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According to a healthy Now survey from the Parade-Cleveland Clinic, 45 percent of us now get health advice from online sources. A doctor with the clinic said while that can serve as a real inspiration for many, there can also be a lot of false health claims on the Internet that could lead us astray.

Following reports of skyrocketing levels among teenagers who are now vaping, Oakland County health officials are teaming up with school superintendents and the Alliance for Healthy Communities to curb that rate. While the rates are disconcerting for officials, an increasingly troubling trend are the number of deaths connected to the practice. Oakland County Executive David Coulter said they're going to be providing more education and advocating for changes in public policy.

You may know that bullying can lead to depression, but what's even more troubling is that those issues don't go away when the bullying stops. 

In the past month, seven people have been diagnosed with legionnaires after being treated at McLaren Macomb Hospital in Macomb County.

Do you know what it takes to find breast cancer early? It's the slightly aggressive x-ray called a mammogram that takes a picture of your breasts. And here are the three things you should know about mammograms: start doing it at age 40, get a 3D exam for dense breast tissue and most changes in one's breast does not signify cancer.

Beaumont Health's registered dietitian Silvia Veri shares several recipes with ingredients to help reduce our risk of cancer. 

Dr. Lisa Awan, a Diagnostic Radiologist for Beaumont Health, says women should be getting annual mammograms starting at age 40. 

Lynn Walkuski felt a pulling under her right arm in 2016. She suspected it was breast cancer, knowing her family history with the disease. She got a first opinion and had a biopsy done. Then a second opinion and a surgeon said it was nothing. Then a third opinion, from doctor concerned the cancer was much more dangerous. She was right.

UAW Ford is doing its part for breast cancer awareness month offering free mammograms to uninsured and under-insured women.

Breast cancer remains the most commonly-diagnosed form of cancer among American women, aside from skin cancer. Mammograms are a critical part of early detection, which is key to survival. Here to tell us more about breast cancer screening, risk factors, and treatment is Dr. Jessica Bensenhaver, director of the breast cancer program at Henry Ford Cancer Institute.