Health Rewind: CDC Lays Out New Graphic Anti-Smoking Ads
Plus, 28 percent of us sleep six hours or less a night.
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Seven New Anti-Smoking Ads Due Out Soon - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is back with their famous “Tips From Former Smokers” campaign. This time, there are seven new ads sharing stories about the dangers of smoking. Expect to hear from a pregnant woman who refused to quit smoking to a man who lost all of his teeth because of his habit. — Kellee Terrell(Photo: Francesca Yorke/Getty Images)
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Retired Football Players at Risk for Chronic Headaches - While concussions and brain trauma are symptoms of playing football, so are chronic headaches. Researchers followed eight retired NFL players and found that, on average, they suffered 19 headaches a month, with 12 of those attacks being migraines. Sadly, only one in eight had health insurance to treat their migraines. (Photo: Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)
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Black Seniors Believe Health Care in the U.S. Is Improving - A recent AARP survey found that Blacks 50 years and older were very optimistic about the future of health care in the U.S. and 91 percent said that access to quality health care was important. However, they were very worried about their financial stability and workplace discrimination. (Photo: JGI/Tom Grill/Getty Images)
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One in Ten Beaches Are Unsafe for Swimming - For many of us, summer means swimming and hanging at the beach. But is your local beach safe? A recent report found that 10 percent of all U.S. beaches are unswimmable due to pollution. Most of the pollution is due to raw sewage and stormwater runoff that breeds disease-causing bacteria, says USA Today. (Photo: Tetra Images/Corbis)
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Why Are Black Women More Resistant to Aspirin? - A recent study found that Black women taking aspirin to reduce inflammation around the heart are more likely to be resistant of the drug than white women. Researchers are not sure why this resistance exists, but given that aspirin therapy is routine, they suggest that doctors try upping doses for Black female patients. (Photo: Patrick Lane/GettyImages)
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New York Makes Medical Marijuana Legal, But Has Restrictions - New York State recently approved the use of medical marijuana for approved patients. But the law is stricter than states like California and Colorado, says CNN.com. New York will have only four dispensaries and the marijuana will be labeled, making it easier to track it down and reduce the probability of it being sold in the black market. (Photo: Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
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Black Women Break Silence Around Depression - A recent article for Psych Central explores the stigma that Black women face reporting and seeking help for their depression. The writer spent six weeks in an outpatient treatment facility and writes that the other Black participants admitted to not telling anyone where they were because they were afraid. Read the article in its entirety here.(Photo: Andrea Morini/Getty Images)
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Get More Sleep, Get Better Health - Sleep deprivation does more than affect our mood. A new CDC study suggests that it can increase our risk of obesity, high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, depression, heart attacks, strokes and premature death. Researchers found that 28 percent of Americans sleep six hours or less a night and 70 million have disordered sleep. (Photo: JGI/Jamie Grill/Getty Images)
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Teens Who Smoke Menthols Smoke More Often - Teen smokers smoke more menthol cigarettes than non-menthols. Researchers from Canada found that teen menthol smokers smoked 43 cigarettes per week compared to 26 per week for non-menthol smokers. This disparity may exist because teens falsely believe that menthols are less dangerous than traditional tobacco because of their “minty” taste. (Photo: Getty Images)