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06 May
Edibles + Alcohol: Hidden Driving Risks, Missed by Sobriety Tests
A new study finds combined use of pot edibles and alcohol leads to greater and longer-lasting driving impairment, and the combo could be missed by sobriety checks.
05 May
Newer Migraine Drugs Reduce Headache Days With Fewer Side Effects, Study Finds
A review in Annals of Internal Medicine finds most CGRP-targeted therapies cut migraine days by about two per month. Evidence for older medications was weaker, according to researchers.
04 May
Social Media Videos, Easy Access Raise Risk of Teen Inhalant Use
Two new studies find widespread social media exposure to inhalants is impacting young teens, especially girls.
Class of Migraine Drug Has Added Benefit: Reduced Glaucoma Risk
A class of drugs taken to prevent migraines might help people avoid glaucoma as well, a new study says.
People taking CGRP (calcitonin gene-related peptide) inhibitors had a 25% lower risk of developing glaucoma, compared to those taking other migraine meds, researchers report in the journal Neurology in a study published recently...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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FDA Authorizes Fruit-Flavored Vapes for Adults
For the first time ever, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized the sale of fruit-flavored e-cigarettes ("vapes") for adults 21 and over.
The move comes amid news of President Donald Trump reportedly pressing FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary to approve flavored vapes. Trump had previously vowed to "save" vaping, according ...
- Andria Park Huynh HealthDay Reporter
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- May 6, 2026
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Edibles + Alcohol Combo Poses Driving Risks Missed by Sobriety Tests
A new study is raising questions about what roadside sobriety tests actually detect -- and what they might miss.
Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine, with support from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, studied how marijuana edibles and alcohol affect driving performance.
"We designed this study because people are increasingly c...
- Stephanie Brown and HealthDay Staff HealthDay Reporters
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- May 6, 2026
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VR Training Helps Autistic People Navigate Police Encounters
People with autism find interactions with police officers to be difficult, if not harrowing.
They struggle to read social cues and can behave restlessly, increasing the risk that a police encounter might escalate, researchers say.
But an innovative virtual reality (VR) education program might help teens and adults with autism better ...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- May 6, 2026
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Weight Loss Surgeries Fall More Than 20% As Patients Turn To GLP-1 Meds, Experts Say
The number of weight-loss surgery procedures in the United States is dropping rapidly in the face of cutting-edge drugs like Ozempic and Zepbound, a new study says.
These procedures dropped by more than 20% between 2022 and 2024, falling below 200,000 for the first time this decade, researchers reported Tuesday at a meeting of the American...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- May 6, 2026
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Children Living Near Gas Stations Have Higher Cancer Risk, Study Finds
Children who live near a gas station are more likely to develop leukemia or other childhood cancers, a new study says.
Living within 250 meters (820 feet) of a gas station raises childhood cancer risk, and the risk increases the closer a child’s home is to the pump, researchers report in the journal Environmental Pollution.<...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- May 6, 2026
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