TALKING HEALTH

In these uncertain times, it’s only natural to have questions about your personal health. Whether you’re wondering if that cough you’ve had is the common cold or something worse, or you’re curious about a new medical development, we want to help you get answers. You can share your questions with us by filling out the brief form below. If your question is chosen, Dr. Ackerman will answer it on The Morning Show.

In these uncertain times, it’s only natural to have questions about your personal health. Whether you’re wondering if that cough you’ve had is the common cold or something worse, or you’re curious about a new medical development, we want to help you get answers. You can share your questions with us by filling out the brief form below. If your question is chosen, Dr. Ackerman will answer it on The Morning Show.

Dr. Scot Ackerman, a Jacksonville oncologist, visited The Morning Show to discuss a new report shows the largest ever one-year decline in US cancer death rate. The overall cancer death rate has been falling about 1.5% a year since 1991, but it fell 2.2% from 2016 to 2017.

Cigarette smoking among US adults fell to its lowest recorded level in 2018: 13.7%, according to a report published Thursday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "This marked decline in cigarette smoking is the achievement of a consistent and coordinated effort by the public health community and our many partners," the agency's director, Dr. Robert R. Redfield, said in a statement Thursday. The report estimated that 49.1 million US adults, or nearly 1 in 5, used any tobacco product in 2018. E-cigarettes were the third most common tobacco product used by adults, at 3.2%. The report also found that cigarette smokers have become more likely to try quitting in the previous 12 months, and they have been more successful at doing so.