Wednesday, August 25, 2004


Yahoo News - Smoking Ups Heart Attack Risk in Adults Under 40
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Smoking raises the risk of non-fatal heart attacks by about fivefold in adults between 35 and 39 years of age, according to a report in the journal Tobacco Control.

In the under-40 age group, current smoking increased the risk of heart attack by 4.9-fold in men and by 5.3-fold in women relative to non-smoking.

Ouch! Followed by this....

Sugary Soft Drinks Raise Risk of Diabetes -Study
CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. rates of diabetes have soared alongside soft drink consumption, and scientists said on Tuesday the spikes in blood sugar and insulin levels triggered by the sugary drinks may be at least partly to blame.

"Women who were drinking sugar-sweetened soft drinks every day or more than once a day had an 80 percent increased risk of diabetes compared with women who hardly ever drank sugared sodas," Stampfer said.

Oh my. Well I guess I don't have to work on taking pictures now because apparently I'm going to be very sick very soon. Geez.