Friday, January 25, 2013

[Health] Study: smokers have shorter life expectancy than nonsmokers

Study: smokers have shorter life expectancy than nonsmokers
http://video.msnbc.msn.com/nightly-news/50567471/
Smokers lose at least one decade of life expectancy over non-smokers on average according to a study in the New England Journal of Medicine.

FDA Panel Weighs Tougher Restrictions on Some Prescription Painkillers
http://www.kstc45.com/article/stories/S2908642.shtml?cat=10905
THURSDAY, Jan. 24 (HealthDay News) -- A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel will meet Thursday and Friday to discuss the fate of certain painkillers that contain an opioid known as hydrocodone.

5 Health Enterprise zones designated
http://www.gazette.net/article/20130125/NEWS/130129364/-1/5-health-enterprise-zones-designated&template=gazette
The state health department is devoting $16 million throughtout the next four years to reduce health disparities in five communities, designated as Health Enterprise zones.

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