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17 Aug
Music Streaming Linked to Rise in Traffic Deaths
A new study finds traffic deaths are significantly higher on major album release days, when music streaming surges.
14 Aug
The Surprising Benefit of Screen Time on Teen Brains
A long-term study on screen time and kids’ brains found more — not less — screen time is linked to better cognitive processing by about age 16. But the type of content matters.
13 Aug
Taking the Stairs May Lower Your Risk of Dying from Heart Disease
In a large, new analysis, people who regularly climbed stairs had a significantly lower risk of dying from cardiovascular disease and were less likely to suffer a heart attack, stroke or heart failure.
Waist Size Is Accurate Way To Gauge Unhealthy Excess Weight, Study Says
Are you worried that extra pounds might be harming your health?
Check the notches on your belt, a new study suggests.
Waist size might be one of the simplest and most effective measures to detect health risks associated with obesity, researchers reported recently in JAMA Network Open.
“Pay attention to the need t...
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Panel Offers First Guidelines For Using E-Cigarettes To Help Smokers Quit
A panel of experts has issued the first clinical guidelines for using e-cigarettes to help adults quit smoking.
E-cigarettes should be offered alongside other smoking cessation strategies like nicotine replacement therapies or medications like varenicline and bupropion, a panel from the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco said. It...
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- August 18, 2026
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Jalapeño Recalls Keep Growing As Salmonella Outbreak Investigation Continues
The list of foods pulled from store shelves because they contain Salmonella-linked jalapeño peppers keeps getting longer.
Two more companies announced recalls in the past week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said in an advisory updated Aug. 14.
NatureBest Precut & Produce LLC recalled NatureBest-brand...
- Ellyn Vohnoutka HealthDay Reporter
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- August 17, 2026
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Music Streaming Linked To Rise In Traffic Deaths
When a blockbuster album drops, streaming numbers may not be the only thing that spikes.
A new study, published today in JAMA Network Open, finds traffic deaths also rise significantly.
Dr. Vishal Patel of Harvard Medical School and colleagues compared U.S. traffic fatalities on the release dates of 10 of the most-streamed a...
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- August 17, 2026
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Quartz Countertop Workers Are Falling Prey To Lung Disease
There’s a rapidly growing epidemic of lung disease among craftspeople working with quartz countertops, a new study says.
More and more quartz workers are developing silicosis, an incurable and progressive lung disease caused by inhaling silica dust, researchers reported Aug. 12 in the New England Journal of Medicine Evidence...
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- August 17, 2026
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Many Smokers Unaware Of Heart, Brain Risks Of Smoking
Many smokers still haven’t absorbed the fact that smoking and secondhand smoke cause heart attacks and strokes, despite decades of messaging around tobacco’s health risks, a new study says.
More than 90% know that smoking causes lung cancer, but fewer know about its links to other fatal conditions, researchers report in the jou...
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- August 17, 2026
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