A British bride-to-be who purchased a "skinny jab" over the internet says she "thought she was going to die" after injecting the drug at her home late last month. Vikki Ryan, 38, didn't disclose the brand name of the medication she acquired, but said it was advertised as a GLP-1 RA. Those drugs, originally developed to treat diabetes, suppress a user's appetite and have now become popularly prescribed by doctors to help patients lose weight. Legitimate versions of the medication are sold under brand names such as Ozempic and Wegovy.
In an Instagram Reel, Meghan Martin, a pediatric emergency medicine physician, revealed what she says are "the top 5 Christmas gifts that can land your kid in the ER."
Symptomatic people are using more allergy and cold medicines than ever, which could spread germs even further by powering through illness instead of resting it off in isolation, Bloomberg reported.
UK mom Laura Powles claims her toddler nearly had to have is toe amputated after a strand of her hair got wrapped around it, cutting off the circulation.
Andy Hoang, a first-year nurse at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshire, was saved by her colleagues when she suffered cardiac arrest while learning how to treat one.