Researchers at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center are using real-time smart phone data from struggling-to-quit smokers to better understand the quitting process — and develop improved and individualized treatment options. The team, led by Dr. David Wetter, recently completed a study…
Monthly Archives: August 2010
Clinton, Bush And Obama Come Against California’s Marijuana Legalization Measure
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Six directors of the Office of National Drug Control Policy over the previous 3 administrations penned a cooperative op-ed Wednesday in opposition to California’s Proposition 19 ballot proposal to legalize marijuana. The editorial, written by Gil Kerlikowske, John Walters, Barry…
Tobacco use in movies ‘falling’
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obacco use in films is falling, a US report on smoking in movies has found. Yet its authors claim smoking still features in too many films and could be influencing young people to take it up. “There’s a declining trend…
Heart risk factors a growing problem in Mexico
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Large percentages of Mexican adults have risk factors for heart disease and stroke — suggesting, researchers say, that without intervention, the nation’s rate of cardiovascular disease will continue the climb it began several decades ago. In a study of 20,000…
Mad Men Can Be Dangerous To Your Health
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Desperate Housewives star Kathryn Joosten would like a word with the folks behind Mad Men. No, she’s not looking for a job on the hit AMC drama, but… Joosten, who plays Karen McCluskey on Housewives, thinks there should be a…
Smoking women: the alarming statistics
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More and more women are dying from lung cancer. In new statistics released by the Philippine Cancer Society (PCS), with a rate of 2,500 (per 100,000 research population) new cases of women with lung cancer monitored, 2,043 patients have died.…
How Secondhand Cigarette Smoke Changes Your Genes
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As if the growing number of smoking bans in restaurants, airplanes and other public places isn’t sending a strong enough message, researchers now have the first biological data confirming the health hazards of secondhand smoke. Scientists led by Dr. Ronald…
Smoking not tied to risk of early breast tumor
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Current and former smokers may have no higher risk of developing an early form of breast tumor after menopause than non-smokers do, a new study suggests. Cigarette smoking has been clearly linked to increased risks of a number of cancers,…
More smokers quit using NHS help
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NHS smoking services helped a record number of people quit last year, figures show. The NHS Information Centre said 373,964 had successfully given up, an 11% rise from the 337,054 who gave up in in 2008/09. The figures are for…
Headaches in teens tied to overweight, smoking and lack of exercise
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ST. PAUL, Minn. – Teens who are overweight, get little exercise or who smoke may be more likely to have frequent headaches and migraines than teens with none of these factors, according to a study published in the August 18,…
Study shows ozone and nicotine a bad combination for asthma
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A new study by researchers with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) shows that ozone can react with the nicotine in secondhand smoke to form ultrafine particles that may become a bigger threat to asthma sufferers than nicotine itself.…
Michael Douglas’ Cancer
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Hollywood icon Michael Douglas’ years of smoking and drinking is the probable culprit for his throat cancer diagnosis, according to one doctor who said the “Wall Street” star’s condition is likely curable. The actor will undergo chemotherapy and radiation to…
Life expectancy to rise if tobacco sales phased out
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New Zealanders would live longer if tobacco sales were ended by 2020, according to new research published today in the New Zealand Medical Journal. Maori could expect a five-year gain, while the life expectancy of non-Maori would be three years…
RTP to get vaccine-making facility
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A Canadian developer of flu inoculations and other vaccines plans to use a $21 million U.S. Defense Department grant to build an 87,000-square-foot production facility in Research Triangle Park. Medicago, based in Quebec, plans to create 85 jobs paying $50,229…