iStock/Thinkstock(HOUSTON) — Seabather’s eruption refers to a nearly invisible marine pest known as “sea lice” that lurks in warm Florida waters during the summer and gives beachgoers an itchy rash and flu-like symptoms. Local ABC station KTRK-TV Read More
Bend, Ore. – The recreational sale of pot edibles has been legal for nearly a week now. Officials at Bend’s Oregrown have seen their sales increase significantly since edibles became legal last Thursday. Meanwhile, local Bloom Well Dispensary said their sales Read More
Bend, Ore. – Record-breaking heat this week has many folks looking to cool off in the Deschutes River, but some got an unexpected scare, even injuries when they floated the passageway at the new Bend Whitewater Park. Bend Park and Recreation District Executive Read More
Bend-La Pine, Ore. – Following the crisis in Flint Michigan where dangerous levels of lead were found in drinking water, schools across the country have started testing their drinking water. In March two schools in Portland recorded elevated levels of lead, but the Read More
iStock/ThinkstockBy DR. JENNIFER ASHTON, ABC News Senior Medical Contributor Is smoking in the U.S. becoming a thing of the past? A new study released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows the rate of Americans smoking has dropped to 15 percent, falling Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Pop stars are paid to promote food and drinks to adolescents, and most of it is unhealthy stuff, a new study in the Journal of Pediatrics finds. Researchers investigated 590 celebrity endorsement commercials on YouTube by Billboard Top Read More
Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — First Lady Michelle Obama hosted children from across the country to harvest the White House Kitchen Garden on Monday — and it was hard work. The first lady joined students in gathering nutritious items like kale, fennel Read More
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza(CHICAGO) — Vice President Joe Biden addressed the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s Annual Meeting in Chicago on Monday, unveiling a public database to advance cancer research. Galvanized by his son, Beau’s, Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(CHICAGO) — Researchers at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have found that aggressive therapy may triple the time to progression in lung cancer which has metastasized. Traditionally, when lung cancer has spread to other sites Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Are diabetic patients being overtreated for diabetes? According to a new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine that looked at over 31,000 patients from a database, a quarter of diabetics not on insulin were found to be receiving Read More
