A new study suggested the earlier a person picks up smoking, the stronger the addiction. Doctors estimate two-thirds of sixth graders who smoke become regular smokers.
Despite longtime safe sleep guidelines for infants in cribs, the American Academy of Pediatrics reports 40-percent of crib advertising displays unsafe items such as bumper pads and soft bedding, which have been linked to Sudden Infant Death syndrome.
An international study found cancer patients are ending up in debt. Doctors in Malaysia found more than half of cancer survivors spend at least one-third of their annual income on treatment costs and care-related expenses.
Sources :
1 – Pediatrics
2 – University of Alabama at Birmingham
3 – European Society for Medical Oncology