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THURSDAY, May 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Teens who use electronic cigarettes are significantly more likely than non-vapers to binge-drink and use cannabis, new research finds.Surveys of teens ages 13 to 18 revealed that vapers were 20 times more likely to use marijuana than teens who used no nicotine products. And those who vaped in the previous month were six times more likely to have had multiple binge-drinking episodes in the previous two weeks.These associations were even stronger for kids who smoked traditional cigarettes and vaped.“The surprising thing is just how strong those links were,” said lead study author Noah Kreski, a data analyst for Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. “The associations we see there are just far and away so much higher than what...

THURSDAY, May 18, 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- Kate Adamson liked exercising so much, her goal was to become a fitness trainer. She grew up in New Zealand playing golf and later, living in California, she worked out often while raising her two young daughters.Although she was healthy and ate well, she had occasional migraines. At age 33, they were getting worse and more frequent.One week, she had the worst headache of her life. It went on for days. She wasn't sleeping well and got up early to take a shower.She felt a wave of dizziness. Her left side seemed to collapse. Adamson made her way down to the edge of the tub to rest.She was able to return to bed, where she woke up her husband, Steven Klugman."I need help now," she said.Her next memory was seeing paramedics rushing...

THURSDAY, May 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Pregnancy is a difficult and potentially dangerous time in a woman’s life, and U.S. women say they aren’t getting the support they need while they’re expecting, a new HealthDay/Harris Poll has found.Nearly 2 in 5 women who are pregnant or have ever been pregnant (37%) say they have experienced barriers to getting needed care.Worse, women in their prime childbearing years (18 to 34) are more than twice as likely as those who are 35 and older to say they encountered barriers to needed health care during pregnancy and birth -- 74% versus 28%.The most common barrier they cite is an inability to make doctor’s appointments because of they are unable to take time off work or find child care.One in 5 women overall (19%) -- and 2 in 5 between...

THURSDAY, May 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The first RSV vaccine designed to protect infants is under consideration by a panel of advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.An independent committee of experts will vote Thursday on whether to recommend the shot for pregnant mothers at 24 to 36 weeks gestation.“Before the pandemic, RSV was the No. 1 cause of infant hospitalization in the United States, so this is a big deal,” Dr. Ofer Levy, director of the precision vaccines program at Boston Children’s Hospital, told NBC News. Levy is a temporary voting member of the panel, but not one who will vote on this vaccine.If the panel recommends the vaccine, the FDA would still need to approve it, a process that could take months. The agency is not obligated to follow its...