TOP 100 HEALTH AND MEDICAL SITES
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| WHO: Smoking kills 5 million every year LONDON (AP) -- Tobacco use kills at least 5 million people every year, a figure that could rise if countries don't take stronger measures to combat smoking, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.... hosted.ap.org |
New CDC estimate: 1 in 110 children have autism About 1 in 110 children have autism, according to the government's latest estimate released by the Centers for Disease Control ... rssfeeds.usatoday.com |
‘Avatar’ Joins Holiday Movies That Fail an Antismoking Test An environmental scientist played by Sigourney Weaver smokes a cigarette in the film, but its director said the character was not intended as a role model. feeds.nytimes.com |
Belgian doctors give injured woman a new windpipe LONDON (AP) -- For more than a quarter of a century, Linda De Croock lived with constant pain from a car accident that smashed her windpipe.... hosted.ap.org |
Study finds US birth weights inch down a bit WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. newborns are arriving a little smaller, says puzzling new Harvard research that can't explain why. Fatter mothers tend to produce heavier babies, and obesity is soaring. Yet the study of nearly 37 million births shows newborns were a bit lighter in 2005 than in 1990, ending a half-century of rising birth weights.... hosted.ap.org |