insert_link Health & Wellness The Worst Health and Wellness Trends of 2019 Everyone is buying into the wellness culture. The industry is worth $4.2 trillion, according to the Global Wellness Summit’s 2019 report. But some of those trends that were at best bogus, at worst downright dangerous. CBD / Cannabidiol. The short definition is that it’s a non-psychoactive compound found in marijuana and hemp. Someone, somewhere, claimed that CBD is a great way to treat things like stress, muscle soreness, and […] todayJanuary 1, 2020
insert_link Tech Made Simple Apple to Ban Vaping Apps From Its Store The website Axios broke the news that due to the mounting health concerns over e-cigarettes, Apple will remove all 181 vaping-related apps from its mobile App Store. The move comes after at least 42 people have died from vaping-related lung illness, per the CDC. Most of those people had been using cartridges containing THC, though some exclusively used nicotine cartridges. While Apple has never allowed the sale of vape cartridges […] todayNovember 19, 2019
insert_link Health & Wellness CDC Continues Investigating as Vaping Lung Injury Cases Skyrocket More than 1,080 people have come down with a serious lung injury related to vaping, as government researchers continue to investigate the cause of the outbreak. That’s an increase of 275 reported cases since last week. “We are concerned — with hundreds of new cases reported each week — that we’re looking at a very concerning outbreak, very difficult to control,” Anne Schuchat, principal deputy director of the Centers for […] todayOctober 8, 2019
insert_link Health & Wellness First Vaping-Related Death Reported The first person has died after being hospitalized from what appears to be an unknown lung illness linked to vaping. 193 people have been struck with similar symptoms between June 28th and today, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The pain has been especially acute in Illinois, where the number of e-cigarette users who were hospitalized for lung symptoms doubled over the last week. […] todayAugust 29, 2019
insert_link Health & Wellness Which Disrupts Sleep More: Coffee, Nicotine, or Alcohol? We could all use more sleep — or at least better quality sleep. And while the rule of thumb is to cut back on the java when trying to have a more restful slumber, it turns out that people who smoke cigarettes or have an evening drink may be actually hurting their chances of sleeping through the night more than those who have a cup o' joe. New research […] todayAugust 12, 2019
insert_link Health & Wellness Vape Now, Smoke Later A new study published in the JAMA Network Open Journal, has found that teens who start vaping are nearly three times more likely to go on to smoke cigarettes than their peers who don’t use any type of tobacco product. The results are alarming for both medical experts — who would rather kids not smoke — and for the e-cigarette industry, which is increasingly marketing its products as smoking-cessation tools […] todayFebruary 5, 2019
insert_link Health & Wellness FDA Tries to Crack Down on Vapes The Food and Drug Administration just announced a series of restrictions aimed at combating a growing public health menace — flavored e-cigarettes and tobacco products that have lured young people into vaping and smoking. The effort to cut off access to flavored e-cigarettes stopped short of a ban that the F.D.A. had threatened in recent months as it sought to persuade e-cigarette makers to cease marketing strategies that might appeal […] todayNovember 21, 2018
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