Health Highlights: Sept.13, 2022​

TikTok 'slugging' trend has kids coating their faces with grease. It's touted to help moisturize the skin, but slugging can also boost risks for acne, experts warn. Read more

Biden restates commitment to 'cancer moonshot.' Speaking Monday at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston, the president likened the effort to end cancer to Kennedy's pledge to put a man on the moon decades ago. Read more

Infections during pregnancy show no causal link to autism. Women who've battled the flu or other infection while pregnant may gain reassurance from new research on more than 500,000 children. Read more

Poll finds most Americans over 50 have some kind of joint pain. About 70% of those surveyed said they had discomfort at least occasionally, while 60% said they had doctor-diagnosed arthritis. Read more

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