• USDA Proposes Science Driven Updates to Foods Provided Through WIC | What They’re Saying
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    USDA Proposes Science Driven Updates to Foods Provided Through WIC | What They’re Saying

    Proposed changes promote nutrition security and maternal and child health, increase flexibility for participants WASHINGTON, Nov. 29, 2022 – This month, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service is proposing changes to the foods prescribed to participants in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, known as WIC. These science-based revisions incorporate recommendations from the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) and the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020-2025. The WIC food packages are specifically designed to supplement the foods and beverages participants already consume and fill in key nutritional gaps to support healthy growth and development. Food and Nutrition Service, or FNS,…

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  • Which Drugs Fight COVID Best? WHO Updates Treatment Guidelines | Health & Fitness
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    Which Drugs Fight COVID Best? WHO Updates Treatment Guidelines | Health & Fitness

    FRIDAY, Sept. 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) — In updated guidance issued Thursday, the World Health Organization now recommends against using the antibody drugs sotrovimab and casirivimab-imdevimab for patients with COVID-19. This recommendation replaces previous conditional recommendation for these antibody drugs. The change in guidance was based on emerging evidence that the medications — which work by binding to the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, preventing the virus from infecting cells — are not likely to work on the Omicron variants that are spreading now. In the United States, both antibody drugs are no longer recommended to treat COVID-19 because of emerging variants. The panel also made a conditional recommendation for using the…

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  • iOS 16 Health and Fitness Updates: Medication Tracking, Sleep Stages, iPhone Activity Tracking and More
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    iOS 16 Health and Fitness Updates: Medication Tracking, Sleep Stages, iPhone Activity Tracking and More

    Apple with iOS 16 added a new medication management feature to the Health app, which is designed to allow users to keep track of their medications to make sure a dose isn’t missed. The feature works alongside a new Medications app on the Apple Watch, and it’s useful for everything from prescriptions to vitamins. This guide covers everything that you need to know about the medication tracking feature along with other new ‌iOS 16‌ Health app features. Medication Tracking “Medications” is a new section available in the Health app, accessible by going to the Browse section and scrolling down to Medications, or typing it into the Health app search bar.…

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