The heaviest baby ever born weighed 23lb 12oz in Canada in 1879, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. But the baby, whose mother Anna Bates had giantism, died 11 hours later. The record for the heaviest, healthy baby in the world was a boy born in Italy in 1955, who weighed 22lb 8oz.
Cancers of the mouth, throat, voice box, and esophagus: Alcohol use clearly raises the risk of these cancers. Drinking and smoking together raises the risk of these cancers far more than the effects of either drinking or smoking alone.
Gene variation may make a person more likely to binge drink; Trend in women binge drinking carries deadly risks; Alcohol causes 20,000 cancer deaths in the U.S. annually; Previous studies have found adults between the ages of 40 and 60 that binge drink may be at a higher risk for stroke, heart attacks and sudden cardiac death.