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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...