Shooting Up Triples Death Risk
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THURSDAY, Aug. 19 (HealthDayNews) -- There's no 'grace period' when it comes to use of injection drugs like heroin or cocaine: A new study in Addiction finds teenage and young adult users triple their risk for death soon after taking up the habit.
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Frightening incidents often take place, especially when shooting at different locations. But one incident
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People could be risking their lives if they take even moderately high doses of vitamin E, mounting evidence suggests. The latest study by Johns Hopkins University found people who took even half of the recommended
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The pressure of meeting a work deadline can produce a sixfold increase in the risk of suffering a heart attack over the course of the following day.
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The risk of developing potentially fatal blood clots doubles after travel lasting four hours, experts find.
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Government statisticians reported a sharp rise in death rates for adults of virtually all ages and both sexes from 1997 to 2004.
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Children living near high-voltage pylons may face double the risk of developing cancer, according to new research. A study commissioned by the department of health suggests that children living within 100
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A popular class of blood pressure medicines may double a woman&#39;s risk of dying of heart disease, especially when given in certain combinations, a large study out today indicates.
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Increases in air pollution caused by  cars, power plants and industry can be directly linked to  higher death rates in U.S. cities, a study said on Tuesday.
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By Michael Dresser, The Baltimore Sun  Dec. 11--If you were to walk around the Inner Harbor firing bullets wildly into the air, would you get a ticket and have your gun handed back the next day?   No way.
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Small-town residents are as likely  to die of gunshot wounds as people in big U.S. cities, but the  rural residents are killing themselves while urban dwellers are  being murdered, researchers reported on Monday.
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NEW YORK  - When ozone goes up in cities,  even for short periods at levels below current regulatory  standards, so does the death rate, according to an article in  Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association.
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NEW YORK  - Deaths related to medication  errors appear to rise sharply during the first few days of each  month, suggesting that hectic pharmacies may be at least partly  to blame, according to researchers.
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Thousands of people could be dying prematurely from vitamin supplements, researchers report today, stating that the pills increase the death rate of those who take them by 6 per cent.
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&quot;Country&quot; and &quot;Western&quot; a killer combination behind the wheel. Rural states have higher death rates. By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN/Money staff writer.
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As Americans get older and fatter, the number of adults with high blood pressure has climbed to almost one in three over the past decade, putting more people at risk of a stroke, heart attack or kidney failure, government researchers said
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New research suggests that suicide risk factors are heightened in rural areas by social isolation, lack of mental health care and the easy availability of guns.