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11/27/2017 / By Zoey Sky

Why “safer than cigarettes” doesn’t mean “safe” — understanding how e-cigarettes work

Less than 10 years ago, a lone company in China advertised the e-cigarette as an unheard-of product that was a safer and tobacco-free alternative to regular cigarettes. In 2010, the U.S. market welcomed vaping. Now, health officials, policymakers, and researchers are working double-time to stay updated with a “rapidly expanding, wildly controversial, and largely unregulated $3 […]

11/22/2017 / By Russel Davis

Cancer deaths are making a comeback thanks to obesity epidemic, according to new report by the CDC

A report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has revealed that U.S. cancer rates have, once again, shown a significant increase in recent years after a steady decline since the 1990s. The report notes that the worsening obesity epidemic in the U.S. has greatly contributed to the steady increase in cancer cases across the country over the last few years. The […]

10/07/2017 / By JD Heyes

Study: 40 percent of ALL cancer cases in the U.S. are linked to obesity

A new study further highlights the negative implications of America’s obesity epidemic and why more education and policy changes are necessary to combat it: Some 40 percent of all cancers in the U.S. or about 630,000 cases annually, are linked to being overweight. The findings by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are particularly […]

09/19/2017 / By Tracey Watson

BOMBSHELL: Flu vaccines don’t work in the elderly, new science shows … U.S. media total blackout

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the same authority that determines the national vaccination schedule, notes that those most at risk of complications from the flu virus are children younger than 5, but particularly those under the age of 2; pregnant women; people in nursing homes; and adults over the age of 65. […]

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