Los Angeles, California - Teenagers with moderate mental health problems who may not have considered smoking conventional cigarettes are turning to electronic cigarettes, a new USC study has found.

Washington, DC - Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued final guidance outlining updated blood donor deferral recommendations to reflect the most current scientific evidence and to help ensure continued safety of the blood supply by reducing the risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission by blood and blood products.

Cambridge, Massachusetts - Scientists at MIT and Massachusetts General Hospital have discovered how cancer cells latch onto blood vessels and invade tissues to form new tumors - a finding that could help them develop drugs that inhibit this process and prevent cancers from metastasizing.

Ann Arbor, Michigan - In 2015, more than half of all students in 8th, 10th and 12th grades who used vaporizers such as e-cigarettes report that a primary reason for use was curiosity to see what they were like.

Durham, North Carolina - For chronically lonely adolescents, even the rare invitation to a social event is likely to be met with suspicion: “It’s not that I’m worthy, I just got lucky,” they’ll tell themselves.

Washington, DC - American Heart Association CEO Nancy Brown issued the following comments today on the National Institute of Drug Abuse’s 2015 Monitoring the Future Survey. The survey revealed that while cigarette smoking continues to drop among teens, more young Americans are taking up e-cigarettes and cigarillos: