U-Haul Won't Hire Smokers, Vapers in 21 States
Twenty-one states currently allow employers to refuse hiring if a person uses nicotine, and in 17 states testing for nicotine prior to hiring is legal.
View ArticleProstate Cancer in Black Men: Overcoming Barriers to Better Outcomes
Black men are more than twice as likely as white men to die of prostate cancer. Learn about the many reasons and what you can do about it.
View ArticleNew Year's Resolutions Didn't Stick? Try a Monday Reset
Instead of looking at your resolutions as a sweeping year-long project, what if you concentrated on making healthy changes every Monday?
View ArticleAI Beat Humans in Spotting Breast Tumors
Researchers at Google and several universities are working on an artificial intelligence (AI) model aimed at improving the accuracy of mammography screening.
View ArticleOpioid Use By Teens a Red Flag for Other Dangers
In a national survey of U.S. high school students, 14% said they had ever "misused" a prescription opioid such as Vicodin, OxyContin or Percocet.
View ArticleWhat Are the Early Warning Signs of Vaping Illness?
Many people have been hospitalized, and some have died from vaping illness. But how do you know if you have it? Here’s what to look out for.
View ArticleOne Big Roadblock to Opioid Addiction Treatment
A new study finds there still aren't enough doctors authorized to prescribe the leading drug treatment for opioid addiction.
View ArticleDocs: Testosterone Supplements Won't Help Most Men
It's known that men's testosterone levels decline with age. And for years industry has promoted the idea that men suffer a range of symptoms caused by what's sometimes described as "male menopause."
View ArticleBaby Delivery Costs Average $4,500 in U.S.
A new study warns parents-to-be that average out-of-pocket costs for health care during pregnancy, delivery and the first three months after birth jumped to more than $4,500 in 2015 from just over...
View ArticleStudy: No Major Link Between Baby Powder, Cancer
The use of talc powder has been linked to other types of cancer, such as mesothelioma. A jury recently awarded a California couple nearly $30 million from Johnson & Johnson for the wife's...
View ArticleStudy: Young Women Getting Pelvic Exams They Don’t Need
The authors estimate that nearly one-quarter of young women aged 15-20 have received a pelvic exam in the last year. That’s 2.6 million girls. More than half of the exams -- 1.4 million -- may not...
View ArticleClaims Made On New Netflix 'Goop' Show Questioned
Goop has been criticized for questionable wellness claims, including the use of jade and quartz "eggs" for vaginal health
View ArticleAs Minimum Wage Rises, Suicide Rates Fall
A $1 increase in the federal minimum wage could have prevented 13,800 suicides among less-educated adults aged 18 to 64 during the peak in unemployment following the 2009 financial crash, researchers...
View ArticleMusic Does Give Your Workout a Boost
A broad new review of nearly 140 studies -- the first of its kind -- suggests there's real science to back that up, with clear evidence that music not only makes exercise seem easier and more...
View ArticleLung Cancer Treatment Fuels Drop in Cancer Deaths
Cancer deaths in the United States fell 2.2% between 2016 and 2017, the largest-ever single-year decrease.
View ArticleWhat Matters More for Obesity Risk, Genes or Lifestyle?
For years, research into "obesity genes" has led many Americans to believe that their DNA makes becoming overweight and obese inevitable. But the new study shows that daily lifestyle -- not genes --...
View ArticleAlcohol-Fueled Deaths Double in U.S. Over Past 20 Years
That's about 1 million deaths lost to booze over less than two decades, with white women experiencing the greatest annual increases.
View ArticleAre Your Beverage Habits Hurting Your Teeth?
Everything that passes your lips has an impact on your teeth, including what you drink. Not only can certain drinks stain your teeth, but their overall acidity can also soften tooth enamel, which can...
View ArticleOne Night of Bad Sleep May Raise Alzheimer's Risk
A small group of young, healthy men deprived of just one night of sleep had higher blood levels of tau protein, which is linked to Alzheimer's disease, than when they had a full and uninterrupted...
View ArticleJustice Ginsburg Says She's 'Cancer Free'
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who's been treated for cancer twice in the past 13 months, said that she is "cancer free."
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