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...Death Of Dana Reeve Raises Awareness On Lung Cancer - Movie News - Playfuls.com - Fun & Entertainment OverviewOverviewGamingGamingSciTechSciTechFunFunDownloadsDownloadsMinigamesMinigamesForumForumRomânăRomânăMovie News » MiscSubmit News | RSS Feeds :: in Movie NewsMusic NewsAnime NewsArticlesEverythingFeatures » Home » Movie News » Music News » Anime News » Movie Reviews » Anime Reviews » SpecialsLogin(use your forum account here) » New Account » Lost Password AllActionAnimationComedyDramaFantasyHorrorSci-FiThrillerEventsMiscDeath Of Dana Reeve Raises Awareness On Lung CancerMiscPrevious news :: Next news» Add first comment02:06 PM, March 9th 2006by Playfuls Team    The whole world has been shocked by the death of Dana Reeve, the widow of Superman" star Christopher Reeve.

And we weren’t shocked just by the event itself, but mainly because she died of lung cancer, even if she wasn’t a smoker.   "Sadly, it takes her death, coming just seven months after diagnosis, and the fact that she had never smoked, to let the public see the real picture of lung cancer," said Laurie Fenton, president of the non-profit Lung Cancer Alliance, as quoted by Reuters.   "Lung cancer continues to be portrayed as a self-induced cancer that does not deserve public research funding," Fenton said in a statement.   Reeve announced she had lung cancer in August 2005, less than two years after the 2004 death of her husb...

... Scientists tag sodas as cigarettes of obesity - World - theage.com.au NEWS register www.theage.com.au Home » World » Article Scientists tag sodas as cigarettes of obesity Email Print Normal font Large font The Western world's scourge, obesity, could be largely caused by the intake of sugary drinks, according to some nutrition experts.Photo: Michael Whitehead MilwaukeeMarch 10, 2006 - 1:32AM Low-fat, low-cal, low-carb.

Atkins, South Beach, The Zone.

Food fads may be distracting attention from something more insidiously piling on kilos: beverages.

One of every five calories in the American diet is liquid.

The nation's single biggest "food" is soda, and nutrition experts have long demonised it.

Now they are escalating the fight.

In reports in science journals, two groups of researchers hope to add evidence to the theory that soda and other sugar-sweetened drinks don't just go hand-in-hand with obesity, but actually cause it.

Not that these drinks are the only cause - genetics, exercise and other factors are involved - but that they are one cause, perhaps the leading cause.

A small point?

In reality, proving this would be a scientific leap that could help make ...

... FresnoBee.com: Metro: Critics dust off an EPA panel Search Archives or Search News | Search Locally Return to normal layout E-mail Print Subscribe to print Critics dust off an EPA panel Plan would roll back monitoring of soot, dust in small cities.

By Mark Grossi / The Fresno Bee (Updated Thursday, March 9, 2006, 5:14 AM) SAN FRANCISCO — Carolina Simunovic on Wednesday gave federal bureaucrats a live reason why San Joaquin Valley residents worry about a proposed rollback of dust rules for rural residents.The Fresno-area resident held her 7-month-old daughter, Isabella, in front of a U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency panel and asked: "How much can her little lungs take?

What you're proposing is a crime against the San Joaquin Valley."Simunovic, environmental health director for Fresno Metro Ministry, was among dozens of witnesses, most of whom opposed the EPA's proposal to drop federal monitoring for dust and soot in communities with fewer than 100,000 people.The EPA hearing in San Francisco was one of three Wednesday, the other two occurring in Philadelphia and Chicago.

The hearings were intended only to gather response to the proposed adjustment in the dust standard.Scientists, medical experts, environmentalists and many air regulators across the country assailed the proposed change in so-called PM-10 standards.

More than a dozen doctors spoke, many saying that 2,000 studies link particle pollution to asthma, heart problems and even early death.Activists said...