Category: health and wellness
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FDA Proposes Rules Prohibiting Menthol Cigarettes and Flavored Cigars to Prevent Youth Initiation, Significantly Reduce Tobacco-Related Disease and Death
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is announcing proposed product standards to prohibit menthol as a characterizing flavor in cigarettes and prohibit all characterizing flavors (other than tobacco) in cigars. These actions have the potential to significantly reduce disease and death from combusted tobacco product use, the leading cause of preventable death in the U.S., by reducing…
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What You Need to Know About Cholesterol
Stay in control to help prevent heart disease, heart attack and stroke (Family Features) Understanding and improving cholesterol is important for people of all ages, including children and teens. Maintaining healthy cholesterol levels can help keep your heart healthy and lower your chances of getting heart disease or having a stroke. High cholesterol usually has no symptoms. In…
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FDA Takes Steps to Limit Lead in Juice to Further Reduce Exposure to Toxic Elements in Foods
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued draft action levels for lead in single-strength (ready to drink) apple juice and other single-strength juices and juice blends. This action is intended to reduce the potential for negative health effects from dietary exposure to lead, and supports the agency’s Closer to Zero action plan that sets forth the…
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THE LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY IS EXPANDING WHAT’S POSSIBLE FOR BLOOD CANCER PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES
RYE BROOK, N.Y. /PRNewswire/ — The global leader in the fight against blood cancers, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS), officially kicked off its 33rd annual Man & Woman of the Year® campaign — a multimillion-dollar nationwide philanthropic competition. For an exciting 10-weeks, thousands of individuals from diverse backgrounds come together to carry out creative fundraising efforts to fight blood…
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Victoria’s Secret Reveals Camila Cabello as Newest Star of Bombshell Fragrance in Brand’s First Ever Bilingual Campaign
The new campaign for America’s No. 1 Fragrance* celebrates the Bombshell in all of us, timed to the first Bombshell Gardens pop-up in New York City. NEW YORK /PRNewswire/ — Today, Victoria’s Secret announced the newest Bombshell campaign highlighting the brand’s best-selling fine fragrance with three-time Grammy Award-nominated, multi-platinum, and chart-topping singer/songwriter, Camila Cabello. In the brand’s first bilingual…
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MasterClass Announces Celebrity Makeup Artist Sir John to Teach How to Create Makeup Looks for Any Moment in 30 Days
Through step-by-step demonstrations and follow-along assignments, Sir John will share how to use makeup as a tool to highlight beauty, rather than hide perceived imperfections SAN FRANCISCO /PRNewswire/ —  MasterClass, the streaming platform where anyone can learn from the world’s best across a wide range of subjects, today announced that starting May 20 celebrity makeup artist Sir John…
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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Approves First COVID-19 Treatment for Young Children
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration expanded the approval of the COVID-19 treatment Veklury (remdesivir) to include pediatric patients 28 days of age and older weighing at least 3 kilograms (about 7 pounds) with positive results of direct SARS-CoV-2 viral testing, who are: Hospitalized, or Not hospitalized and have mild-to-moderate COVID-19 and are at…
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Sweet Flower, Los Angeles’ Largest Owned and Operated Cannabis Retailer Launches “SWEETS by Sweet Flower” In-House Brand
LOS ANGELES /PRNewswire/ — Sweet Flower, Los Angeles’ largest owned and operated cannabis retailer, is introducing “Sweets by Sweet Flower” family of branded products, starting with the launch of the “SWEETS” cannabis flower line, in three cultivars – Limoncino Sour, (indica cross of Gelato #33 x Divorce Cake), Strawberry Horchata, (hybrid Wedding Cake cut back-crossed with White Widow…
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ADAM DEVINE STARS IN SITCOM PARODY TO LAUNCH CANN BLUE RHUBERRY, A SOCIAL TONIC AVAILABLE WITH AND WITHOUT THC
One Flavor, Two Choices: Cann and Adam Devine Collaborate on a Raspberry and Rhubarb Flavored THC Tonic, Alongside the Brand’s First Unspiked Collaboration Available Nationwide LOS ANGELES /PRNewswire/ — Cann, California’s leading cannabis-infused beverage company, today announced a new, limited-edition flavor, Blue Rhuberry, in partnership with celebrity investor and comedic actor, Adam Devine, and Eaze, the nation’s largest cannabis delivery marketplace. Featuring rhubarb,…
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Black Health Matters Spring Health Summit 2022 Building Health and Saving Lives, From Harlem, USA
Debut Hybrid Event Features Community Health Fair and STEM Program NEW YORKÂ /PRNewswire/ — As the nation continues to recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccine hesitancy, lack of access to quality health care, and social disadvantages are still contributing to health disparities among African Americans. What are the next steps in dealing with…