Adolescents who vape are much more likely to smoke conventional cigarettes. Read more

Teen usage of synthetic human growth hormone rose 120 percent from 2012 to 2013. Read more

Bedbugs are clearly a nuisance, but a small study suggests that the pests also could play a role in transmitting disease, the Washington Post reports. Read more

Thousands of Americans are traveling to foreign countries to get less expensive health care. Manoj Jain, an infectious-disease specialist in Memphis, writes about his parents’ medical tourism and the trend in general, in the Washington Post. Read more