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Studies illustrate how marketing, flavors may impact vaping habits among young people
Vaping companies are under scrutiny for how their marketing and sweet flavors have appealed to young people — and two new studies published…
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Slashing soft drinks from your diet is a quick way to improve your health and lose weight — that much you probably already know. But actually…
Continue ReadingPediatricians endorse weight loss surgery for severely obese kids and teens: ‘It changed my life’
Weight loss surgery has traditionally been viewed as a procedure for adults with severe obesity who haven’t been able to lose weight or keep it…
Continue ReadingSunday sadness is real. Here’s how to battle the pre-workweek blues
Many of us begin to groan and moan as our precious weekend comes to an end. It’s not just the interruption of fun with friends and family that…
Continue ReadingNo one believed him when he said he hadn’t been drinking. Then researchers found his body was producing alcohol
When a man in North Carolina was pulled over on suspicion of driving drunk, police didn’t believe him when he said he hadn’t had any…
Continue ReadingThis man is the first African American to receive a full facial transplant
Robert Chelsea just got a new face, and with it, he is the latest milestone in the burgeoning world of facial transplant surgery. He is the first…
Continue ReadingNational Prescription Drug Take Back Day will include vaping devices
For the first time, vaping devices and cartridges will be accepted during National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday. Since the program…
Continue ReadingRetailers are pulling Johnson’s baby powder from store shelves
Several retailers have pulled Johnson’s baby powder from shelves after Johnson & Johnson announced earlier this month it was recalling…
Continue ReadingFentanyl is the deadliest drug in the US, but in some places, meth kills more
Fentanyl remains the deadliest drug in the United States. But in some areas of the country, methamphetamine kills more people. A new report from the…
Continue ReadingSTDs are sexist, and women are the losers. Here’s why
America is in the middle of an epidemic of sexually transmitted infections, and when it comes to heterosexual transmission, it’s hitting women…
Continue ReadingVaping-related lung injuries rise to 1,604 cases nationwide, CDC says
As of Tuesday, there were 1,604 lung injury cases associated with e-cigarette products in 49 states, the District of Columbia and the US Virgin…
Continue ReadingFDA takes action against popular vaping brand
The US Food and Drug Administration is going after vaping company Eonsmoke LLC with a warning letter seeking to remove roughly 100 flavored vaping…
Continue ReadingYoung people who use flavored tobacco at first are more likely to keep using tobacco later, study says
Young people who first try a flavored tobacco product are at higher risk of using tobacco later on, according to a new study. The study, published…
Continue ReadingEbola Fast Facts
Here’s some background information about Ebola, a virus with a high fatality rate that was first identified in Africa in 1976. Facts:Ebola…
Continue ReadingHumid, windy days worse for pain, says new study
Humid, windy days with low pressure make pain worse in those with long-term health conditions, according to new research. People with conditions like…
Continue ReadingOne town’s flavor ban seemed to work to cut youth tobacco use
Limiting kids’ access to flavored tobacco products like e-cigarettes, smokeless tobacco and cigars seems to work, according to a new study that…
Continue ReadingAlzheimer’s risk may be 75% higher for people who eat trans fats
People with higher levels of trans fats in their blood may be 50% to 75% more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease or dementia from any cause,…
Continue ReadingPackages of dry dates distributed in Florida recalled due to high sulfite content
Shivam Distributors of Longwood, Florida, is recalling packages of Parivar brand dry dates because they contain high sulfite content, the US Food and…
Continue ReadingPennsylvania woman ordered quarantined over measles concerns
A Pennsylvania woman has been ordered quarantined after she was potentially exposed to measles, the first time the city ordered a quarantine in…
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