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Aussie experts confirm SIDS breakthrough
An Australian-led study has confirmed a lack of serotonin was a common factor with babies who die from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).
The breakthrough offers a “much clearer direction” in the search for a cure for the mysterious syndrome, which still claims one in 2,000 apparently healthy children.
Researcher Dr Jhodie Duncan, of the Melbourne-based Florey [...]
Depression May Up Death Risk to That of Smoking
MONDAY, – Being depressed might take as many years off your life as smoking does, a new study suggests.
However, a combination of depression and anxiety appears to be better for longevity than just depression.
Researchers came to their conclusions after analyzing death records and a survey of more than 60,000 people. During the four years after [...]
Cancer hits Tennesseans hard
Tennesseans die of cancer at the fifth-worst rate in the nation.
What kills them most frequently is cigarettes, but a powerful mix of
misinformation and denial also drives up the death count.
A Tennessean examination that included dozens of interviews with doctors, cancer experts and patients across the state found health professionals frequently encounter people who have ignored [...]
Tenants demand tougher anti-smoking laws
DOWNTOWN — There are many days warm or cool when the windows to Mike Horelick’s Santa Monica apartment remain shut, keeping out ocean breezes, the fragrance of a neighbor’s dinner and cigarette smoke.
It’s the latter that forces the local screenwriter to often seal his home, protecting his asthmatic 3-year-old daughter and 9-month-old son from the [...]
Help Obama? No, Help America
Attention, liberals. A new book urges that in order to help Obama improve our country, you should adopt a dog, quit smoking, and conciliate conservatives. But don’t rush into it. So far the President himself has only accomplished the first of those.
The inspiring ideas are from “50 Ways You Can Help Obama Change America,” brought [...]
Anti-smoking psychotics
Without question, one of the best things to happen in my lifetime is the pushback against smoking in public places and offices, and the emergence of the sense that smoking is anti-social. It kind of floors me to think about how much cigarette smoke I and other kids of my generation were exposed to. I [...]
Want insurance? Quit smoking, lose weight
If you want to see some of the future of health insurance in this country, take a look at what’s happening to the state employee health care plan.
Even though the General Assembly dug the plan out of a $250 million hole last spring, the State Health Plan continues to run a deficit. Instead of the [...]
Prince Harry turns to hypnotist to quit smoking
LONDON: Prince Harry, the third-in-line to the British throne, is said to have turned to a celebrity hypnotist in a desperate bid to quit smoking.
The 24-year-old Prince, who was once on 20 fags a day, managed to kick the habit for a year. But he was spotted having a puff at a pal’s wedding recently. [...]
Banker abandons Hebridian exile after success in quitting smoking
Howling winds, relentless rain and plagues of insects have persuaded a retired merchant banker to abandon his exile on an uninhabited island in the Hebrides, although he claims to have achieved his objective and finally given up his habit of smoking 30 cigarettes a day.
Geoff Spice, 57, from Ashstead, Surrey, began his “cold turkey” treatment [...]
Smoke-free policies at American hospitals
Smokers still huddle outside the doors of more than half of America’s hospitals — and 65 percent of Virginia’s — a new study found.
But the study, published this week in the medical journal Tobacco Control, says more hospitals are moving to having a completely smoke-free campus.
In central Virginia, HCA’s Chippenham and Johnston-Willis campuses went tobacco-free [...]
Cancer society wants tougher smoking laws
A “smoke free” bylaw that goes beyond existing legislation was one of the proposals the Canadian Cancer Society pitched to city council on Monday night as a way city hall could reduce the prevalence of cancer in Prince George.
In a presentation, Megan Klitch and Kirsten Turnbull suggested council should ban smoking on hospitality patios, on [...]
List smoking cessation meds in new catalogue
Several doctors and experts are appealing to the government to list smoking cessation medicines in the new Drug Catalogue of National Basic Medical Insurance in order to help more smokers kick the unhealthy habit.
Smoking has become the biggest public health problem in China, Wang Chen, Director of the WHO Collaborating Center for Tobacco or Health [...]
New program helps smokers quit and stay tobacco-free
LEWISTON – Valley Medical Center is teaming up with Public Health to help you quit smoking.
“The Millennium Fund is what we are using to help pay for the components of the classes,” said Compliance and Education Director Elizabeth Keys. “That’s how we are able to offer it free of charge for our patients.”
The fund is [...]
Women’s Relationship with Cigarettes Is Emotional
That women are more prone to developing lung cancer, even if they smoke the same, or even less, than men has already been established. However, it seems that their relationship with cigarettes is even more “special” than that, as it is laden with emotions – which is why they have a much harder time trying [...]
