81.   Counter to the prevailing medical wisdom, a new study recommends against general widespread screening for prostate cancer, the second leading cause of cancer deaths among men.

82.   Creosote and soot deposits are highly flammable and are the leading cause of chimney fires.

83.   Competitors said that pilot error long ago replaced poor glider design as the leading cause of hang gliding deaths.

84.   Coronary heart disease, he added, is the leading cause of death among people receiving Medicare.

85.   Cummings said parents should be particularly vigilant when their children are playing with balloons, the leading cause of death from toys.

86.   Diabetes is the leading cause of nontraumatic amputations, of blindness in working-age adults, and of dialysis, he said.

87.   Diabetes often leads to heart or kidney failure and is a leading cause of blindness and amputations.

88.   Distemper, formerly a leading cause of canine mortality, has been reduced dramatically.

89.   Death, modern science has discovered, is the leading cause of mortality, followed closely by folly and freedom.