READ THIS NEXT: If You Pick Up the Phone and Hear This, Hang Up, FBI Says in New Warning. Police have been actively warning residents about different schemes where criminals are bold enough to show up on your doorstep. In June, police in Chicago warned residents about a burglary scheme where suspects knock on the door and ask about home repairs or water problems. While the victim—usually an older adult—is distracted, the thief then enters the home and take valuables, jewelry, and money....

Researchers from the APA conducted a series of experiments with more than 7,500 participants from the U.S., U.K., and France to observe social interactions, publishing their findings Feb. 16 in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. The researchers had participants watch, listen, or read about a person responding to a question, with the scenarios varying from an immediate answer to a 10-second delay. According to the study, participants rated delayed responses as less sincere, regardless of the question that was asked....

RELATED: If You’re Prescribed Either of These Medications, Don’t Use Them, FDA Says. On July 14, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced that Walgreens had initiated the recall of approximately 54,000 Disney Baby Winnie the Pooh Baby Rattle Sets. The rattle sets were sold at Walgreens locations in the U.S. between Sept. 2019 and Jan. 2020 for approximately $10. The item within the sets identified as a potential safety risk is a 6....

RELATED: If You Notice This With Your Eyes, Get Your Thyroid Checked, Doctors Say. A study out of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, published in the June 2021 issue of the medical journal Opthalmology, found a link between coffee intake and glaucoma risk. Elevated intraocular pressure (IOP), pressure inside the eye, is a key risk factor for glaucoma, and glaucoma is the leading cause of blindness in the U....

READ THIS NEXT: If You’re Over 65, Police Have a New Warning For You Police departments across the country issue warnings to residents whenever they notice increasing criminal trends that could bring them harm. In Jan. 2022, officials in San Antonio, Texas, sent out a public warning about scam artists sticking fradulent QR codes on public meters to trick people into giving up their private payment information by “paying for parking” on a fake website....

RELATED: If You Have This Drink at Home, Get Rid of It Now, Authorities Say. You might want to double-check your ingredients the next time you’re making stir fry or gumbo: On June 25, the CDC issued a food safety alert for cooked frozen shrimp distributed by Avanti Frozen Foods. The warning and recall come after Salmonella was found in a sample of the company’s nationally distributed shrimp products collected as part of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Imported Seafood Compliance Program....

RELATED: If You Have This Issue With Your Eyes, Your Heart Disease Risk Is High. If you find that you have an uncontrollable urge to move your legs around when you’re lying down at night, you might have restless leg syndrome (RLS). According to the Mayo Clinic, the urge to move your legs typically occurs because of an uncomfortable sensation that is temporarily eased by moving your legs. The symptoms of RLS tend to worsen in the evening and occur mainly at night....

On Mar. 16, the FDA reported on five cases of acute non-viral hepatitis, which resulted in acute liver failure in a handful of infants and young children in Nevada. While the cause is unknown and the patients have recovered since getting sick in Nov. 2020, the only common link between them seemed to be that they all consumed Real Water bottled alkaline water. Additional people from the children’s four households also fell ill, but with less severe symptoms, including “fever, vomiting, nausea, loss of appetite and fatigue,” according to the FDA’s report....

The sauce subject to the recall may contain fish that’s not listed on the label, thus presenting a health risk to anyone with fish allergies or sensitivities. The sauce in question can be identified by UPC number 72543999037, lot code 210305, and a best by date of March 5, 2022. If you have fish allergies, the FDA recommends that you don’t consume the affected wing sauce. However, anyone with the wing sauce at home can return it to the Food Lion from which it was purchased and receive twice their purchase price as a refund, thanks to the store’s “Double Your Money Back Guarantee....

RELATED: If You See This Message on Your Roku, Report It Immediately, Experts Say. On Sept. 26, NBCUniversal announced that YouTube TV users could lose 14 major channels, according to a statement released to Deadline. However, it now looks like subscribers could lose lose 19 or more channels, per Review Geek. The loss of channels will come in the wake of an ongoing dispute between NBCUniversal and YouTube TV. Variety reports that NBCUinversal’s current deal with the streaming platform is set to expire on Sept....

