Sex, alcohol, fat among world's big killers: WHO
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 03:49
in Health & Medicine
LONDON (Reuters) - Tackling just five health factors could prevent millions of premature deaths and increase global life expectancy by almost 5 years, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday.
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