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A state appeals court says a one-year jail sentence is fair for an Outagamie County man who hung his dog from a garage rafter with its choke chain.
Self-reported smoking during pregnancy underestimates the true number of pregnant smokers in Scotland by 17%, and results in a failure to detect 2400 pregnant smokers each year, finds new research published on bmj.com today. This results in thousands of smokers not being identified or offered smoking cessation services, say the authors.
A study conducted by exercise physiologists finds that as little as 80 minutes a week of aerobic or resistance training helps not only to prevent weight gain, but also to inhibit a regain of harmful visceral fat one year after weight loss.
Report calls for better ways to identify and treat young victims of violence Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Topics: Child Abuse, Children's Health, Teen Violence
Report calls for better ways to identify and treat young victims of violence
More than one million infants die each year because they are born too early, according to the just released White Paper, The Global and Regional Toll of Preterm Birth. The new White Paper shows that in 2005, an estimated 13 million babies worldwide were born preterm -- defined as birth at less than 37 full weeks of gestation. That is almost 10 percent of total births worldwide.
13 million babies are born preterm, almost 10 percent of total births worldwide Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Topics: Health Statistics, Premature Babies
13 million babies are born preterm, almost 10 percent of total births worldwide