NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Smoking shortens a person's life by 5 to 10 years, according to the authors of a set of simple charts spelling out death risks from various causes. For example, 55 year old ...

Charts can seem dull. But not to data scientist Tariq Khokhar at the World Bank. When he looked through a year's worth of charts, graphs, maps and more, he was excited by the numbers. For example, ...

Australians’ vices, including drinking, smoking and illicit drugs, have been revealed in the latest HILDA survey. The Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia survey tracks the same 17,000 ...

When a person stops smoking, their body begins to heal almost instantly. Quitting smoking can lower blood pressure and reduce the risk of lung and heart cancer. The timeline for seeing the benefits of ...