Though tobacco use has been declining in the US, service members and military veterans continue to have higher rates of tobacco use than civilians. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cigarettes remain the number one preventable cause of death in the United States, and veterans smoke cigarettes at significantly higher rates than the national average. In fact, more than one in five US veterans smoke, and according to data before 2019, that number jumps to over half among male veterans and service members between the ages of 18 and 25. One method to combat the prevalence of harmful cigarettes is through tobacco harm reduction, or supporting tobacco users to switch to less harmful, smoke-free nicotine products. How…
Until recently, a patient could not receive an Alzheimer’s diagnosis without an expensive scan or invasive procedure. Last year, the FDA cleared two blood-based biomarker tests—or BBB—that require only a routine blood sample for use in diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease. This is an important step forward in Alzheimer’s care, but it won’t mean much to patients unless they are given affordable access to these tests. Right now, federal law prohibits the Medicare program from covering BBB tests without very specific constraints being met, such as a review from the little-known U.S. Preventative Services Task Force or an act of Congress. More than 7 million Americans have Alzheimer’s, and a recent report found that over 90% of…
“For someone like me living in Germany and eating nothing spicy, it was a very big shock physically and mentally,” the tourist wrote in his complaint.
“For someone like me living in Germany and eating nothing spicy, it was a very big shock physically and mentally,” the tourist wrote in his complaint.Open
