Health Canada says people who vape should get medical attention right away if they’re worried their electronic cigarettes are harming them. The federal department says there is no sign in Canada of an affliction reported in as many as 25 American states that seems to be linked to vaping, but it is monitoring the situation.… Read More: Health Canada warns against modifying vape pens amid two deaths,… »
Deaths from asthma in England and Wales are the highest they have been in more than a decade, according to analysis of official data. More than 1,400 adults and children died from asthma attacks in 2018 – that’s 2.5 people out of every 100,000. The charity Asthma UK said too many lives were being cut… Read More: Asthma deaths in England and Wales ‘highest in a decade’ »
Gun deaths in the United States reached a record high of nearly 40,000 in 2017, according to a CNN analysis of federal government data. There were 39,773 gun deaths that year, compared with 28,874 in 1999. The age-adjusted rate of gun deaths rose from 10.3 per 100,000 in 1999 to 12 per 100,000 in 2017.… Read More: U.S. Gun Deaths Reach Record High »
Over the last three decades, male deaths from melanoma were higher than female deaths in 33 countries, according to the analysis presented Sunday at the 2018 NCRI Cancer Conference in Glasgow. Rates among women have either stabilized or decreased. The study focused on 33 developed countries in Europe, North America and Australasia, as they had… Read More: Global skin cancer deaths rising for men, but not women,… »