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Overuse of smartphones can have a variety of side effects — but is brain cancer one of them?"Cell phones are ubiquitous, and concern about the radiation they emit can cause fear of brain tumor formation," said Dr. Paul Saphier, M.D., a neurosurgeon and founder of Coaxial Neurosurgical Specialists in New Jersey.Saphier addressed these concerns in a conversation with Fox News Digital.‘IS IT SAFE TO DRINK TAP WATER?’: ASK A DOCTORThe radiation emitted from cellphones is "within the radiofrequency region of the electromagnetic spectrum," Saphier said, hitting as high as 80 gigahertz (GHz) for 5G.  A neurosurgeon (not pictured) addressed concerns about smartphones and cancer risk in a conversation with Fox News Digital. (iStock)"This is … low frequency and low energy," the doctor said. "Es...

Boar's Head Provisions will no longer make liverwurst and is closing the Virginia facility at the center of a listeria outbreak that killed nine people and hospitalized at least 57 in 18 states, the producer of deli meats announced on Friday."We understand the gravity of this situation and the profound impact it has had on affected families. Comprehensive measures are being implemented to prevent such an incident from ever happening again," the company said in a statement posted on its website.The plant in Jarratt, Virginia, has not been operational since late July, when the company recalled millions of pounds of deli meat products after listeria was detected in liverwurst produced at the facility. Inspectors turned up dozens of violations at the plan...

Aging may not be quite as gradual as it seems.A new study from Stanford University in California has revealed that there are two periods when aging seems to accelerate.These two spurts tend to occur around age 44 and again at age 60, the study found.11 TIPS FOR ADULTS AGE 65 AND OVER TO ‘LIVE WELL’ OVER TIME, ACCORDING TO GERONTOLOGISTSIn the study, 108 participants ranging from 25 to 75 years old gave blood and biological samples over the course of several years, according to a Stanford University press release. A new study from Stanford University in California has revealed that there are two periods when aging seems to accelerate. (iStock)The researchers analyzed more than 135,000 molecules and microorganisms (bacteria, viruses and fungi), finding that most of them don’t change in ...

Opioid overdose deaths have dropped to the lowest they have been in three years, new estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggest, in the wake of a record surge of fatalities from the class of drugs that includes heroin and fentanyl during the COVID-19 pandemic. The CDC estimates that there were 75,091 opioid overdose deaths for the year ending in April 2024, according to provisional figures published this week by the agency. At its peak over last summer, the U.S. reached more than 86,000 estimated annual deaths. The pace of opioid overdose deaths still remains far worse than before the pandemic, when there were fewer than 50,000 fatal overdoses a year. Fatal overdoses from other groups of drugs, like cocaine and other stimula...

Join Fox News for access to this content Plus special access to select articles and other premium content with your account - free of charge. By entering your email and pushing continue, you are agreeing to Fox News' Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, which includes our Notice of Financial Incentive. Please enter a valid email address. Having trouble? Click here. Hair loss can be a frustrating byproduct of aging.About 70% of men will lose hair as they age, while half will experience hair loss by age 50, according to Cleveland Clinic.Approximately 80% of cases of male pattern baldness are due to genetic factors, studies have shown.Among women, up to 40% will have noticeable hair loss by age 50, UCLA Health reported.CURE FOR MEN'S HAIR LOSS COULD BE FOUND IN SUGAR STORED IN THE BODY, ...

Steward Health Care CEO faces contempt of Congress vote - CBS News Watch CBS News A vote is expected next week to hold Steward Health Care CEO Ralph de la Torre in contempt of Congress after he refused to appear at a hearing this week despite being subpoenaed to testify. This follows a nearly two-year CBS News investigation into how private equity investors and de la Torre siphoned hundreds of millions of dollars from Steward hospitals. Dr. Jon LaPook has more. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. ...

Study finds doctor are more to likely to give unnecessary c-sections to Black mothers Study finds doctor are more to likely to give unnecessary c-sections to Black mothers 01:16 BOSTON - A new report uncovered a disturbing racial disparity when it comes to C-sections, with doctors being more likely to perform them on Black mothers.In a large study of nearly 1 million births at 68 hospitals in New Jersey, researchers found that obstetricians ar...

DEA continues countrywide fentanyl awareness summits with event in Alhambra DEA continues countrywide fentanyl awareness summits with event in Alhambra 03:11 Fentanyl overdoses have become a leading cause of death for minors in the last five years or so, even as overall drug use has dropped slightly. In a 2022 analysis of fentanyl-laced prescription pills, the DEA found that six out of 10 contained a potentially lethal dose of the drug. And social media, where tainted, fake prescript...

An Arizona man got the surprise of a lifetime when he blew his nose and out popped a nearly 30-year-old Lego.Ben Havoc took to Instagram earlier this month to explain how a small Lego dot from the 1990s was finally dislodged.When he was about 6 years old, he stuck a tiny, circular Lego up his nose, he said in a video post.WOMAN OBSESSED WITH LEGOS BUILDS 6-FOOT-TALL DOGHOUSE FOR HER PETS: ‘SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND PIECES’"I don’t know why I did that," he laughed. "I was one of those children." An Arizona man (not pictured) got the surprise of a lifetime when he blew his nose and out popped a nearly 30-year-old Lego. (Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via Getty Images)After recognizing that the piece was too small for him to grab himself, Havoc sent a "little Lego man" on a "rescue mission" t...

An experimental weight-loss pill is showing promising results, helping people drop 13% of their body weight in a three-month period.The results from early clinical trials were presented by Novo Nordisk — the Danish drugmaker behind Ozempic and Wegovy — at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) annual meeting in Madrid this week.The drug, amycretin, works by replicating two hunger hormones — amylin, which regulates appetite and creates a feeling of fullness, and glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1), the same hormone that is used in Ozempic and Wegovy to suppress appetite and boost insulin secretion.'SIX-PACK SURGERY' GAINING POPULARITY AMONG MEN, SAY PLASTIC SURGEONS"Amycretin is the first treatment to harness the two distinct biological pathways stimulated by amylin and G...