Vaping may be safer than smoking cigarettes for those trying to quit, but the shocking case of a British teenager who was highlighted the risks.
Kyla Blight. 17, from Cumbria in England, who started vaping when she was 15, had to be rushed to hospital with a collapsed lung linked to her 4,000 puffs a week on vapes (the equivalent to 400 cigarettes).
She needed a five-and-a-half hour operation to remove part of her lung – doctors found that a
Camila Cabello flashed her nude underwear in a dangerously high-cut dress during a raunchy new photo-shoot in Los Angeles.
The 27-year-old pop act had brought her mother Sinuhe Estrabao to the set, as a supportive presence for her latest work engagement.
Sinuhe could be seen helping Camila out of an inflatable pool as the singer balanced precariously on a towering pair of platform heels.
She whirled through a variety of outfits that day, including the black peekaboo cocktail dress that
Doctors have declared the Government’s push to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, a ‘political move that goes against science’ and ‘glosses over’ serious risks of addiction and psychosis.
The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) is announced plans to downgrade marijuana from a schedule one substance to schedule three, putting it in the same safety category as some types of Tylenol and steroids.
If the rule is officially adopted, marijuana will be considered less risky than LSD, ecstacy, codeine, Adderall
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Story of the week: The European Commission is opening non-compliance investigations into Alphabet,
Some 230 million people in the United States face the potential of damaging earthquakes in 100 years, according to the latest U.S. National Seismic Hazard Model, or NSHM. That’s about 40 million more people than the NHSM previously suggested.
“This hazard model forecasts where we think the future earthquakes will occur,” and moreover, where there’s “the chance of having any damage from an earthquake,” says geophysicist Mark Petersen of the U.S. Geological Survey in Denver.
An artistic depiction of the Keeling Curve, which shows atmospheric CO2 concentrations over time.Swen Pförtner/AP
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The fossil fuel industry funded some of the world’s most foundational climate science as early as 1954, newly unearthed documents have shown, including the early research of Charles Keeling, famous for the so-called ‘Keeling curve’ that has charted the upward march of the Earth’s carbon
As the drama of the transfer window begins to die down, Premier League clubs will now have to make do with their current squads until January.
The big spenders in the division have bolstered, the middle of the road sides have made significant additions and the teams expected to fight it out at the bottom of table have also added to their ranks.
Transfers can make or break a side’s fate during this 38-game marathon, with some teams certain to
The risk of experiencing such health issues as diabetes, fatigue or blood clots can persist for at least two years after a coronavirus infection, a new study suggests.
That finding is based on the health records of about 140,000 U.S. veterans infected with SARS-CoV-2 early in the pandemic, compared with nearly 6 million more who did not test positive for the virus that causes COVID-19. Researchers used veterans’ new diagnoses of health issues, lab results and prescription records to identify
On the last day of June, American Airlines agents at Gainesville Regional Airport in Florida canceled a North Carolina teenager’s flight after realizing that he had used a booking tactic called “skiplagging” or “hidden-city travel,” forbidden by airlines but used by some travelers to net flight bargains.
The teen’s father, Hunter Parsons, said it was his 17 year old’s first time flying unaccompanied and that both the timing and price of the booking made it appealing — for $150, his
The Football Association have rallied behind Lauren James and confirmed they will be appealing the red card that could see the Chelsea attacker miss the Women’s World Cup final, should England get there. The 21-year-old, who had enjoyed a standout tournament to date, was shown a straight red card following a VAR review for stamping on Michelle Alozie just before the end of normal time.
James will be handed a one-match ban which could yet be extended via FIFA’s disciplinary
