Tag: poisonings
Mushroom poisonings increased! Even the expert was hospitalized, he warned the citizens
Karadeniz Technical University (KTU) Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physiology Head Prof. Dr. Ahmet Ayar, who was hospitalized after being poisoned by a mushroom he ate, said, “I was exposed…
Record early poisonings after mushroom boom
The mushrooms are both early and present in large quantities this year, and the reason is the favorable weather for the mushrooms, with both rain and heat. As early as…
UMC Utrecht reports doubling of poisonings by designer drug: ‘You don’t know what you’re taking’
The number of reports of poisonings with the drug 3-MMC almost doubled last year compared to the year before. This is evident from the 2023 annual report of the National…
Be careful, these 4 everyday products are the cause of the most common childhood poisonings
News Published on 05/06/2024 at 3:59 p.m. Updated 05/06/2024 at 3:59 p.m. Reading 3 min. in collaboration with Dr Gérald Kierzek (Medical Director of Doctissimo) The national health safety agency…
Used against bedbugs, this insecticide is responsible for 206 poisonings
News Published on 05/12/2023 at 1:20 p.m. Updated 05/12/2023 at 1:20 p.m. Reading 2 min. Health authorities are warning about an insecticide used against bedbugs and cockroaches even though it…
Brant County Health Unit issues alert after spike in opioid-related poisonings
The Brant County Health Unit has issued a public safety alert after an increase in suspected opioid-related drug poisonings, including five deaths. Article content From Nov. 1 to 27, there…
Gout: too many serious colchicine poisonings, here is the new dosage to follow
Due to too many overdoses and intoxications, the Medicines Agency has decided to reduce the dosage of colchicine-based treatments, indicated to prevent or treat gout. Because of too manycolchicine poisoningan…
Fluoroquinolones: an association denounces “six million poisonings in France in four years”
News Published on 03/13/2023 at 5:34 p.m. Updated 03/13/2023 at 5:34 p.m. Reading 2 mins. in collaboration with Dr Gérald Kierzek (Medical Director of Doctissimo) Medical validation: March 23, 2023…
Carbon monoxide: poisonings are on the rise
News Published on 02/13/2023 at 2:37 p.m. Updated 02/13/2023 at 2:37 p.m. Reading 2 mins. In the small town of Tincques, located in Pas-de-Calais, the faithful were poisoned by carbon…
Gasoline siphoning: poisonings exploded in October
News Published on 10/31/2022 at 1:02 p.m. Updated 10/31/2022 at 1:02 p.m. Reading 2 mins. During the gasoline shortage, siphoning took on such an extent that ANSES had to publish…