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Tobacco "candy" could poison kids: study

In a study of reports to U.S. poison control centers between 2006 and 2008, investigators found that 13꺡 children younger than 6 were accidentally poisoned by tobacco products. Cigarettes were the most common culprit, followed by smokeless tobacco products, and more than 70 percent of the victims were infants younger than one year. The findings are published [...]

Tobacco ‘candy’ could poison kids: study

In a study of reports to U.S. poison control centers between 2006 and 2008, investigators found that 13꺡 children younger than 6 were accidentally poisoned by tobacco products. Cigarettes were the most common culprit, followed by smokeless tobacco products, and more than 70 percent of the victims were infants younger than one year. The findings are published [...]

Low-Fat Diet Does Little to Alter Cholesterol Levels

Such an eating regimen had almost no effect on cholesterol levels, according to a report in the April issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition on the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI), a national trial that gave some women intensive training and education on eating a low-fat diet and compared their health with women who didn’t change their [...]