SOURCES: Rachel Boykan, MD, clinical associate professor of pediatrics, Renaissance School of Medicine, Stony Brook University. Joanna Tsai, MD, pulmonologist, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. CDC: “E-Cigarette Use Among Youth and Adults.” CDC: “Outbreak of Lung Injury Associated with the Use of E-Cigarette, or Vaping, Products.” The Ohio State University: “The Effects of… Read More »
Become depression Treatment for depression can involve a combination of lifestyle changes, being around others that make you happy can have a illness effect on how an face your depression. But the inner unhappiness catches up in unexpected ways. The author seemed to conclude that depression is a disease, it can make a big when to… Read More »
U.S. health officials finally have a potential breakthrough in the vaping illness outbreak that’s killed at least 39 people, narrowing in on vitamin E acetate as a “potential toxin of concern,” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials said Friday. The compound used in supplements, cosmetics and some vaping products was detected in all 29… Read More »
Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty Images The number of cases of a deadly lung illness linked to vaping appears to be “leveling off or even declining,” a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official said Friday. “It’s serious and potentially fatal, but it is preventable,” Dr. Anne Schuchat, the CDC’s principal deputy director, told… Read More »
Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is a highly contagious bacterial infection which affects the lungs and airways. And the hiding bacteria means people can unknowingly transmit the infection to other people leading to sporadic outbreaks of the condition, according to medics at University Hospital Southampton (UHS). Whooping cough is spread through the coughs and… Read More »
If you don’t belong somewhere, that’s not where you’re going to look for help. That sums up a key difficulty in addressing mental health issues among minority students on campus, according to experts who gathered at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. While college is a time of transition for all students, the… Read More »