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Tag: "smoking" at medical news

...e has been known about how to prevent it (although smoking is a risk factor). So it's encouraging to learn that you can do something to lower your risk of this highly lethal disease.Researchers at Harvard Medical School have new data from the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study - involving nearly 47,000 m...

Emotional trigger to smoke

...nd stress-management would be useful components of smoking cessation programmes....

Quitting smoking stops lung decline

Quitting smoking for a year at a time can keep lungs from deteriora...results also suggest that the beneficial effect of smoking cessation on mortality may partly be mediated through a reduced decline in pulmonary (lung) function...

Passive smoking affects respiratory system

...entists have produced strong evidence that passive smoking has a lasting impact on the respiratory systems of...e from tobacco. The researchers found that passive smoking had the strongest impact on the youngest children.It was linked to a permanently increased risk of a...

Prescription Drug - Helps People Stop Smoking

...harmacotherapy ever available for the treatment of smoking problem, is a prescription drug and is required to...l outline the do's and don'ts at each stage of the smoking cessation therapy....

Genes for lung disease

...linked with gradual destruction of lung tissue and smoking is a major cause of the problem.// However, not ...nd also help identify those most at risk (for whom smoking would be especially dangerous)....

Keep guilt off

...ist enjoyable activities such as eating, drinking, smoking and sex, and to rate each one for the amount of pleasure and guilt it gave.The results of these responses were used to develop a pleasure-guilt ratio for each student.To test immune systems, students gave a saliva sample to determine their levels of ...

Poor diet among smokers

... cancer cases. Where people are exposed to passive smoking - usually because they live with a smoker or work ...ith smokers are compounding the problem of passive smoking by eating a poor diet. Nonsmoking men living with smokers consume more fat and cholesterol and less ...

Antidepressant helps obesity

...e drug bupropion, which is used for depression and smoking cessation, is helpful in helping women sustain weight loss. They gave 50 non-depressed overweight and obese women bupropion or placebo for eight weeks and put them on a 1,500 calorie per day diet. Two thirds of those on bupropion lost more than five ...

Psychological consequence of terrorist attacks

...rbed sleep, excessive worrying, and a retreat into smoking or drinking more may be early warnings that you might need help in coming to terms with these tragic events....

Vitamin C for the heart

...amin C in their blood, regardless of their diet or smoking habits. Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a form of atherosclerosis, a condition in which fatty build-up accumulates inside the arteries and obstructs blood flow. In PAD, blood flow in the legs and feet is impaired, which can cause lameness and pain...

Quit Smoking

...the health consequences, don't believe them. Since smoking involves powerful physiological and psychological ...lt, and without help only a minority succeed. Even smoking cessation courses, nicotine gum and patches, while helpful to many, have been unable to keep the maj...

Women find difficulty in calling it 'Quits'

A review of numerous research studies focusing on smoking cessation has concluded that while women may suffe... increased risks of heart attack and stroke due to smoking are further exacerbated in women who also use oral contraceptives. Some studies have also pointed to...

Cigerettes unsafe during pregnancy

...and training in helping women quit.They found that smoking doubles the risk of having a low birth weight baby...t able to give up entirely, they need to cut their smoking by half to achieve any benefit for themselves and their baby. "Educating people on how their babies...

Heart disease correlation to periodontal disease

...y of periodontal disease, after adjusting for age, smoking status, cholesterol level, body mass index and triglycerides. The pathogens tested for were also associated with higher levels of C-reactive protein. Significantly more patients with cardiovascular problems were found among the moderate and severe gu...

Fish for the lungs

...kers should not assume that it is safe to carry on smoking as long as they eat fish. // Eating large amounts of fresh fish may cut the risk of a type of lung cancer called adenocarcinoma; eating dried or salted fish did not have the same protective effect on two other forms of lung cancer. Studies also poi...

Stop smoking and reduce weight

...ht is the first treatment to significantly improve smoking cessation in weight-concerned women. Previous inte... women assumed that the best approach to fostering smoking cessation was to help them prevent any weight gain after they quit smoking. This study, as well as o...

Smoking can depreciate intellegence

... The researchers suggest that this may explain why smoking has an impact on intellect. The study also found that people who drank moderately before the age of 65 were marginally less likely to have a decline in their mental powers than either heavy or non-alcoholics....

All the more bad

Scientists have discovered another reason why smoking is bad for health. It seems that smokers have a mu...ch University Hospital, said: "Within two years of smoking cessation, paraoxonase concentration and activity in former smokers is comparable to individuals who...

Diabetes on the rise

...y listed the biggest threats to health in India as smoking and HIV. Other experts say that more efficient food production says that many Indians are at present better nourished than at any point in the last century. Diabetes occurs when the body can no longer produce enough of the hormone insulin to proper...

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