'Cancer Prevention' - In Your Hands
...gher taxes on tobacco products, to discourage many smokers from the habit. The campaign seeks to bring to the fore, the importance of providing children an environment that is tobacco-free. Obesity and cancers: Overweight and obesity are important causative factors of certain cancers - esophagus, colon...Some Antidepressants can Double a Smoker’s Chance Of Quittin
...ssed as depressed persons, this suggests they help smokers quit in some way other than as antidepressants," says John Hughes, a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Vermont, Burlington, USA. Source-Eurekalert SI...A 'Damaged' Brain May Ease Urge To Smoke
... new results may offer leads for therapies to help smokers kick the habit or for monitoring smokers' progress...studied 69 patients with brain damage who had been smokers before the damage occurred. Overall, patients who had quit easily were much more likely to have dama...Chain-Smokers can Kick the Habit –A ‘brainy’ Iea
... The findings suggest the possibility of helping smokers to give up by manipulating the insula to kill their addiction, without causing the extensive brain damage of a stroke. Scientists opine that drugs could be developed to alter brain activity, or it could be disrupted using magnetic fields. Anot...Rapid Flu Testing Decreases Antibiotic Use in Hospitalized Adults
...to receive antibiotics were more often older, were smokers with higher rates of underlying chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and had abnormal lung examination results. These trends suggest that physicians were not indiscriminate with their therapy but rather responding to a perceived increased risk of b...Simple Test Detects Genetic Signs of Lung Cancer in a Patient’s Sputu
...neral cellular damage from smoking. “Most heavy smokers never develop lung cancer, even though cells in th...stage 1 non-small cell lung cancer, 36 cancer-free smokers and 28 healthy nonsmokers. Given that sputum contains expectorated airway cells, the researchers ...11 Percent Increase of Addictive Nicotine in Cigarettes: Report
...try has changed at all in its pursuit of addicting smokers since signing the Master Settlement Agreement of 1998 with the State Attorneys General. Our analysis shows that the companies have been subtly increasing the drug nicotine year by year in their cigarettes, without any warning to consumers, since the ...Link Found Between Periodontal Disease and Pancreatic Cancer
...is and pancreatic cancer, but one consisted of all smokers and the other did not control for smoking in the analysis, and therefore no firm conclusions could be drawn from these studies. Data for the new study came from the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study, which began in 1986 and includes 51,529 U.S....Study Finds Link Between Smoking and Increased Risk of Tuberculosis
...dence suggests that, when compared to non-smokers, smokers have about double the risk of tuberculosis. The im...researchers found that, compared with non-smokers, smokers have an increased risk of having tuberculosis infection, of having active TB disease, and of dying f...Smoking - Could Make You Weak in Your Knees
...s index and cartilage scores, they discovered that smokers portrayed an enhanced risk of experiencing cartilage loss and felt more pain as compared to men who did not smoke. Dr. David Felson, director of the Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit and professor of medicine and public health at Bo...Cure for Most Heart Attacks Is Free, but It's Important to Start Young
...er to one fifth,’ he added. ‘That’s still too many smokers but it shows that society’s attitudes and individuals’ behaviors can change over time.’ Groundbreaking study Under the Pathobiological Determinants of Atherosclerosis in Youth (PDAY) study, McGill and research scientists from 13 other instituti...Physical Exercise Fights Mental Woes
...earchers say that regular workouts could even help smokers beat their addiction. Source-IANS...Refusal of Surgery for Smokers – To Be or Not to Be
The controversy over refusal of surgery to known smokers is all set to be rekindled this week with two reno...cision of a primary care trust last year to remove smokers from the waiting lists to contain burgeoning costs. Professor Mathew Peters who is from Concord Repa...Cough and Phlegm Cause Fourfold Increase in COPD Incidence
...up and indicates that the statement ‘15 percent of smokers will develop COPD’ is wrong and that lifetime risk of COPD in smokers is significantly higher, probably about 35 to 50 percent.” He continued: “The predictive value of ......vernment is considering// raising the age limit of smokers from 16 to 18 years. Public health minister Caroline Flint announced that the move would start operating from October 2007. It would then be illegal to sell cigarettes to teenagers below 18 years. This comes after 100 years of permitting sale of ...Mother’s Diet During Pregnancy Could Prevent Cancer in Childre
...factors in addition to smoking may predispose some smokers to get cancer while others don't. That this process may begin with carcinogens crossing the placental boundary – and might be affected by diet – is an area that has not been adequately studied, Williams said. In this study, both the exposure to carci...Tried To Quit Smoking And Failed? Call 1-800-QUIT-NOW
...quired but quite difficult to stop.// All habitual smokers who would like to quit, need professional help or ...ting behavior studied in 1,827 young "established" smokers aged 16 to 24 years is reported. "Smokers who had ever tried to quit were asked about their knowledg...Cancer Prevention Begins During Pregnancy
...factors in addition to smoking may predispose some smokers to get cancer while others don't. That this process may begin with carcinogens crossing the placental boundary – and might be affected by diet – is an area that has not been adequately studied, Williams said. In this study, both the exposure to carci......try used tobacco. "Of this, 42-45 percent are bidi smokers and 15 percent use cigarettes. The rest have tobacco eating habits. "Around 50 percent of cancer deaths are also attributed to tobacco consumption," Ramodass said. Indo-Asian News Service Source-IANS...