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A woman examines a patient with a red hearing aid.

Hearing Aids Will Now Be Available Over the Counter and Could Be Cheaper With a New FDA Rule

The Food and Drug Administration finalized a rule that will make hearing aids available to Americans over-the-counter by mid-October. It's expected to make the product much cheaper.
By Courtney Vinopal
Overall, even with Juul and bubblegum-flavored e-cigarette clouds, the nicotine problem is smaller than it was a generation ago.

Despite Vape ‘Epidemic’ Hysteria, Data Shows Teen Nicotine Use Is Down

The kids aren't alright, but they're better than they were.
By Chris Roberts
Mint Juul Pods

New Study: Discontinued Mint, Mango Juul Pods Were Magic for Quitting Smoking

With attractive flavors, adult smokers stand a much better chance of quitting cigarettes.
By Chris Roberts

New Data Suggests Additive in Illegal Cannabis Vapes Is Behind Outbreak of Lung Injuries

By Chris Roberts
The nearly 300 different vaping devices and more than 15,000 vaping products on the market, create "nearly infinite variables" that could lead to injury or death.

How Public Health Researchers Are Making the Great Vape Crisis Worse

By Chris Roberts
blue light

Is Blue Light the Tobacco of the Digital Age?

By Arick Wierson
Medical Marijuana Club Seeks Site In Fisherman's Wharf

How Many Times Does Andrew Cuomo Need to Be Told to Legalize Marijuana? An Inquiry.

By Chris Roberts
Childhood trauma can have an impact across generations.

How Childhood Trauma Can Affect Mental and Physical Health Into Adulthood

By Shanta R. Dube
The only long-term solution is the ongoing decline in “double standard” about sexual morality.

Why Men and Women Lie About Sex, and How This Complicates STD Control

By Shervin Assari
The emails describe a wide-range of Coca-Cola actions

Leaked: Coca-Cola’s Worldwide Political Strategy to Kill Soda Taxes

By Kyle Pfister
Mayor Bill de Blasio, center, speaks about the budget of the city's public hospitals.

New York City’s Public Hospitals Are in Trouble

By Jillian Jorgensen
NYC Anti-Smoking Ad (Getty Images).

Phillip Morris USA Celebrates Freedom from the Oppressing of Death Stick Merchants

By Foster Kamer
(Courtesy: AndreaPeyser.com)

A Treasury of Andrea Peyser’s Very Best Prison Rape Fantasies

By Aaron Gell
(Flickr/Francisco Javier Argel)

You Probably Didn’t Catch Measles at The Super Bowl

By Steve Huff

Bill Banning Smoking in Parks Signed Into Law

By Jeremy B. White

La-La’s Public Health Maestro Buys N.Y.C. Condo for $2.62 M.

By Chloe Malle
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