There are multiple reasons you should not start smoking, or you should quit. Despite decades of warnings by the U.S. Surgeon General, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) continues to call tobacco the “single largest preventable cause of cancer and disease in the United States.”1 Today, cigarette smoking kills more than 480,000… Read More »
Being overweight or obese is associated with an increased risk of various types of cancer, according to the American Cancer Society (ACS). These obesity-related cancers are now found to be on the rise among young people in the United States. What’s more, rates are steeply increasing in progressively younger ages and successively younger generations, suggest… Read More »
Winners & highly commended included: Carnival, MOJ, Nissan, PKF Cooper Parry, Post Office, Ocado, Odeon, Visa, Vita Coco, Unicef and more The victorious were announced at a Gala ceremony at Twickenham Stadium last night London – January 25, 2019 – The winners of the 2018 UK & European Employee Engagement Awards, were announced last night… Read More »
On This Page NCHS Data Brief No. 320, September 2018 PDF Version (357 KB) Kirsten A. Herrick, Ph.D., M.Sc., Ana L. Terry, M.S., R.D., and Joseph Afful, M.S. Key findings Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey In 2013–2016, water accounted for 43.7% of total beverage consumption among U.S. youth, followed by milk… Read More »
Nipple fillers. (Photo Credit: Unsplash) Injectible Fillers have become one of the fastest growing cosmetic enhancement procedures. In the past 2-3 years, we have seen fillers dangerously become a household name. With things like “filler parties” and “DIY filler jobs” by non-experts becoming popular, we are forced to wonder if the filler procedures are safe… Read More »
Awareness and use of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among black gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (MSM) in the United States increased significantly between 2014 and 2017, according to research published in the 1 November edition of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. The study also showed that PrEP was… Read More »