Showing posts with label Decade. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Decade. Show all posts

Wednesday, 21 March 2012

American Cancer Society-World Lung Foundation-Big Tobacco Firms-Tenth Anniversary

Smoking deaths triple over decade: tobacco report

LONDON (Reuters) - Tobacco-related deaths have nearly tripled in the past decade and big tobacco firms are undermining public efforts that could save millions, a report led by the health campaign group the World Lung Foundation (WLF) said on Wednesday. In the report, marking the tenth anniversary of its first Tobacco Atlas, the WLF and the American Cancer Society said if current trends continue, a billion people will die from tobacco use and exposure this century - one person every six seconds. ... read more..

Tuesday, 20 March 2012

College Degree-Mental Fitness-Decade

This just in: A college degree can slow your brain's aging process by up to a de...

This just in: A college degree can slow your brain's aging process by up to a decade. Wow!Boosting Mental Fitness in Middle Agewell.blogs.nytimes.comFor those in midlife and beyond, a college degree appears to slow the brain's aging process by up to a decade, adding a new twist to the cost-benefit analysis of higher education. read more..

source:health.com