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Overweight and obesity among children
Children who are overweight or obese are at greater risk of poor health in adolescence and in adulthood. Being overweight in childhood increases the risk of developing cardiovascular disease or diabetes, as well as related social and mental health problems. Excess weight problems in childhood are associated with an increased risk of being an obese [...]
New lung cancer wonder drug offers cure hope for deadliest form of disease
A new lung cancer drug that can cure the deadliest form of the disease is being developed by scientists.
The treatment, which appears to have no side affects, killed all traces of the ’small cell’ version of the cancer in more than 50 per cent of the British trials on laboratory mice. It also blocked the [...]
Drug Significantly Improves Smoking-caused Lung Damage in Former Smokers
AURORA, Colo. — Iloprost, a drug used regularly to treat high blood pressure in the lungs, has been found to significantly improve the damage in former smokers, according to results of a multicenter Phase II clinical trial led by the University of Colorado Cancer Center. The results of the study were presented Aug. 2 at [...]

