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Smoking tobacco puts you at risk of many health issues, including heart disease, tooth loss, gum disease, cataracts, diabetes and arthritis. Even if you've been smoking for years, it's never too late to quit. Just one year after quitting, your risk of having a heart attack drops dramatically, and within two to five years, your risk of having a stroke can be reduced to about that of someone who never smoked. Those who quit also cut their risk for bladder, esophageal, mouth and throat cancer by half within five years, while the risk of dying due to lung cancer drops by half 10 years after quitting.

Addiction to opioids and tobacco increases risk for COVID-19, study finds

September 23, 2020 at 12:21 p.m.

People with substance use disorder — especially involving opioids or tobacco — are at a significantly higher risk for contracting COVID-19. What's more, they also are more likely to develop...

Chlamydia and gonorrhea have increased among younger women, study finds

September 22, 2020 at 12:44 p.m.

Rates of chlamydia and gonorrhea are increasing among women ages 18 to 30 in the United States, a recent study by Quest Diagnostics suggests. The study, recently published in the...

Tropical Storm Isaias uprooted a pine that is weighing down power lines on Hubbard Street near Main Street in Glastonbury, Connecticut.

Tropical storms will keep popping up, but how will we know which is the next Big One?

September 21, 2020 at 2:38 p.m.

PHILADELPHIA — That the record-setting tropical storm traffic in the Atlantic Basin is going to persist is all but a given, forecasters say. The deeper and more frightening question is,...

Obesity can increase the risk of endometrial cancer, as it increases estrogen levels, and the higher the estrogen, the greater a woman's risk.

Obesity increasing in U.S. adults, CDC report finds

September 21, 2020 at 2:26 p.m.

Obesity, a risk factor for severe effects of COVID-19, continues to become more common, according to data released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Twelve states now...

Scientists discover potential coronavirus remedy — at least, for mice and hamsters

September 18, 2020 at 2:55 p.m.

Scientists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine say they have discovered a super-potent molecule that was "highly effective" at preventing and treating COVID-19 when tested in mice and...

Experts agree that your time is better spent washing your hands after you return from the grocery store than wiping down every item brought home.

Do you actually need to wipe down everything to protect yourself from COVID-19?

September 18, 2020 at 2:34 p.m.

If you were wiping down every single Amazon package, can of chickpeas, and takeout container at the start of the pandemic, you certainly weren't alone. Clorox, the world's biggest maker...

In this file photo, Singers Gladys Knight and Patti Labelle pose in the press room at the 2007 BET Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium on June 26, 2007 in Los Angeles, CA. Organizers of Verzuz said Tuesday the next installment of the viral Instagram Live series will pit Patti LaBelle against Gladys Knight.

Patti LaBelle #Verzuz Gladys Knight: Music and love for the win

September 14, 2020 at 3:25 p.m.

The mutual admiration between Patti LaBelle and Gladys Knight owned the night Sunday in the latest installment of the #Verzuz series. Knight proved she still has the vocal chops of...

A Port Authority police officer stands watch on the day the new COVID-19 testing facility XpresCheck became available for passengers at Newark Liberty International Airport Terminal B on Sept. 8, 2020 in Newark, New Jersey.

How to tell if you have COVID-19 or flu

September 14, 2020 at 12:29 p.m.

Flu season is unpredictable in any year, depending on such factors as how many people get the vaccine and how well it matches circulating strains of the virus. This year,...

Taking short breaks or mini-recesses ? could help your child stay focused.

Easy yoga exercises for kids to keep them focused during the day

September 11, 2020 at 3:43 p.m.

Like it or not, virtual schooling means that a lot of kids are now spending their days in front of a screen. The shift is a challenge for all of...

Aún no hay respuestas sencillas para muchas de las preguntas en torno al covid-19.

Aún tengo síntomas de covid-19, ¿soy contagioso?

September 10, 2020 at 2:39 p.m.

Como cada semana sale nueva información sobre el coronavirus, puede ser difícil dar seguimiento a los detalles que uno necesita para mantener a la familia a salvo. Entre ellos: ¿Por...

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