Shaken baby syndrome happens when a young child's head is violently snapped back and forth. Most victims are infants younger than 6 months but children up to age 3 are susceptible because their head and neck muscles are still developing. The injuries can include brain swelling and damage, blindness, cerebral palsy, mental retardation, hearing loss, paralysis and death. The primary reason a baby is shaken is because of inconsolable crying, and almost 80 percent of the perpetrators are males. The Food and Drug Administration has OK'd the first laser treatment for severe angina, chest pain caused by clogged blood vessels.
Surgeons use the laser to punch tiny holes in the heart muscle, restoring some blood flow.
About 80,000 people in the United States have blocked arteries that cannot be treated with other methods. Intermittent smokers who light up a pack a week or less still face a cloud of health care woes.