Adolescent Smoking May Be Influenced By Mothers’ Smoking Or Depression
A new study reveals that adolescents aged 12 to 17 living with mothers who are current smokers or who have had a major depressive episode in the past year are far more likely to smoke than adolescents not living under these circumstances. The study was sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) as part of its strategic initiative on data and outcomes – an …
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Estranged wife of NBA star Dwyane Wade taken into custody
The estranged wife of Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade was briefly taken into custody this morning after she failed to show up for a divorce hearing. An arrest warrant had been issued for Siohvaughn Wade by the judge in the divorce case on Monday. Cook County deputies took her into custody at the Daley Center shortly after 11 a.m. after she arrived with her attorney, officials say. She was released …
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7 children, teacher killed in latest attack at China school
BEIJING — An attacker hacked seven children and one teacher to death Wednesday and wounded up to 20 other people in a rampage at a kindergarten in northwest China, the latest in a string of savage assaults at the country’s schools.
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ENGLAND PEN-PIX
Back after his four-month rest from international cricket, prescribed and agreed with a view to the future. It starts here – and although initial opposition ought not to prove too arduous, there will doubtless be many keen to seize on any early disappointments with a ‘told-you-so’ mentality.
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Preterm birth rates drop for most states and ethnic and gestational-age groups: March of Dimes
For the first time in three decades, the nation – and most states – saw a two-year decline in preterm birth rates, indicating that strategies implemented over the past seven years have begun to pay off, according to the March of Dimes.
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