Michael Raupp, PhD, professor emeritus of entomology at the University of Maryland, told ABC 7 that it appears Maryland will be the epicenter of the upcoming cicada reemergence. Raupp predicts that as these cicadas emerge from the ground, some areas in Maryland will see as many as 1.5 million cicadas per acre rising up. While this may sound frightening to the average person, Raupp is excited about the occurrence. “This is going to be spectacular—it happens nowhere else on the planet....

RELATED: If You See This Bug, Crush It Immediately, USDA Says. On July 14, Big Bend National Park shared a photo of a vinegaroon, an arachnid also known as a whip scorpion that had been found in the park the previous week. According to CBS News, these creatures also go by the name “land lobsters” thanks to the obvious resemblance to those crustaceans. Per the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), the scorpion-like bugs can be found in Arizona, Florida, and Texas....

RELATED: If You’re Fully Vaccinated, These Are the 5 COVID Symptoms to Look Out For. The study, which was presented at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) this year, found that residents of care homes have a higher risk of experiencing breakthrough COVID infections. The researchers from Colmar analyzed a COVID outbreak that occurred at a care home in eastern France a month after a campaign to vaccinate its 93 residents and 73 staff members with Pfizer had ended....

RELATED: If You See This on Your Feet, You May Have Diabetes, Doctors Say.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb Similar to hypertension, having high cholesterol is a serious health problem that usually goes unnoticed until a lucky doctor’s visit or a major medical event like a heart attack or stroke makes you aware of it. But according to doctors, some symptoms can be a red flag to schedule a checkup and have your blood checked....

RELATED: Virus Experts Just Gave This New COVID Warning—Even If You’re Vaccinated. Poison centers around the U.S. have been warning about a potentially dangerous chemical found in some at-home COVID tests, USA Today reported. According to the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Centers’ Drug and Poison Information Center, the toxic substance is sodium azide. This chemical is colorless, tasteless, and odorless, and it is frequently used in car airbags and as a pest control agent, per the Poison Control’s National Capital Poison Center....

RELATED: If You Ask This a Lot, It Could Be an Early Sign of Dementia, Doctors Say. A 2015 study published in PLOS One examined the changes in dementia patients’ eating habits. The study found that people with frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and semantic dementia (SD) tended to want the same foods repeatedly. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, FTD is an umbrella term for disorders that are caused by nerve cell loss in the brain’s frontal and temporal lobes, which are behind your forehead and ears, respectively....

READ THIS NEXT: Over 65? You’re More Likely to Suffer a Fall if You’ve Done This in the Past 2 Weeks.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb The flu affects millions people in the U.S. every year. As we head into the fall and winter months, we also enter flu season. Even though influenza viruses spread year-round, flu activity usually peaks between December and February, according to the CDC. But how many people actually contract the flu each year?...

READ THIS NEXT: If You Have Any of These Colgate Toothpastes, Get Rid of Them, FDA Warns. Medications undergo a rigorous approval process before they can make their way to pharmacies and then into your cabinet, whether prescription or over the counter (OTC). However, recalls are sometimes necessary to keep the public safe when officials discover they can pose any kind of potential risk. In one such incident last month, the FDA announced that New Jersey-based Eugia US LLC had issued a voluntary recall for one lot of AuroMedics Acyclovir Sodium Injection 500 mg per 10 mL (50 mg/mL), 10 mL single-dose vial, which is also known by the brand name Zovirax....

RELATED: If You Live Here, Prepare for More Sharks Than You’ve Ever Seen Before. While any discoloration in the water you’re hoping to swim in might be enough to keep you out, if you can see red water in the distance, that may mean sharks are making their way closer to shore. According to a recent report from Fox 13, the canals of Buttonwood Harbor, Florida were recently overrun with hundreds of bonnethead, lemon, and nurse sharks due to the so-called “red tide....

RELATED: If You See This Spider in Your Home, Don’t Step on It, Experts Warn. In 2021, parts of New England have become overrun with browntail moths, an invasive species that present risk to both plant life and humans. The moths, sightings of which have been reported in the state of Maine and in Cape Cod, Massachusetts in recent months, have been declared a “public health nuisance” by multiple local government agencies within New England....