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Tag: "parent" at medical news

Smoking may be influenced by Parents

...buy them at the store or light a cigarette for the parent are all behaviors that encourage children to smoke... from San Diego State University, feel that when a parent asks his child to hold the match to light a cigarette, he is giving tacit approval and even encourag...

Mental illness a key factor in suicide

... likely to occur among young people who have had a parent commit suicide, those whose mother died early, or those who have a history of mental illness in the family, including the individual, their parents or their siblings. The study also shows males are three and a half times more likely to commit suicide...

What makes young girls smoke

...ght concerns, factors identified include stress, a parent with a high school education or less, being from a one-parent household, drinking alcohol, poor academic performance, and poor conduct. NHLBI Director, Claude Lenfant, M.D., says, "Getting youths not to start smoking has been very hard. Many environ...

Drug stabilizes cancer growth

...ered by Novogen Ltd., Marshall Edwards' Australian parent company. Phenoxodiol appears to work by inhibiting an enzyme that is vital for cancer growth. With the drug interfering with this enzyme rather than directly attacking cells, normal healthy cells are left untouched, reducing side effects. However, ...

Defeating colon cancer

...often runs in families.// If you have a sibling or parent with the disease, you can opt for regular colon exams, cut down on red meat and eat lots of fruit and vegetables to reduce your cancer risk. According to researchers in the medical University of Texas, they highlighted how dietary intervention help...

Armpit odour enhances mood

...n outcome which might have been anticipated by any parent of a teenage boy. In between these extremes, the smell of older people generally improved mood, as did the smell of females. Jeannette Haviland, who also worked on the research, suggested that hormones in the body odour of the young might act as a si...

Teens listen to parents about smoking

...smokers than their peers who believed that neither parent would disapprove. And the effect of parental disapproval remained significant even if the parents were smokers themselves. Adolescents who had a sibling or friend who smoked and those who performed poorly in school were more likely to become smokers ...

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