Health Headlines: Critical blood shortage/Full Body MRIs?/Narcan OTC/Ineffective cold medicine
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Your Doctor Friends want to help YOU feel more empowered to appraise health stories in the news. We picked 4 topics (that we came across either in our inboxes, in the news, or on social media) and digested them and are spitting that out to YOU, dear listener!
Honing your BS detector when it comes to health topics is HARD, and we are here to help!
This week’s HEALTH HEADLINES include:
The Red Cross announces a CRITICAL BLOOD DONATION SHORTAGE.
Kim Kardashian wants YOU to get a FULL BODY MRI scan!
Narcan (naloxone) is now over-the-counter. The power stop an opioid overdose is in your hands!
FDA panel declares that common OTC decongestant PHENYLEPHRINE DOESN’T HELP your cold symptoms!
Resources for today’s topics include:
Washington Post article: “Red Cross declares blood shortage, blaming weather, busy travel season.“
America’s Blood Centers and ADRP’s US Blood Donation Statistics and Public Messaging Guide.
Consider donating blood through the Red Cross!
You can check the blood donation eligibility guide to see if you can donate safely!
Kim Kardshian’s (lol who we wouldn’t consider a reputable scientific, evidence-based source, for the record) recent Instagram post about Prenuvo full body MRI scans.
New York Times article: “The New Status Symbol Is a Full-Body MRI.”
New York Times article: “Treating Overdoses Over the Counter“.
NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse – Naloxone DrugFacts.
SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) – Opioid Overdose Prevention Toolkit.
FDA Drug Advisory Committee press release on the effectiveness of phenylephrine, a common oral decongestant.
American Pharmacists Association article – “FDA advisers say oral phenylephrine is not effective as a nasal decongestant“.
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