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- Marijuana plants are displayed at a shop in San Francisco, Monday, March 20, 2023. Daily and near-daily marijuana use is now more common than similar levels of high-frequency drinking in the U.S., according to an analysis of survey data over four decades, according to research published Wednesday, May 22, 2024, in the journal Addiction. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)ff
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Daily marijuana use outpaces daily drinking in the US, a new study says
By CARLA K. JOHNSON - AP Medical Writer
Wed,05/22/24-8:00AM , 237 Reads
For the first time, the number of Americans who use marijuana just about every day has surpassed the number who drink that often, a shift some 40 years in the making as recreational pot use became more mainstream and legal in nearly half of U.S. states.
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- White noise is frequently used to mask background sounds and it now has competition. There’s a growing buzz around pink, brown and green noise and their theoretical effects on sleep and concentration. (AP Video: Laura Bargfeld; production: Shelby Lum)
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Can pink noise enhance sleep and memory? Early research drives a color noise buzz
By CARLA K. JOHNSON - AP Medical Writer
Mon,05/20/24-9:48AM , 610 Reads
You may have heard of white noise used to mask background sounds. Now, it has colorful competition.

There’s a growing buzz around pink noise, brown noise, green noise — a rainbow of soothing sounds — and their theoretical effects on sleep, concentration and the relaxation response.
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- A radiologist uses a magnifying glass to check mammograms for breast cancer in Los Angeles, May 6, 2010. An influential U.S. task force now says women should get screened for breast cancer every other year starting at age 40. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force announced the updated guidance Tuesday, April 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
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Mammograms should start at 40 to address rising breast cancer rates at younger ages, panel says
By CARLA K. JOHNSON - AP Medical Writer
Tue,04/30/24-10:04AM , 360 Reads
Regular mammograms to screen for breast cancer should start younger, at age 40, according to an influential U.S. task force. Women ages 40 to 74 should get screened every other year, the group said.
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- Bottles of alcohol sit on shelves at a bar in Houston on June 23, 2020. Moderate drinking was once thought to have benefits for the heart, but better research methods starting in the 2010s have thrown cold water on that. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
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Less alcohol, or none at all, is one path to better health
By CARLA K. JOHNSON - AP Medical Writer
Mon,04/29/24-9:35AM , 384 Reads
It’s wine time. Beer Thirty. Happy hour. Five o’clock somewhere.

Maybe it's also time to rethink drinking?
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