State coffers are filling with new tax money from cigarette sales, but none of it is going to efforts to keep people from lighting-up. The Centers for Disease Control says 14 states and the District of Columbia raised cigarette taxes last year without dedicating any of it to stop-smoking efforts. Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States and accounts for one in four deaths each year. Source Link
There's a new test that it's author claims can determine your risk of developing Alzheimer’s long before symptoms appear. The Ohio State University neurologist who created the memory test says it identifies persons at higher risk of developing dementia with 80-percent accuracy and can allow treatment to begin sooner. The written test takes about 15 minutes to complete and can be downloaded free from the Internet. Source Link
