HealthDay - MONDAY, July 14 (HealthDay News) -- Kids who can get their hands easily
on cigarettes -- say from friends or close acquaintances -- are more
likely to end up with a regular smoking habit, a new study of
sixth-graders finds.
HealthDay - SATURDAY, July 19 (HealthDay News) -- Falls are a leading cause
of serious injury and death among elderly people in the United States, and
most of those falls occur in the home, says the American Geriatric Society
(AGS).
AP - Customers at big fast-food chains in New York City are finally facing the facts about their meal choices. And for some, the truth may be hard to swallow — like 1,130 calories for a Big Mac, medium fries and a medium soda.
AFP - A Cameroonian poet and activist living in Poland as a refugee since 1999 went on trial Friday in Warsaw charged with having "knowingly infected" 11 women with the HIV virus, his lawyer said.
HealthDay - FRIDAY, July 18 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists may have found
more evidence that a person's genetic make-up may help determine whether
or not they respond to the antidepressant Celexa (citalopram).
HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 17 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. health officiaSls on
Thursday dropped their warning against eating fresh tomatoes, as the toll
in the ongoing salmonella outbreak reached 1,220 confirmed cases, with at
least 242 people hospitalized.
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