy is recalling its PCC Community Market brand yogurt after the Washington State Department of Health identified a potential E. coli bacteria contamination in the product. The company is now warning anyone who may have their yogurt on hand not to eat it, saying: “Out of an abundance of caution, we are voluntarily recalling all of our yogurt products and halting yogurt production until further investigations are conducted....

CLS Gourmet CL Saigon Food Company, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, recalled around 128,841 pounds of various meat products after they were shipped out without being subject to federal inspection. The breach in procedure was discovered after unchecked products were found in supermarkets, falsely labeled with inspection marks. Upon further investigation, the alert was expanded to 10 different products, all distributed between April 29, 2020 and Dec. 5, 2020. This includes different kinds of cooked and uncooked pork roll and paté....

A 2014 study published in Diabetologia, the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes, observed more than 80,000 women to determine the relationship between blood type and the risk for type 2 diabetes. During a follow-up where 3,553 participants had been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, the researchers found that those with a non-O blood type had a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes compared to those with blood type O....

Researchers sought to discover how blood type factors into heart attack risk, publishing their findings Jan. 23 in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, an American Heart Association (AHA) journal. The study, which analyzed more than 400,000 people, found that people with blood types A or B had a combined 8 percent higher risk of heart attack than those with blood type O.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb A similar study featuring more than 1.36 million people was done by the European Society of Cardiology in 2017....

RELATED: Don’t Eat Anything Made by This Company Right Now, FDA Says. On Oct. 2, 2021, the FDA announced that Bucksport, Maine-based Greenhead Lobster Products was recalling 5,749 pounds of frozen lobster meat. The affected products, which were distributed to retailers throughout the U.S., include 1- and 2-lb. clear bags of Greenhead Lobster Frozen Cooked Claw and Knuckle Meat; 2-lb. clear bags of Greenhead Lobster Frozen Cooked Broken Meat; 2-lb....

READ THIS NEXT: If You Have Any of These Ice Creams in Your Freezer, Don’t Eat Them, FDA Warns. Your freezer probably doesn’t get cleared often, but it could be stocked with recalled items. Over the last year, there have been several alerts from officials about various frozen foods. Back in January, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued two separate warnings about voluntary recalls for frozen food products: Lidl’s 12-ounce packages of frozen chopped spinach and Amy’s Kitchen Vegan Organic Rice Mac & Cheese....

RELATED: If You Have These 2 Popular Seasonings, Throw Them Out Now, FDA Says. On July 29, Wellington Brewery released a statement that advised anyone who purchased their Pinwheel Pineapple Gose beer that it’s been recalled. “During a routine quality control panel, we identified that some cans have undergone secondary fermentation, causing higher levels of CO2 in the cans, which has resulted in higher than normal internal pressure inside the cans,” the statement explains....

In fact, one area of the U.S. is about to see a major influx of snakes, experts say. Read on to find out where a huge number of snakes will be out in full force in the near future. RELATED: 5 Cleaning Habits That Attract Snakes. According to the United States Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service, Union County in Southern Illinois will soon see a massive number of snakes emerging from their habitats....

RELATED: These Popular Brands of Liquor Are Becoming Impossible to Find, Experts Say. Colorado’s bustling brewery culture has been hit hard by the pandemic: Nearly three dozen breweries have closed down in the state in the last 18 months, reports The Colorado Sun. ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb That’s part of the reason for the state’s beer shortage, but a bigger part seems to be linked to a beer can shortage. The Durango Herald says that local Colorado breweries, including Ska Brewing Co....

Researchers have found that one of these types, frontotemporal dementia (FTD), has a distinct symptom that may serve as an early warning sign. They say that individuals with this type of dementia “show a marked change in food preferences,” including a particular desire for one particular type of food. Read on to find out which craving may tip you off to a dementia diagnosis—and what other symptoms to look out for....

RELATED: Never Go in a Lake If You See This One Thing, Local Officials Warn. A rip current is simply a current that pulls you away from the shore, but anyone who has ever been caught in one knows that the reality is a lot scarier than that. To keep yourself safe, look out for any signs of a rip current before going into the ocean. According to Australia’s ABC News, these include darker colored water, fewer waves, and a rippled surface surrounded by smoother water....

RELATED: If You See This in a Hot Tub, Don’t Go In, Experts Say. There’s one particular smell that can tip you off to a serious danger while you’re swimming: ozone. According to the Illinois Extension at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, that ozone smell in the air is likely the result of a nearby storm; ozone gas can form when lightning separates the oxygen atoms within gaseous oxygen and they form a new gas composed of three oxygen atoms....

RELATED: If You Use This Common Medication, Call Your Doctor Now, FDA Warns. The FDA posted a new alert on April 12, warning consumers that stimulant medications are being illegally sold online. According to the notice, the FDA and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) have recently issued joint warning letters to the operators of two websites: Kubapharm.com and Premiumlightssupplier.com. The agency said the websites are illegally selling commonly used Schedule II stimulants, including amphetamine drugs marketed as Adderall....

RELATED: If You Use Any of These OTC Medications, Throw Them Out Now, Maker Says. On Oct. 12, the FDA announced that Teligent Pharma, Inc. was voluntarily recalling five lots of Lidocaine HCl Topical Solution 4%. The topical anesthetic, which is used to numb the mucus membranes in the mouth, nose, and adjacent portions of the GI system, was distributed in the U.S. and Canada. The prescription was packaged in 50-ml....

Method, a cleaning products company, recently announced that they were voluntarily recalling a small number of hand soap bottles for not “meeting [their] high quality standards.” The affected bottles contain Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacterium, a naturally-occurring bacteria which can cause infections in humans, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). And for more potentially contaminated products, These Two Common Bathroom Products Have Just Been Recalled. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is not typically harmful to the everyday person, but it could “pose a risk to individuals with compromised immune systems,” Method’s statement explains....