Juul To Pay Nearly $440 Million To Settle States’ Teen Vaping Probe
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Electronic cigarette maker Juul Labs will pay nearly $440 million to settle a two-year investigation by 33 states into the marketing of its high-nicotine vaping products, which have long been blamed for sparking a national surge in teen vaping. Connecticut Attorney General William Tong announced the deal Tuesday on behalf of […]
Heat Waves That Threaten Lives Will Be Common by 2100
Latest Prevention & Wellness News FRIDAY, Aug. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) Life-threatening heat waves will become more common by the end of this century, according to a new study. A “dangerous” heat index — what the temperature feels like when humidity and air temperature are combined — is defined by the National Weather Service (NWS) […]
Google Commits To I.D. Real Abortion Clinics So Women Won’t Be Tricked By Fakes
Google has informed lawmakers that its searches, maps and ads will aim to accurately label abortion clinics so they can easily be found — and so that women won’t be tricked by anti-abortion fakes. The company is rolling out an update that will make it easier for people to find places that offer the services […]
Opinion | ‘People Will Jump Off a 100-Foot Wall’: What We Heard This Week
“If the wall is 100 feet, people will jump off a 100-foot wall.” — Vishal Bansal, MD, of Scripps Mercy in San Diego, on serious falls at higher border walls that are filling up trauma services. “We need an ‘Operation Warp Speed’ for long COVID, and we shouldn’t settle for anything less.” — Diana Berrent, […]
Demi Lovato Changes Pronouns
The entertainer told fans that they now identify as nonbinary and will be changing their pronouns to they/them.
Gangrene Causes, Symptoms, Treatment, Type
Gangrene Symptoms and Signs Dry, Wet, Gas, and Fournier’s Gangrene A patient’s symptoms will depend on the type of gangrene, the location of the gangrene (internal organs, skin, extremity, etc.), and how much the gangrene has progressed. In dry gangrene, the skin is hard and black or purplish. In earlier stages, the skin may be […]
Want to Keep People Working in Mental Health? Pay Them More $$, Experts Say
WASHINGTON — What will it take to keep mental health professionals from leaving the field? About $13 per hour more in pay, said Emily Blomme, CEO of Foundation 2 Crisis Services, a crisis prevention and intervention service in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, during a mental health summit sponsored by the Alliance for Health Policy Wednesday. For […]
Water resources to become less predictable with climate change: Declining snowpack will cause more variability in runoff, streamflow
Water resources will fluctuate increasingly and become more and more difficult to predict in snow-dominated regions across the Northern Hemisphere by later this century, according to a comprehensive new climate change study led by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). The research team found that, even in regions that keep receiving about the same […]
Ob/Gyn Board Certification Exam Stays Virtual in Light of Dobbs
The American Board of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ABOG) will again make its board certification exam virtual this year, partly because of safety concerns following the Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade. The decision is intended to save prospective ob/gyns from having to travel to the organization’s Dallas headquarters. Many advocates had expressed concerns […]
You Can Now Dial 988 For Mental Health Help. Here’s What To Know.
For anyone struggling with their mental health, help will now just be a three-digit dial away. On July 16, a new, shorter number for the existing National Suicide Prevention Lifeline officially goes into effect nationwide: 988. The hotline will connect people to a network of crisis counselors, making it easier for Americans to get mental […]