FDA approves sales and marketing for Zyn nicotine pouches

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 1/17 6:24A Scripps News Staff

Marketing for the popular nicotine pouch product, Zyn, has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to help smokers quit cigarettes and other tobacco products. The flavored nicotine products are small synthetic fiber pouches designed...

Xavier Becerra reflects on tenure as HHS secretary: 'We're leaving this country healthier and...

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 1/17 4:39A Jacob Gardenswartz

Xavier Becerra, the outgoing Health and Human Services secretary, says the country is "healthier and stronger" than when he took office in 2021, during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. In an interview with Scripps News White House reporter and...

Ozempic, Wegovy and other new drugs are selected for Medicare's price negotiations

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 1/17 2:30A AP via Scripps News

Popular weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy have been added to Medicare's list of medications that will be negotiated directly between the government and drug manufacturers, the Biden administration said Friday. The price negotiations for...

Britain's Princess Kate reveals her cancer is in remission

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 1/14 4:54A Scripps News Staff

Britain's Princess Kate announced on Tuesday that her cancer is in remission. The princess of Wales made the announcement after visiting The Royal Marsden Hospital in London, where she received treatment. "As anyone who has experienced a cancer...

Lead and known carcinogen found in leading protein powders, report says

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 1/10 7:07A Scripps News Staff

A new report from the Clean Label Project says some popular protein powders may actually be poisonous. The report found disturbing levels of lead and cadmium in over-the-counter protein powders, with the highest amounts of the heavy metals being...

How to join a new gym...without the sneaky contracts

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 1/6 12:14A John Matarese

For Arianna Dziadkowiec, the money spent on a gym membership is money well spent. "It's a nice place to start my morning, she said, and just get my mind into coming to the gym and going back to work." You may be looking to join a new gym to work...

Ranking the best diets for 2025

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 1/3 6:09A Justin Boggs

U.S. News and World Report released its ranking of 38 popular diets on Friday, with the Mediterranean Diet coming in ranked as the No. 1 overall diet for 2024 for another year. It's the eighth consecutive year the Mediterranean Diet tops the...

The FDA proposes asbestos-testing requirement for talc-based cosmetics

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 12/27 1:55A Justin Boggs

The Food and Drug Administration issued a proposal on Thursday to require cosmetics makers who use talc to test their products for asbestos. The FDA said that if finalized, the rule would "help protect consumers who use talc-containing cosmetic...

Doctors help local woman find some relief with chronic pain

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 12/27 1:52A Tiffany Tarpley

People with chronic pain are often living in silence, and at times, medical professionals might dismiss their concerns. The problem is we dont have a great test for pain, said Division Director of...

What an infectious disease doctor has to say about the bird flu

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 12/19 8:12A Taylor O'Bier

After California declared a state of emergency on Wednesday in relation to the bird flu and Louisiana health officials announced the first severe case of a bird flu infection in a human in the U.S., concerns over the potential impact of this...

DOJ accuses CVS of knowingly filling unlawful opioid prescriptions

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 12/19 4:56A Scripps News Staff

CVS, the largest pharmacy chain in the U.S., has been accused by the Justice Department of knowingly filling faulty opioid prescriptions. In a new civil lawsuit, the DOJ claims the pharmacy company unlawfully gave patients "dangerous and...

A drop in COVID deaths in 2023 helped improve US life expectancy at birth

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 12/19 4:27A Justin Boggs

Life expectancy at birth in the United States has continued to rebound since the COVID-19 pandemic, as new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data indicates life expectancy in the U.S. in 2023 was near pre-pandemic levels. The updated...

McKinsey & Company agrees to pay $650M for helping boost opioid sales

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 12/13 7:25A AP via Scripps News

McKinsey & Company consulting firm has agreed to pay $650 million to settle a federal investigation into its work to help opioids manufacturer Purdue Pharma boost the sales of the highly addictive drug OxyContin, according to court papers filed...

Attorney for RFK Jr. petitioned FDA to repeal polio vaccine approval

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 12/13 6:00A Justin Boggs

Aaron Siri, a lawyer tied to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., filed requests in 2022 to have the Food and Drug Administration remove approval for the polio vaccine, claiming it "does not prevent intestinal infection and therefore does not prevent...

Fewer children getting a flu shot this season, CDC reports

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 12/13 4:16A Justin Boggs

Fewer children have gotten a flu shot this season while adult vaccination rates have remained steady, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. According to the CDC, 36.6% of children ages 6 months through 17 years...