insert_link Health & Wellness Studies show that Teen Vaping dropped dramatically during the Pandemic, but will it last? The 74 reports that youth vape and e-cigarette use has dropped precipitously during the pandemic, according to a recent study published in JAMA — reversing a years-long explosion in teen use. “About two-thirds of [adolescent and young adult] e-cigarette users were either quitting or cutting back,” states Bonnie Halpern-Felsher, co-author of the study and a developmental psychologist at Stanford University. “That’s really good news.” Halpern-Felsher and her team surveyed over […] todayJuly 8, 2021
insert_link Health & Wellness New Report on over 100 Coronavirus Cases Reveals Disturbing Details The New York Times reports that a highly contagious patient, virus transmission inside a hospital and unexpected turns for the worse have emerged as part of the epidemic in China. One patient, admitted to a hospital in Wuhan, China, infected at least 10 health care workers and four other patients with the coronavirus that has sickened more than 34,000 people, killed 700 and reached two dozen other countries. The case […] todayFebruary 10, 2020
insert_link Health & Wellness Do These Five Things to Lower Your Alzheimer’s Risk by 60% According to a 2019 report by the Alzheimer’s Association, there are currently 5.8 million Americans living with Alzheimer’s, and this number is expected to more than double by 2050. However, scientists are constantly working on discovering ways to lower Alzheimer’s risk before this projection becomes a reality—and recently, researchers unveiled findings that may put us one step closer to actually fighting off the disease. At the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference on […] todayAugust 21, 2019
insert_link Health & Wellness Are Sunscreen Chemicals Safe? The chemicals in sunscreen don't just sit on top of the skin, they absorb in the bloodstream, according to new research from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. A study published early in May in the peer-reviewed medical journal JAMA found that several active ingredients in different sunscreens enter the bloodstream at levels that far exceed the FDA's recommended threshold without a government safety inspection. “However, sunscreens have not […] todayMay 16, 2019
insert_link Health & Wellness Is Your Diet a Killer? Need more proof that diet plays a big role in keeping today’s biggest killers at bay? According to research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) in 2017, nearly HALF of all US deaths from heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes in 2012 were attributed to substandard eating habits. The study was funded by both the National Institutes of Health and the National Heart, Lung and […] todayDecember 10, 2018
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