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Smoking not tied to risk of early breast tumor
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, including cancers of the lungs, colon, pancreas and bladder. But studies have yielded conflicting results [...]
Michael Douglas’ Cancer
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 treat the cancer. “That combination is, unfortunately, a recipe for development of a throat cancer,” [...]
How to stay alive and healthy
In the space of three months, the thrust of public health policy has shifted towards a desire for individuals to take more personal responsibility for their health and the health of their children. It is a dramatic change in emphasis from the last government, sometimes accused of wanting to remove all our personal freedoms and [...]
Risk Factors for Developing Breast Abscesses
Women who smoke or pierce their nipples are more likely to develop a breast abscess, according to a new study in the July issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons. Researchers at the University of Iowa found the odds of developing primary breast abscess were six times higher in smokers than in [...]
Smoking cause gene mutations in older women
Scientists report that smoking may boost the risk of colon cancer in older women by causing certain genetic mutations. The study appears online June 29 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.. Previous research has indicated that current and former smokers are 18 percent more likely to develop colorectal cancer than those who never [...]
Secondhand smoke linked to psychiatric illness
It’s well-known that smoking and secondhand smoke are dangerous to our health, but are they also harmful to our mental health? A new study suggests they might be. The study in the Archives of General Psychiatry has drawn a link between secondhand smoke and psychological distress, as well as the risk of future hospitalization for [...]
Why is Smoking Bad for Health?
Why do people smoke? Every person on this earth knows that smoking is bad, except for the mad ones. So do you know it is bad, but do you know why it is bad? The question is that people just know that smoking is bad, that is why they do not stop it. If they [...]
African-American infants at increased risk from tobacco smoke exposure
Low levels of prenatal tobacco smoke exposure are associated with a higher risk of developmental problems for African American children than white children, according to new research from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. The findings were presented at noon ET Saturday, May 1, at the annual meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies in Vancouver, Canada. [...]
The Potential Health Effects of Citizens United
On January 21, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court reached one of its most controversial decisions in years, with Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission.1 The opinion overturned long-standing precedents that forbade corporations from using unlimited monies from their general funds for political speech — specifically, for advertisements supporting or opposing candidates for elected office, in [...]
Tobacco dangers in pregnancy
Teenage daughters of WA mothers who smoked during pregnancy have been found to have ovaries 10 per cent smaller and a uterus 20 per cent smaller in groundbreaking Raine Study research looking for links between cigarettes and infertility. Ultrasound imaging was used to compare the reproductive systems of 200 16-year-old girls followed since before birth, [...]
Years of Smoking Associated with Lower Parkinson’s Risk, Not Number of Cigarettes Per Day
Researchers have new insight into the relationship between Parkinson’s disease and smoking. Several studies have shown that smokers have a lower risk of developing Parkinson’s disease. A new study published in the March 10, 2010, online issue of Neurology ®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, shows that smoking for a greater [...]
Cigarette smoking may raise prostate cancer risk
NEW YORK – Cigarette smoking may increase a man’s risk for developing and dying from prostate cancer, pooled data from 24 studies involving 21,600 men with the disease indicates. This study “provides good evidence that prostate cancer is likely a smoking-related tumor,” Dr. Michael Huncharek, at Meta-Analysis Research Group in Columbia, South Carolina, wrote in [...]
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and Deficiency of Hormone Serotonin
Lower levels of the hormone serotonin may help explain why some infants succumb to sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), according to a new study. In the U.S., SIDS deaths have declined by more than 50% since 1990. Experts say that’s partly due to practices believed to minimize the risk, such as putting infants to sleep [...]
Obesity surpasses smoking as top health threat
Obesity is now a bigger overall threat to people’s health than smoking, according to results of the longest ongoing health study of adults in the United States. Obesity causes as much or more disease than tobacco, says the study, conducted by researchers from Columbia University and the City College of New York. It adds that [...]
