Medical experts discuss the struggles to quit vaping

Numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show nearly a third of high school students used e-cigs in the past year, a product originally intended to help people stop smoking nicotine.

Residents, politicians demand that concrete company cancel its expansion plans

Local, state, and national politicians are rallying against the expansion of a concrete ready mix business in a northwest Houston neighborhood, citing environmental hazards.

Coma patient gets fresh start for the new year

One day in 2016, she says while sitting down to eat her hand went numb. Then, the feeling started spreading through the left side of her body. She tried dialing 911.

Top 6 recommendations for a healthier 2020
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New year, new you! We're taking a look at some of the top recommendations for a healthier 2020.

Well-wishers cheer as Akron teen rings hospital's bell to mark end of chemo

A teen from Akron, Ohio, celebrated his final round of chemotherapy on January 2 after undergoing three-and-a-half years of treatment for leukemia.

Couple wins lottery, son declared cancer free in 'truly amazing' 3-day period

John and Allison McDonald of England won a £2 million lottery and their teenage son was given the all-clear from his battle with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Galveston County confirms first vaping-related death

The Galveston County Health District says a woman has died while being treated for E-cigarette or Vaping Associated Lung Injury (EVALI).

Houston Health Department starts investigating cancer-struck area

The Texas State Department of Health Services found higher than normal rates of cancers in Fifth Ward neighborhoods near a former creosote facility; the facility was located in a railyard formerly owned by Southern Pacific Railroad.

Hospice patient’s sky-high dream comes true

A group of high school students in a club called Dreamcatchers made a 78-year-old hospice patient's wish come true when they arranged for her to ride in a hot air balloon.

Illinois rakes in $3.2 million on first day of legal recreational marijuana sales

Illinois rang in the new year by officially legalizing the sale of recreational marijuana, raking in nearly $3.2 million in sales on its first day, state officials announced Thursday.

New study links marijuana use and testicular cancer
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A new study shows marijuana and testicular cancer are linked. Researchers say men who smoke marijuana daily are 36 percent more likely to develop testicular cancer than men who don't use the drug.