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Flu widespread through the nation, 30 children dead          (CNN HEALTH) Summary: The flu is an illness that causes symptoms that range from mild to severe in how much pain it causes, it can even cause the death of some.  The Center for Disease Control and Prevention said that there were around 14,400 laboratory-confirmed cases of the flu as of January  13, meaning that this season there is a total of around 74,560 cases of the flu. The week of January 7 to January 13  came with 10 deaths among kids caused by the flu. The CDC estimates that during the same week, 8.2% of deaths for adults were caused by pneumonia and influenza-related deaths, which is a higher percentage than normal for this time of the year. The same week for every 200,000 people 70 were hospitalized, compared to the 45 out of 200,000 people hospitalized the previous week.  Who was involved? This flu widespread affected all states in Th...

The Harmful Effects Of Marijuana How Does It Harm You?   Using marijuana can cause you to get a heart attack, can increase bleeding, lower blood pressure, as well as affect your blood sugar. It also increases the odd of getting cancer and can cause certain lung infections. There can be other effects to using marijuana which include dizziness, shallow breathing, red eyes, increased appetite and a much slower reaction time.  You can promote n Statistics:     Over 110 million people in The United States have admitted to using marijuana at least once in their life. Around 10 percent of teenagers have and/or still use marijuana. Around 2.5 million teenagers use marijuana each year.   How many people have used marijuana in their lifetime? United States, aged 12+ 2012 2013 100,000,000 102,000,000 104,000,000 106,000,000 108,000,000 110,000,000 112,000,000 114,000,000 1      16,000,000 111,239,000 114,712,000 ...

The Harmful Effects Of Smoking How Does Smoking affect  you? When you smoke the  toxins from the cigarette enter your blood. When this happens your chances of your arteries narrowing and clots forming, which increases your chances of having a heart disease increases.  If you smoke, you are more likely to have a stroke than someone who doesn't smoke. Smoking can cause fatal diseases such as pneumonia, emphysema and lung cancer. Smoking causes unattractive problems such as bad breath and stained teeth, and can also cause gum disease and damage your sense of taste. Statistics: The following statistics show data regarding smoking deaths in The United States from smoking and tobacco use.    Percentage  of Teen Smokers: The following statistics show the amount of tennagers who somoke over the last cuple of years in the United States.