The real concern is that, "one finds that blood pressure tracks over time, so someone with high pressure at a young age typically becomes hypertensive later in life," explained Daniel T. Perhaps more significant than the blood pressure result was the finding that babies of smoking women in the study had significantly lower birth weights, were shorter and had a smaller chest circumference than babies of nonsmokers, Lackland said. Even if the rise in blood pressure is found not to continue to later life, Katz said the study results "add an additional straw, and the camel's back is breaking," referring to the many damaging effects of maternal smoking on the fetus. No health information on Yahoo, including information about herbal therapies and other dietary supplements, is regulated or evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration and therefore the information should not be used to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease without the supervision of a medical doctor. read more

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Local & State News - Tampa Bay’s 10 - tampabays10. WTSP - Tampa Bay’s 10 News - Tampa / St. Orlando, FL - Orlando police say they found a baby in a stolen car. Police say the baby was found safe in the abandoned car yesterday. Police say she pulled into a driveway and left the child alone in the car with the engine running. Richard Henderson of Myakka City is accused of killing his father, mother, grandmother and younger brother on Thanksgiving Day in 2005. read more

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A baby sitter accused of allowing a man to have sex with a 12-year-old girl in her care for money was charged with pimping, police said. Amber Salts, 20, took the girl to the home of a 48-year-old man she had been “romantically involved” with and allowed the girl to have sex with him, said Madison County sheriff’s Sgt. Larry Westwood paid the girl $140, which she split with Salts, police said. Salts was charged Friday with contributing to the delinquency of a minor and pimping. Salts and Westwood are being held at the Madison County jail. If your browser does not support javascript, please visit our browser upgrade page for a list of supported web browsers. read more

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