Health Rewind: CVS to Stop Selling Tobacco in Stores Nationwide
Plus, why teens need to eat breakfast.
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Health Rewind: CVS to Stop Selling Tobacco in Stores Nationwide - CVS/Caremark announced that come Oct. 1, their stores would no longer carry tobacco products, The New York Times reported. The company will lose $2 billion in sales, but Larry J. Merlo, chief executive of CVS said, “We came to the decision that cigarettes and providing health care just don’t go together in the same setting.” —Kellee Terrell (@kelleent)(Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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40 Percent of Parents Don’t Want Their Sons Playing Football - With concussions and high school football being a hot topic, a new NBC News/WSJ survey found that 40 percent of parents would rather have their sons play another sport other than football. Socioeconomics played a role in these attitudes: 27 percent of low-income parents felt this way, compared to 47 percent of affluent parents.(Photo: Ocala Star-Banner /Landov)
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Emotional Support Helps Buffer Effects of Racism on Young Blacks - Black teens that experience frequent racial discrimination have a higher risk of developing diabetes, stroke and heart disease. The good news: Having emotionally supportive parents can help buffer racism’s ill effects, says a new report. Researchers believe that teens offered advice, help with homework and support by parents can better cope with stress. (Photo: Monashee Frantz/Getty Images)
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There’s Still Time to Get a Flu Shot! - This week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reminded Americans that it’s not too late for us to get our influenza vaccine. Flu rates can peak in January or February and the virus can mostly affect children, young adults and seniors, Health Day News wrote. Have you gotten your shot yet?(Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
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Young HIV Patients Delay Starting Treatment - Half of young people living with HIV/AIDS wait too long to start their treatment, says a new study from Johns Hopkins. Also, Black positive youth were twice as likely to delay taking treatment compared to white positive youth. Delaying treatment can worsen one’s health, lower their CD4 count and make them more susceptible to passing the virus to others. (Photo: Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post)
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Parenting Plays Role in Pre-K Young Black Boys - Transitioning African-American boys from pre-school to kindergarten can be rough but successful if parents are involved, says a recent report. Boys had better grades and behavior when their mothers helped them with reading, writing and other learning activities. Also, healthy and respectful interactions between parents also helped performance outcomes, Health Canal reported.(Photo: Matt McClain/For The Washington Post/Getty Images)
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Insurance Company Uses Trucks to Enroll Residents in Obamacare - Mississippi boasts some of the worst health in the country, but a health insurance company has taken to the streets promoting Obamacare, Al Jazeera reported. Driving trucks around the entire state, Humana has educated more than 7,000 state residents on health care reform and health care plans in order to reach the most vulnerable. (Photo: Reuters)
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Abused Women More Prone to Riskier Sex - Violent relationships increase a woman’s risk for HIV and STDs, says a new report. Women who reported abuse feared that demanding safer sex would result in being hurt, so they remained silent. Researchers say new approaches are needed to address these women’s needs given that traditional condom negotiation talks don’t work for them. (Photo: Fuse/Getty Images)
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Study: Hospitals Play Role in Heart Disease Deaths Among Blacks - If you’ve had heart surgery, the hospital you have access to may be the difference between life and death, says researchers from University of Michigan. Their new study suggests that access to quality health care via hospitals accounts for 50 percent of the gap of death rates between Blacks and whites.(Photo: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)