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CDC’s latest journal Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report has found that lung cancer rates are declining in both men and women.

Yay!!!

According to the report released last Friday, new cases of lung malignancies fell by 2.2% per year on average for women between 2006 and 2008.

New cases in men fell by an average of 1.4% per year between 1999 and 2006 but that accelerated to a drop of nearly 3% per year by 2006-2008.

Awesome news!

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Thomas R. Freiden believes further investment in anti-tobacco efforts will continue this trend, saying:

“Although lung cancer among men and women has decreased over the past few years, too many people continue to get sick and die from lung cancers, most of which are caused by smoking. The more we invest in proven tobacco control efforts, the fewer people will die from lung cancer.”

We're so on board with that. Do your lungs and life a favor by quitting tobacco today!

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Tags: cdc, centers for disease control and prevention, cigarettes, decline, good news, journal, lung cancer, men, tobacco, u.s., women

A new study on alcohol consumption and aging suggest a new mantra: A glass of wine a day keeps dementia away!

After analyzing nearly 14,000 responses to the Nurses’ Health Study — one of the largest ongoing women’s health studies in the U.S. — Harvard researchers found 58-year-old women who drink 1 alcoholic beverage a day had a 20% better chance of “successful aging” compared to those who didn't.

"Successful aging” was defined as making it to the age of 70 with good cognitive function, no major chronic diseases, no physical limitations and good overall mental health.

Lead study author Dr. Qi Sun and researcher at the Harvard School of Public Health, said:

“If you just focus on one aspect of health, that’s very misleading. What we are looking at is very comprehensive. For women who have one drink per day — equivalent to one can of beer, one shot of liquor or one glass of wine — that is associated with an increased chance of achieving successful aging, which means multiple aspects of health.”

Researchers found that the results were even more positive when women spread the amount of alcohol ingested throughout the week (one glass a day for 5 days), so don't use this as an excuse for binge drinking yourself silly, ladies!

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Tags: age, alcohol, beer, binge drinking, decline, dementia, drink, harvard, mental health, senior citizens, study, wine, women

Uh-oh.

Martha Stewart's firm — which represents a wide range of products like magazines and house hold items — has reported another loss this quarter. And it isn't looking good:

The lifestyle company's operating loss widened to $2.5 million from $803,000 in the year-earlier period, while overall revenue declined to $54.9 million from $55.3 million. The stock sank 4.3 percent, or 18 cents, to $4.04 on the news.

People say that it's almost like the company is floating by without any kind of strategy at all, and we can definitely see that. We can't remember the last time we even saw a commercial for one of her products, let alone a major partnership campaign with a big retailer or anything — so we hope the new one with Macy's starting in September will help!

Most shockingly is that we heard that Martha was turning 70 next week, though!

Still lookin' good for that age!

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Tags: art, campaign, commercial, company, decline, magazine, new, september, shocking, star

Aww! This would have been so nice if it had worked out!

Although Mila Kunis apparently had accepted Sgt. Scott Moore's invitation to be his date to the Marine Corps Ball, this morning on Access Hollywood, we were disappointed to discover that she has now had to decline, due to her commitment to filming two films in November!

Check out the news report (above)!

Granted, she originally had accepted the invitation without even having seen his request, so we can understand why she'd realize later on that it might be difficult to do - but we just hope this poor guy isn't too disappointed!

Here's hoping she can find a way to make it work - but if not, at least she's agreed to meet with him when he's back in the states!

Tags: access hollywood, decline, filming, invitation, marine corps ball, request, sad, schedule, sgt scott moore

Julianne Hough took a break from filming Rock of Ages Sunday to enjoy some time with her bf Ryan Seacrest and the open seas.

Rock of Ages costar Russell Brand had been raving about how much he loves to jet ski, so Julianne decided to get Ryan to try it with her.

They looked really happy.

Over the weekend the couple declined offers from likes of Gloria Estefan, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes to have some "alone time."

Check out pic of their quality time below!

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Tags: couple, cruise, decline, filming, happy, julianne hough, love, rock of ages, sunday, weekend

Poor Martha!

Back in October, we learned that Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia's third-quarter broadcast revenue had declined by 47%.

MSLO's Executive Chairman Charles Koppelman was hoping that more audiences would find Martha and her other shows on Hallmark, but it doesn't seem to be happening.

Now, Martha's company has posted a quarterly loss of $7.1 million, and her broadcasting revenue declined from $12.1 million to $7.8 million. Ouch.

Here's what Koppelman had to say about it:

"Our broadcasting team is continuing to build an attractive block of programming on Hallmark Channel."

"We believe the transformation of the company is beginning to take hold as we seek to broaden our portfolio of engaging content and quality products. We feel we're positioned to deliver profitable growth as we execute on our business plan in 2011 and beyond."

On a brighter note, Martha's merchandising and publishing revenue continues to grow.

Hopefully MSLO's broadcasting team can figure something out. Things are just not working out with Hallmark…

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Tags: broadcasting team, charles koppelman, decline, hallmark, loss, martha stewart living omnimedia, mslo, revenue

Remember the days of talking on the phone and being stuck in the room unless you had a really long telephone cord? Or making your weekly harmless prank call on a friend and no one knowing who you were??

Those days are long behind us, unfortunately. With a challenging economy and a rapid increase in technology, it seems that more and more households are ditching their ol' landlines and sticking to having wireless-only homes.

Trends show that more than one in four U.S. homes only had wireless phones and even homes that did have landlines, many of them use their cell phones as their primary means of making and receiving calls.

Experts say that people are trying to eliminate unnecessary costs "and giving up a landline is one way to save money."

They also add that "unless the carriers are able to create some new applications or services such as video calling," it seems that landlines will continue to be on the decline.

Oh well. Guess no more hamburger phones to brighten our days.

Tags: cell phones, decline, landlines