Posts Tagged ‘smoking’
Health & Medicine - Sep 23, 2010 8:35 - 0 Comments
How outside factors impact MS
U. BUFFALO (US) — Researchers are investigating a trio of environmental factors to determine their influence on the progression of multiple sclerosis. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 1, 2010 9:09 - 1 Comment
Cigarette smoking: Unsafe at any level
CORNELL (US)—Exposure to even low-levels of cigarette smoke may put people at risk for future lung disease, including lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, according to a new study. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 2, 2010 16:29 - 0 Comments
Cravings 101: Control can be learned
YALE (US)—Smokers can decrease their cravings for cigarettes—they just need to be taught how. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 22, 2010 9:29 - 2 Comments
Advice to quit smoking stops too soon
UC DAVIS (US)—Health-care providers are quick to advise patients to quit smoking, but few follow up with programs, plans, or prescriptions to help them break the habit, as recommended by national guidelines. (more…)
Society & Culture - May 19, 2010 15:15 - 5 Comments
Why is smoking so ‘hot’ on YouTube?
MICHIGAN STATE (US)—Pro-smoking videos—especially those that are sexual in nature—are prominent on the online video site YouTube and very accessible to young people, according to a new study. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 28, 2010 10:07 - 1 Comment
Smoking addiction may be in the genes
UNC-CHAPEL HILL (US)—Researchers have associated genetic variants with certain smoking behaviors. The study suggests the variants may affect whether a person will start to smoke, how much they’ll smoke, and if they are able to quit. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 8, 2010 8:51 - 1 Comment
Sniffing out risk of emphysema in smokers
U. IOWA (US)—Using CT scans to measure blood flow in the lungs of people who smoke may offer a way to identify which smokers are most at risk of emphysema before the disease damages and eventually destroys areas of the lungs. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 1, 2010 12:09 - 3 Comments
Report: Passive smoking puts kids at risk
U. NOTTINGHAM (UK)—Taking smoking completely out of children’s lives—including a ban in private homes and vehicles—is the only way to protect them from the dangers of passive smoke and the chronic diseases they cause. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 23, 2009 3:06 - 5 Comments
Smoking takes a backseat to mental health
NORTHWESTERN (US)–People with mental illnesses such as depression and anxiety are the heaviest smokers in the country, but doctors are not recommending they quit, according to a recent study. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 17, 2009 19:43 - 9 Comments
Same name, different lung cancer
“It is becoming increasingly clear that the genetic, cellular, and molecular nature of lung cancer in many never-smokers is different from that of smoking-related lung cancers, and there is good evidence now that the best treatment and prevention strategies for never-smokers may be different as well,” says Charles Rudin.
Health & Medicine - Aug 27, 2009 11:10 - 0 Comments
Signs of prenatal smoking in DNA
“Maternal smoking during pregnancy is not only detrimental to the health of the mom and the newborn child, but research such as this suggests that it may impact the child into adulthood and possibly even future generations as well,” says Linda Birnbaum, director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
Health & Medicine - Aug 11, 2009 4:00 - 0 Comments
In gay community, tobacco is king
A new study shows shows that as many as 37 percent of homosexual women and 33 percent of homosexual men smoke. That compares to national smoking rates of 18 percent for women and 24 percent for men in the 2006 National Health Interview Survey.
Health & Medicine - May 11, 2009 13:39 - 4 Comments
Skin color clue to smoking addiction
PENN STATE (US)—Higher concentrations of melanin—the color pigment in skin and hair—may be placing darker-pigmented smokers at increased susceptibility to nicotine dependence than lighter-skinned smokers, according to scientists. (more…)
