Up in Smoke

The use of e-cigarettes and vaping is growing at a rapid rate. Now drug users are using e-cigarettes to vape illicit drugs. Michelle Peace is part of a team investigating the use of e-cigarettes and illegal drugs. (Right image credit: www.vaping360.com)

Nadine Kabbani has new research showing that menthol can actually make cigarettes more addictive. This might be having an outsized impact on teen smokers–nearly 50% of them choose menthols over regular cigarettes.

The National Institutes of Health recommend teenagers get around nine hours of sleep a night, but Adam Winsler and his colleagues found teenagers in the nation’s capital are actually getting far less, and the effects can be deadly.

A new treatment using focused ultrasound can dramatically improve lifestyles for millions of older Americans who experience involuntary tremors. Dr. Jeff Elias recently won FDA approval for the scalpel-free technique he pioneered after a study yielded startling results.