Should it be illegal to smoke in your own car?

How would you feel if the government told you that you couldn’t smoke in your own car?

a woman smoking in her carPerhaps you’d endorse the idea that public health officials were trying to make it harder for people to maintain a habit that increases their risk of developing lung cancer, emphysema, heart disease and a host of other problems. Maybe you’d rejoice that you’d never again be forced to carpool to a meeting with a chain-smoking colleague. You might even breathe a sigh of relief for all the children of smokers who would be able to ride to school, soccer practice and piano lessons without being forced to inhale clouds of secondhand smoke.
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New Ads to Wake Parents Up to Dangers of Co-Sleeping

As reported in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the campaign, unveiled last Wednesday, includes two posters of a baby lying inside a bed following to a large knife. In one, the baby is white; in the other, the baby is black. “YOUR BABY SLEEPING NEXT TO YOU CAN BE JUST AS DANGEROUS,” the copy blares. Continue reading

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Air pollution: another cause of lung cancer in non-smokers

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People who have never smoked, but who live in areas with higher air pollution levels, are roughly 20 percent more likely to die from lung cancer than people who live with cleaner air, researchers conclude in a new study.
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Processed Meat and Red Meat Linked to Diabetes Risk

Hot Dogs, Cold Cuts Significantly Increase Diabetes RiskEating processed meats and red meat regularly increases your risk of type 2 diabetes, a large new study shows.
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Smoking warning for women with heart disease risk

a smoking womanWomen who smoke have a 25 per cent higher risk of developing heart disease than males smokers, researchers have warned.

Scientists from Minnesota and Johns Hopkins universities in America studied information from 4 million participants and discovered the risk for women might be even worse compared to final results recommend since they smoke fewer cigarettes than men. Continue reading

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Report: Teen Pregnancy Rate Declines Within the U.S.

A new federal government record around the welfare of American kids showed mixed results, citing optimistic trends for example a decreasing quantity of births to teens although noting continuing concerns, such as high rates of adolescent medication use and childhood obesity.
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Is Sugar the Problem of Obesity?

Adult obesity rates increased in 16 states throughout the previous year, and none of the 50 states showed any decline in their rates of obesity. Colorado is now the only state in the nation with an obesity rate of less than 20 percent of the population — but just barely, with a rate of 19.8 percent. Continue reading

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Where and How to Watch NASA’s Final Space Shuttle Launch

NASA‘s last space shuttle launch in history is set to blast off from Florida on July 8 2011.
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Android 4.0-Powered ‘Beast’ Google Nexus 4G

Following competition from mobile devices last Monday the Internet giant Google reported the launch of its new smartphone Nexus S 4 G for Sprint company.
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More folic acid help Latin American reduce birth defects

Folic acid (also known as vitamin B9, vitamin Bc or folacin) and folate (the naturally occurring form), as well as pteroyl-L-glutamic acid, pteroyl-L-glutamate, and pteroylmonoglutamic acid are forms of the water-soluble vitamin B9.
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