1.   But in terms of years of potential life lost, the biggest killer is lung cancer, which usually strikes in middle age.

2.   Heart disease is now our biggest killer.

3.   The disease is the second biggest killer of women in this country -- the new treatment could save a thousand lives a year.Russell Trott reports.

4.   And what is undeniable is that heart disease remains by far the biggest killer in the western world, particularly Scotland.

5.   Cancer-related diseases are the next biggest killers.

6.   -- The biggest killers are diarrhea, pneumonia and measles, diseases easily cured or prevented with basic medical and nutritional care.

7.   But the biggest killer was lead poisoning from bullets in game carcasses left by hunters.

8.   He also received updates on regional wars and the biggest killer on the continent, AIDS.

9.   He opened the conference on Sunday night with a speech in which he described extreme poverty, rather than AIDS, as the biggest killer in this country.