New skincare trend has people rubbing beef fat on their faces: Dermatologists react

Rubbing beef fat on your face is one of the newest skincare fads.
Beef tallow is currently trending on social media as an alternative to traditional skincare products.
The simple-ingredient balms are made from the fat surrounding the kidneys of cows and processed into a butter that can be used as a moisturizer.
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While many might turn up their noses to using an animal-based product on the face, natural skincare company Hearth and Homestead in Virginia sold out of its tallow balm product on Black Friday.
Lily Wilmoth, the company's founder and president, spoke with Fox News Digital in an on-camera interview about the skyrocketing demand for beef tallow.
«It’s bigger than ever,» she said. «The biggest product for us has always been our tallow-based skincare products.»
Wilmoth revealed that her tallow balm is made from 100% grass-fed beef suet, or the fat that encases a cow's kidney, which is sour..

‘Pendulum lifestyle’ could be key to juggling daily challenges

For those who are feeling «stuck» or overwhelmed while striving for work-life balance, some experts recommend adopting a «pendulum lifestyle.»
Coined by Dr. Jeffrey Karp, Ph.D, a professor of biomedical engineering at Brigham & Women's Hospital Harvard Medical School in Boston, the pendulum lifestyle is defined as a «concept that acknowledges life's natural ebb and flow, and empowers you to thrive amidst the swings.»
«Rarely are we in balance … it’s just unrealistic and an anxiety-inducing expectation,» the doctor told Fox News Digital in an interview.
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Seeing the world as a pendulum fosters a more compassionate mindset and alleviates the pressure to be perfect, Karp said.
With this approach, people can take small steps to «swing the pendulum,» enabling them to feel more emotionally, mentally and physically «balanced» during the day, according to the expert.
This could also empower..

Is Raw Milk Safe? Here’s What to Know

Remember the days when you didn’t know what raw milk was (and didn’t need to)? Well, those are over: raw—or unpasteurized—milk has been in the news for months. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is an ardent supporter of raw milk; at the same time, as H5N1 circulates, some raw milk is being recalled following the detection of bird flu virus in samples.

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Here’s what to know about the risks of drinking raw milk.

Can raw milk transmit diseases to humans?

“Infections caused by raw milk are rare,” says Marion Nestle, professor emerita of nutrition, food studies, and public health at New York University, “but when they occur they can be deadly, especially to children. This is a risk I would rather not take.”

Nestle is not alone in sounding the alarm. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the U.S. Dep..

The First Sleep Apnea Drug Is Here

The weight-loss drug Zepbound (tirzepatide) now has another major benefit: on Dec. 20, it became the first drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat obstructive sleep apnea.

In the trial that Lilly, the drug’s manufacturer, submitted in April to the FDA, scientists reported that the drug helped people who were overweight or obese with sleep apnea reduce a standard measure of restricted breathing by 63%, leading to 30 fewer interrupted sleep events a night on average compared to those given a placebo. The study, which followed people for a year, included two analyses; one involved people who took only Zepbound and were compared to a placebo group, and another had people take Zepbound paired with a positive airway pressure (PAP) device, which is currently one of the standard treatments for obstructive sleep apnea. That group was compared to one taking a placebo and using PAP.

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Why We Can’t Rely on Science Alone to Make Public Health Decisions

Despite being practicing physicians and medical researchers, we’ve spent about as much time over the course of our careers thinking about fluoride as most Americans—very little. That changed with the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to oversee the federal government’s medical, public health, and research infrastructure. Kennedy has voiced concerns over fluoridation of the public water supply, calling the practice into question while pointing to research studies about fluoride toxicity.

The sleepy topic of water fluoridation has quickly become a hot-button public-health issue, hopping over a long list of far more pressing health threats. How did we get here?

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We’re concerned that our rapidly expanding base of scientific evidence, coupled with increased public access to and familiarity with it, has made it easier to lean on “science” to distract from the important, yet often uncomfortable, discussions about values and tradeoffs that are truly at the ..

