WEDNESDAY, May 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Only 13% of American adults understand the purpose of the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline nearly a year after its widely publicized launch, a new survey from the Pew Charitable Trusts shows.“There is an opportunity and a need for state and local leaders to launch inclusive awareness campaigns in the months ahead,” lead researcher and Pew senior manager Tracy Velázquez said in a statement, CNN reported. “The federal government’s most recent investment into 988 shows a commitment to building a strong crisis care infrastructure in the country — one that is critically important, given the many people experiencing mental health and substance use issues,” Velázquez added.The 988 line began last year after it was changed from...

WEDNESDAY, May 24, 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- Mary "Micky" Foos was in her garage creating a TikTok video of her dancing when she felt like she was hit from behind by an out-of-control vehicle."I was expecting to turn around and see a truck through my garage door," the 25-year-old said. "But when I turned around, there was nothing there. I was so confused."The shock came from the defibrillator in her chest. The device saved her life by detecting an abnormal heart rhythm and correcting it.After the jolt, Micky's ears rang and she felt lightheaded. She stumbled into the kitchen and collapsed. Her roommates called 911.Micky had supraventricular tachycardia, an electrical problem with her heart that results in a fast heart rate. Doctors performed an ablation to destroy the...

WEDNESDAY, May 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Surviving a trip to the emergency room for an opioid overdose dramatically increases a patient's odds of dying in the year after, U.S. health officials reported Tuesday.Of nearly 287,000 emergency room visits in 2016, more than 8,300 were for opioid overdoses. Of these, nearly 500 patients were dead from a drug overdose in the following year and 400 died from other causes, according to a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention."If you're presenting in the emergency room, and you survived an overdose, you are at greater risk of dying of a drug overdose within a year of discharge," said lead researcher Merianne Spencer, an epidemiologist at the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics.Fentanyl was the cause of...

WEDNESDAY, May 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Tuesday that a salmonella outbreak involving 18 people in six states has been linked to Papa Murphy's raw cookie doughTwo individuals were hospitalized in connection with the infections, the CDC said in its alert. No one has died. Those sickened were in Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Utah and Missouri. Illnesses were reported between February and May, according to the CDC.In interviews with some of the sick people, the agency learned that several reported having eaten the dough. Investigators are now working to determine what ingredient within the dough may be contaminated.It’s likely that more people are ill in the outbreak than investigators know about because some...