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It’s known that vaping can negatively impact one's health, but a viral moment shows just how bad it can be.
Sheldon Shuffield of Fort Worth, Texas, posted a video to his TikTok account (@thisdadtiktoks) in August for his more than 600,000 followers, which now has more than two million likes and 22 million views.
«Oh my God, I just got a new fancy-schmancy Mercedes,» he began. «Do you want proof that vaping is bad for you?»
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Shuffield, who once worked in health care, explained that his Mercedes came with a HEPA filter that is «similar to what’s in the operating room,» he said in the video.
The filter is meant to purify the air that enters the car to create a healthier environment.
Shuffield’s husband took a puff of his vape and blew it down onto the floorboards.
As he puffed out the light plume of smoke, the filter’s interior numbers shot through the roof, quickly changing from a «Good» 1 PM2.5 (particulate ma..

A middle-aged Iowa resident has died from Lassa fever, according to an alert from the Iowa Department of Health & Human Services (HHS).
The person, whose name and age were not shared, had recently returned to the state after traveling to West Africa, the release stated.
The initial testing of the patient was performed on Monday at the Nebraska Public Health Laboratory on Monday, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is «working to confirm the diagnosis,» per Iowa HHS.
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«This is a difficult time for the family of this individual and I want to express our deepest condolences,» said Dr. Robert Kruse, state medical director of IOWA HHS, in the release.
«I want to assure Iowans that the risk of transmission is incredibly low in our state. We continue to investigate and monitor this situation and are implementing the necessary public health protocols.»
The patient received care at the U..

Elon Musk is urging people to submit their medical scans to Grok for analysis, but doctors advise using caution when relying on artificial intelligence for health care insights.
The Tesla and SpaceX CEO posted on X on Tuesday, encouraging his followers to submit X-rays, PET scans, MRIs or other medical images to the AI chatbot.
«This is still early stage, but it is already quite accurate and will become extremely good,» Musk wrote.
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The X owner also asked people to report back on «where Grok gets it right or needs work.»
Musk launched Grok, a product of his company xAI, in 2023.
The most recent version of the generative AI chatbot is described as a «frontier language model with state-of-the-art reasoning capabilities.»
Dr. Marc Siegel, clinical professor of medicine at NYU Langone Health and Fox News' senior medical analyst, responded to the Musk post in an interview with Fox News Digital, calling AI the «future of medicine.»
«It will be a big..

There are some obvious signs of a poor night’s sleep — fatigue, irritability and trouble focusing, to name a few — but it can also have some hidden effects.
In a new study led by University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), poor sleep was linked to faster brain aging in middle-aged adults.
While previous studies have focused on older adults, the average age of the 589 people in this study was 40 years old, according to a press release.
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The participants completed two sleep questionnaires five years apart. After 15 years, they underwent brain scans.
«We calculated brain age using a machine learning approach, using MRI data to estimate the amount of brain shrinkage corresponding to a specific age,» study author Clémence Cavaillès, PhD, a researcher at UCSF, told Fox News Digital.
«We showed that poor sleep that persisted over five years — and specifically when it related to insomnia sympt..

With one in every eight women diagnosed with breast cancer at some point in their lives, experts agree that early detection and treatment is key.
«One of the biggest goals when it comes to breast cancer detection is to try and discover those cancers before they cause any problems,» Dr. Nicole Saphier, Fox News medical contributor, told Fox News Digital during an on-camera conversation.
The most common symptom of breast cancer is a new lump or mass, according to the American Cancer Society (ACS).
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«The most common is a palpable mass,» Saphier confirmed.
«People come in with a lump. Sometimes it can be something benign, like a cyst, but it can also be a cancer.»
Not all warning signs are obvious, however.
«It's not just about feeling a lump,» Saphier said. «There are some other signs that breast cancer can present.»
Studies have shown that nipple discharge is a symptom for 3% to 9% of breast ca..

Halloween is a fun-filled holiday that’s best known for the deluge of candy.
Between trick-or-treating and Halloween parties, it can be tough to moderate kids' intake of sweets and treats.
In an interview with Fox News Digital, Dr. Dyan Hes, medical director at Corcorde Pediatrics of Northwell Health in New York City, shared that while she's a «big fan of candy,» Halloween is a great time to practice «everything in moderation.»
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Hes specializes in pediatric obesity medicine. She said families that are overly strict about candy consumption can lead to kids sneaking «forbidden food.»
To allow kids to still have fun while keeping Halloween relatively healthy, Hes offered a number of tips.
Parents should make a plan with their kids, Hes said, which could include choosing how many pieces of candy they can have on Halloween night and at parties.
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The imminent presidential election is having an impact on Americans' mental health.
A recent national survey by AMFM, a residential mental health treatment system based in California, analyzed the anxiety levels of 2,000 Americans during an election year.
Nearly 22% of the respondents reported that election coverage was having a negative effect on their mental health.
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Navigating misinformation (57%) and «doom and gloom» messaging (56%) were identified as key stressors, as well as concern about the election's aftermath (54%) and worry that their candidate of choice would not win (42%).
Overall, 30% of respondents reported increased anxiety related to the election, 22% said they felt overwhelmed and 18% experienced anger.
Almost 53% said they avoid election-related conversations to prevent anxiety.
More than 73% of respondents have not sought support for election-related anxiety – and don’t plan to, they said.
AS ELECTION N..

When you’re feeling unwell and symptoms are quickly getting worse, you know you need medical attention — but it’s not always possible to get a same-day appointment with your primary care physician.
When sudden and severe sickness requires immediate care, the two most common options are to visit an urgent care or to head to a hospital emergency room — but how do you know which is best?
Fox News Digital spoke with multiple doctors to determine when an urgent care center will suffice and when a trip to the ER is warranted.
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Urgent care centers provide immediate health care services for walk-in patients, typically offering extended hours and same-day availability.
They can be considered a «middle ground» between a primary care doctor and the ER, according to Mayo Clinic.
There are 10,728 active urgent care clinics in the U.S. as of earlier this year, according to Definitive Healthcare in Massachusetts.
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One in eight women in the U.S. will be diagnosed with breast cancer at some point in their lifetime, statistics show.
The diagnosis can be shocking, scary and overwhelming, leaving the patient with a long list of questions — perhaps the first of which is, «What should I do next?»
«Hearing the words ‘you have cancer’ is life-changing and brings with it many emotions,» Tingting Tan, MD, PhD, a medical oncologist and hematologist at City of Hope Newport Beach in California, told Fox News Digital.
«Know that your feelings are perfectly normal and give yourself some time.»
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Fox News Digital spoke with breast cancer experts who have helped other women navigate this tough journey, gathering their guidance about what to do in the days and weeks after the diagnosis.
Experts agree that it’s important to give yourself time to process the news.
«It’s natural to want to rush into act..

Semaglutide medications — such as Ozempic, the popular diabetes drug — have been linked to a reduced risk of Alzheimer’s disease for certain groups.
A new study, which was led by researchers at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, revealed that patients who were prescribed semaglutide had a «significantly lower risk» of developing Alzheimer’s compared to those taking other types of anti-diabetic medications, according to a press release.
The researchers analyzed three years of medical records for nearly one million type 2 diabetes patients in the U.S.
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The findings were published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association on Thursday.
«Our study provides promising real-world evidence suggesting that semaglutide could be beneficial in preventing or slowing down the development of AD,» lead author and biomedical informatics professor Rong Xu told Fox News Digita..