There’s a rapidly growing epidemic of lung disease among craftspeople working with quartz countertops, a new study says.

More and more quartz workers are developing silicosis, an incurable and progressive lung disease caused by inhaling silica dust, researchers reported Aug. 12 in the New England Journal of Medicine Evidence... Full Page

Many smokers still haven’t absorbed the fact that smoking and secondhand smoke cause heart attacks and strokes, despite decades of messaging around tobacco’s health risks, a new study says.

More than 90% know that smoking causes lung cancer, but fewer know about its links to other fatal conditions, researchers report in the jou... Full Page

MONDAY, Aug. 17, 2026 (HealthDay News) — There’s been a nearly 400% increase in calls to U.S. poison centers related to liver injuries, mostly related to Tylenol and other medications, a new study says.

Liver injuries caused by foreign substances skyrocketed from an estimated 11 cases per million people to nearly 53 cases ... Full Page

The erectile dysfunction drug Cialis might increase the risk of glaucoma among men taking it to treat urinary incontinence, a new study says.

Men taking tadalafil (Cialis) to treat side effects from an enlarged prostate wound up with higher odds of glaucoma and high fluid pressure in their eyes, researchers report in the British Journa... Full Page