What to Know About Walking Pneumonia

You’re probably very familiar by now with the most common respiratory illnesses that can cause winter misery: cold, flu, COVID-19, and RSV. But the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that cases of another illness are also on the rise.

Walking pneumonia has been steadily infecting more people since last spring, says the agency, with younger children accounting for the most cases. That’s unusual, since most walking pneumonia cases typically occur in school-aged children and older adults. But there is no formal national reporting system for walking pneumonia, so the CDC can only estimate, based on testing data from emergency rooms, that about two million cases occur in the U.S. each year. The latest data from one company’s testing information shows that positive tests for walking pneumonia have increased from 0.7% to 3.3% since last spring for people of all ages.

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Cases of walking pneumonia usually follow a pattern: they surge ..

Eggs now qualify as ‘healthy’ food, FDA says: Here’s why

While eggs haven’t historically been considered a «health food,» the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) now classifies them as a «healthy, nutrient-dense» food, according to a new proposed rule.
The update is the result of changes in nutrition science and dietary recommendations, according to the agency.
The FDA’s «healthy» designation for food labeling purposes has been in use since the early 1990s.
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«Healthy diets are made up of a variety of food groups and nutrients, and the ‘healthy’ claim can help consumers identify those foods that are the foundation of healthy dietary patterns,» the agency stated in its guidance.
«On behalf of America’s egg farmers, we are thrilled to see the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announce that eggs meet the updated definition of ‘healthy,’» said Emily Metz, president and CEO of the American Egg Board, in a statement sent to Fox News Dig..

Vitamin D not recommended for preventing fractures in older individuals, panel finds

Vitamin D, a nutrient known for promoting bone health, might not be effective in protecting all seniors from injury.
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) released a draft recommendation this week advising against the use of vitamin D for preventing falls and fractures in postmenopausal women and men over 60 years old.
A panel of 16 medical experts reviewed the benefits of taking vitamin D with or without calcium supplements for individuals who live independently.
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The USPSTF concluded that these supplements offer no «net benefit» for the prevention of falls and fractures based on evidence that vitamin D and calcium don’t lower the risk for generally healthy individuals without other deficiencies or medical conditions.
Vitamin D is a nutrient that is essential for building and maintaining healthy bones, according to Mayo Clinic.
«That's because your body can only absorb calcium,..

10 tips for dementia caregivers to make the holidays less stressful and more enjoyable

The holiday season can be a stressful time for everyone — but particularly for those living with dementia, as well as their caregivers and loved ones.
Statistics show that an estimated 6.7 million people over 65 in the U.S. have Alzheimer's disease, the most common type of dementia.
Meanwhile, nearly 90% of U.S. adults report experiencing stress during the holiday season, according to the American Psychological Association.
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«The holiday season can be confusing and overwhelming for those living with dementia, as well as a stressful time for their family caregivers who care for them every day,» said Jessica Corona-Irwin, an Ohio-based registered nurse and certified dementia practitioner at Remo Health, a virtual dementia care company.
«One reason for this is that the holiday season often involves changes in daily routines,» she told Fox News Digital. «People living with dementia often need to ..

Woman receives pig kidney transplant, walks out of hospital days later: ‘Second chance’

An Alabama woman has successfully received a gene-edited pig kidney transplant at NYU Langone Health.
This was the seventh pig organ transplant completed by NYU Langone surgeons.
Towana Looney, 53, miraculously walked out of the hospital just a few days following the procedure.
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In an NYU Langone press conference, Looney expressed feeling «overjoyed» and «blessed to have received this gift – a second chance at life.»
«I want to give courage to those out there on dialysis,» she said.
Dr. Marc Siegel, Fox News senior medical analyst and NYU Langone clinical professor of medicine, joined «America Reports» on Wednesday to share how this should bring hope for the future of transplant medicine.
«We have a great shortage of body organs,» he said. «And even if we get people to donate, we’re still going to have a big shortage … so we’ve got to do something.»
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