805 Sick, 13 Dead from Mysterious Vaping Illnesses

805 Sick, 13 Dead from Mysterious Vaping Illnesses

Thirteen people have now died due to vaping-related illness in the U.S., with the most recent four from Mississippi, Florida, Georgia and Oregon.  The Georgia death, the state’s first, was in a patient with a history of heavy nicotine vaping,but no reported THC vaping history,the Department of Public Health said. No details were given in

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What Is Your Risk for Prostate Cancer?

What Is Your Risk for Prostate Cancer?

Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in American men, so it’s important to know the risk factors and warning signs, an expert says. The American Cancer Society estimates there will be nearly 175,000 new prostate cancer cases in the United States this year and over 31,000 deaths. One in nine men will be

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Vaping-related lung illnesses rise

Vaping-related lung illnesses rise

As vaping-related lung illnesses continue to climb in the U.S., public health officials are narrowing in on two possible links: vitamin E and black-market vape cartridges. In New York, where 34 cases of the severe lung disease have been reported Department of Health officials said they are focusing on vitamin E acetate after finding it

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Best Foods for Those with Low Blood Pressure

Best Foods for Those with Low Blood Pressure

Low blood pressure is officially known as hypotension. (High blood pressure is hypertension.) The condition is diagnosed when blood pressure levels linger under 90/60 mm Hg and cause troubling symptoms including dizziness, fainting, weakness, confusion, blurry vision, and nausea with or without vomiting. In the worst low blood pressure episodes you may experience shock, which

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Dirty Air Kills 30,000 Americans Each Year

Dirty Air Kills 30,000 Americans Each Year

Despite improved air quality since the 1990s, pollution still causes lung disease, heart attacks and strokes that kill more than 30,000 Americans each year, a new study estimates. Researchers looked at concentrations of fine pollution particles known as PM2.5 across the country from 1999 to 2015. These tiny particles — 30 times smaller than the

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Flying Insects in Hospitals Carry ‘Superbug’ Germs

Flying Insects in Hospitals Carry ‘Superbug’ Germs

Many flies and flying insects in hospitals carry bacteria that could pose an infection risk to patients, and more than half of them carry the types that resist antibiotics, a new study says. British researchers used ultraviolet-light flytraps, electronic fly killers and sticky traps to collect nearly 20,000 flies, aphids, ants, wasps, bees and moths

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Another Cancer-Causing Chemical Found in Popular BP Meds

Another Cancer-Causing Chemical Found in Popular BP Meds

An online pharmacy says it found a potential cancer-causing chemical in some lots of valsartan, a widely prescribed blood pressure medication made by several companies. Many of the companies appear on an FDA list of safe medications after the agency recalled dozens of blood pressure drugs for contamination with other possible substances that cause cancer,

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