Health

U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams has declared that e-cigarette use doesn’t help smokers quit, based on mixed scientific evidence on the claim, but that vaping may get non-smokers to start....Read More

In findings published in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics, researchers at Penn State University noted that U.S. households waste nearly one-third of the food they acquire....Read More

Studies on Medicaid expansion show it has increased access to care, with low out-of-pocket costs, and enabled beneficiaries to more proactively manage their health. But concerns remain about the cost....Read More

Adults exposed to a child with chickenpox in the home are around 30 percent less likely to develop shingles over 20 years, a new analysis has revealed....Read More

Coronavirus has arrived in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plans to screen all travelers arriving from China and distribute a faster test to speed diagnoses to try to control its spread....Read More

The mental and emotional problems many teens experience, due at least in part to being overweight, may persist long after successful bariatric surgery....Read More

Sunscreen protects skin from the sun’s harmful rays, reducing risk for some cancers, but studies suggest users of these suntan lotions and oils likely absorb several of their active chemical ingredients....Read More

The American College of Radiology and the National Kidney Foundation in new statements highlight the enhanced diagnostic accuracy afforded by the use of contrast in CT, an imaging tool that can spot various cancers....Read More

Researchers found that loss of function in certain genes of the sex-determining Y chromosome, which is present only in men, may cause them to have an elevated risk for cancer....Read More

According to the CDC, 4.7 percent of all visits to healthcare professionals during the week ending January 11th were linked with flu-like symptoms — down from 5.7 percent the previous week....Read More