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Cholesterol -lowering statin drugs have been shown to cut the odds of dying from prostate cancer by about two-thirds. The findings come on the heels of other studies showing that statins reduce the risk of ...

Siphoning money from the tobacco settlement fund to cover state revenue shortages "is not money well spent," says a University of Hawaii sociologist. "Cutting (tobacco) prevention and...

In what the US Postal Service says is the second such act of its kind, an HIV positive man allegedly cut his finger, bled all over a letter and sent...

Ken Jacobs made the switch to roll-your-own cigarettes a year ago to save money. With brand-name cigarettes going for $50 a carton, rolling his own cost only $8 to $10 for the same number of cigarettes.But starting April 1, the roll-your-own cost will skyrocket because of a new federal tax on cigarettes and tobacco products.'It's outrageous. It's insane,' said Jacobs, who lives in Portland and was smoking Friday on Congress Street. . . .Some smokers and smoke shop owners say the tax is unfair, while health organizations are hailing the legislation. The American Lung Association of New England says tobacco use will drop in Maine and other states because of the federal tax.Courtney King, association spokeswoman, said the adult smoking rate is 20.2 percent in Maine and the high school rate is 14 percent. King said the double whammy of the tax increase and the recession could help accelerate the quit rate.'But we don't have any hard facts,' she said.Maine Revenue Services pred

The Health Minister Kim Hames is continuing to maintain that frontline services will not be affected by the Government's three percent efficiency drive, despite increasing concerns from nurses.

UT Southwestern Medical Center's primary adult teaching hospital has cut its rate of preterm births by more than half in the past 15 years, even as national rates are rising, researchers have found. The drop at Parkland Memorial hospital, from 10.4 percent in 1988 to 4.