Cannabis industry expects reclassification of marijuana by Justice Dept. to help business Cannabis industry expects reclassification of marijuana by Justice Dept. to help business 04:08 A record number of U.S. workers are cheating on employer drug tests by tampering with urine samples or using other means to evade detection, new research shows. The percentage of…
Non-smoking Asian women getting lung cancer at a high rate; new study seeks to determine why Non-smoking Asian women getting lung cancer at a high rate; new study seeks to determine why 06:11 A Bay Area-based study finds that 80% of Asian American women with lung cancer never smoked and researchers are trying to figure…
A Bay Area-based study finds that 80% of Asian American women with lung cancer never smoked and researchers are trying to figure out why. Five years ago, Vicky Ni got a call from her doctor. She had just gone in for an X-ray for what she thought was a pinched nerve. The next thing she…
Fitness trackers’ health impacts What do fitness trackers really do for your health? 04:23 National gym chain Planet Fitness is hiking the cost of its basic membership for the first time in 26 years. A no-frills membership for new customers will cost $15 per month, up from the $10 it had been priced at since…
Amid the nation’s opioid crisis, the city of Seattle has announced the creation of a recovery center for people who have been revived after an overdose. The Downtown Emergency Service Center, an existing non-profit with multiple locations, will operate what officials called a “post-overdose stabilization and care facility” in an area hotel after renovations to…
More than a third of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. are now estimated to be from a new, fast-growing member of a group of so-called “FLiRT” variants, nicknamed for their small but distinctive changes relative to the JN.1 strain. JN.1 was the variant behind this past winter wave of infections. The largest among them, called…
Patrick J. Kennedy works to reduce stigma around mental health, substance use with new book – CBS News Watch CBS News Eighty-four million Americans had a mental disorder in 2022, while 34 million people had a substance use disorder. About 11 million people dealt with both, but many did not receive professional treatment, partially because…
London — One of the youngest children in the world to receive a new type of gene therapy to treat genetic deafness can now hear for the first time in her life. The family of the toddler taking part in a medical trial has called the change in their daughter “mind-blowing.” Opal Sandy, now 18…
Some anti-abortion rights groups are selling a procedure called “abortion pill reversal,” which they claim can help women halt medical abortions. That claim is now being challenged by state officials who allege the groups are veering into false advertising and fraud. Heartbeat International, an anti-abortion rights group, and 11 other anti-abortion organizations were sued Monday…
Insulin prices capped for millions, but not all qualify Insulin prices capped for millions, but not all qualify 02:20 More than 200 people with diabetes were injured after technology defect caused their insulin pump to unexpectedly shut down, according to the Food and Drug Administration. The software glitch has prompted the recall of more than…
