CVS Pulls Phenylephrine Cold Meds; Doc’s Murder/Suicide; Red Meat and Diabetes

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CVS will stop selling widely used non-prescription cold medicines that contain the decongestant phenylephrine, a decision that came just a month after an FDA advisory committee concluded that many of the products don’t work. (CNBC)

A Michigan nursing student was killed by her doctor/ex-boyfriend in a murder-suicide. (People)

Gaza’s medical system is collapsing. (Washington Post)

Meanwhile, attacks on health systems in conflict zones have become more common over the past decade. (NBC News)

A former employee of a McKesson drug distribution center in New Castle, Pennsylvania, has been charged with tampering with consumer products after he allegedly replaced oxycodone with aspirin and acetaminophen. (Pittsburgh Union Progress)

Canada’s medical assistance in dying law will be expanded to include people with substance use disorders, a move drug-user advocates liken to eugenics. (Vice)

Older adults are particularly vulnerable to a warming climate, a problem that could be helped by designing and constructing better buildings. (STAT)

People living alone have a higher risk of cancer mortality. (Cancer)

NIH researchers have developed a smart-phone app that quickly analyzes human motion to aid physical rehabilitation.

Early clinical results of AI-designed drugs have yet to live up to the hype. (Endpoints News)

People who consumed more than one serving of red meat daily had a 50% higher risk of type 2 diabetes. (American Journal of Clinical Nutrition)

Flu activity is 66% lower this year compared with 2022, suggesting a return to the pre-pandemic norm of a two-wave flu season. (Becker’s Hospital Review)

Considered hazardous waste, disposable e-cigarettes cannot be thrown in the trash or recycled — so what happens with them? (AP)

A viral TikTok video became a sounding board for frank conversations about sexually transmitted infections. (NBC News)

Ultra-processed foods that contain “feel-good chemicals” could be as addictive as nicotine. (Fox News)

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