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...time to create a national system to track cases of herpes--in newborns. One in four moms has genital herpes, often unknowingly, and can pass it on to her baby. Left untreated, up to 85% of the 460 to 2,800 yearly neonatal-herpes cases can be fatal...
...Russell Crowe) has been disgraced--and his family slaughtered--and he spends the next 2 1/2 hours savoring his just deserts. Into this familiar mold Scott and his screenwriters poured so much intelligence, such vigorous picturizing of military assaults and gladiatorial entertainments that this dormant genre was reborn. The fatal "games" Maximus fights in the Colosseum might be a modern extreme sport or a Vin Diesel melodrama reimagined as art. Superb acting certainly helps. Offscreen, Crowe may seem a lout; onscreen, he radiates the maturity of a strong, scarred man--a star suitable for epics past and epics to come...
...found that those who took more than 14 regular-strength (325 mg) aspirins a week for more than 10 years lowered their risk of colorectal cancer by 53%, and those who took fewer aspirins--6 to 14 a week--were 22% less likely to come down with this often fatal disease. That could be important news, especially if you are at high risk for colorectal cancer or have a family history...
...former smokers out there was that Jennings swore off tobacco 20 years ago and was struck by the disease all the same. It's true that he had resumed smoking after the terrorist attacks in 2001, but he quit again. Can that first puff years ago start a fatal cascade of lung damage that can never be reversed? The answer...
...Santa Monica, government and foundations had been sluggish in responding to the scary statistics. In seven years, the oldest boomers will turn 65; by 2030, 1 out of 4 drivers will be 65 or older. Not all older drivers pose safety hazards, but people 75 and older have more fatal crashes than any other group except teenagers. And drivers who are cognitively impaired--about 25% of the 65-and-older group--are 7.5 times as likely as nonimpaired drivers to be at fault in a crash, exceeding the rate for even drunk drivers...