Deaths Peak During Holiday Season
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Dec. 13, 2004 - The holiday season may be hazardous to your health, especially your heart, according to a new study that shows death rates peak during Christmas and New Year&#39;s.
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There are no more big holidays looming over the horizon. Whew... Glad that's over!!  "cheesecake" PS: If I could be Emperor of the Universe for five minutes I'd outlaw all holidays in November, December and January and would declare that everybody should be nice to everyone all the time, no matter what season it is!
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At least 140,339 people are reported dead around southern Asia and as far away as Somalia on Africa's eastern coast, most killed by massive tsunamis that smashed coastlines on Dec. 26. The United Nations estimates the total number of dead will exceed 150,000.
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beaches and bars in some of Asia&#39;s most popular tourist resorts, killing more than 20,000 people and stranding many more. hundreds were foreigners, enjoying Christmas in the sun at the busiest
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If you&#39;re bent on hanging mistletoe, take heed: US safety experts warn that serious injuries linked to falls rise during the holiday season.
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NEW YORK  - An increase in summertime heat waves from global warming could mean more deaths among Americans each year, a study by Harvard researchers suggests.
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Christmas is the deadliest day of the year for Americans with 12.4 percent more deaths than normal, researchers said on Monday.
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This year&#39;s flu season has claimed its first casualties in the New York City area. Four senior citizens died and 13 others were hospitalized after a recent outbreak in a Queens nursing home.
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Homicide figures released by the Scottish Government reveal a rise in deaths in the last year.
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With the winter influenza season just around the corner, health officials are urging parents and doctors to vaccinate even very young children to prevent a repeat of last year&#39;s unusually high death rate among youngsters.
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Among health-care workers and relatives of the terminally ill, tales of patients who somehow &quot;held on&quot; past the holidays or birthdays are common.
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In its first study of seasonal spills, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says about 58-hundred people end up in US emergency rooms each holiday season because of decorating injuries.
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ATLANTA -- You better watch out: Holiday decorating can be dangerous, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns. In its first study of seasonal spills, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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New research belies the pervasive belief that the dying can postpone the inevitable for a birthday or Christmas - granting death a holiday.
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More people are killed in road accidents in the United States on July 4th, Independence Day, than any other day of the year, researchers said on Thursday.
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By Clint Swett, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Dec. 14--As the holiday shopping season heads into its final days, the appeal of hitting your keyboard for gift-getting only gets brighter.
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NEW YORK, Dec 15 (Reuters Life!) - The holidays are a time for fun, food, family, gifts -- and stress, with more women tending to suffer than men and turning to food, booze and the couch to get over the holidays.