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While previous studies have indicated a 'probable' connection between smoking and ALS, a new study published in the Nov. 17, 2009 issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, states smoking may now be ...
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As smokers nationwide struggle to quit the habit, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is offering assistance to those childhood cancer survivors who need help with smoking cessation.
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The majority of smokers worldwide support smoking bans in the workplace, according to a new study by RTI International and Harris Interactive.
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Whether you smoke three cigarettes or three packs of cigarettes a day, kicking the habit is difficult. Various nicotine replacement products are on the market to make quitting easier. But which product is right for you? Experts from The University ...
14:20 Nov 11, 2009
With the American Cancer Society's Great American Smokeout Challenge just a week away, the American Society of Anesthesiologists is giving smokers yet another reason to quit. The scientific evidence is clear -- smoking has a direct negative impact ...
05:20 Nov 9, 2009
Tobacco smoke is involved in uncontrolled asthma, a diminished response to anti-asthma drugs, rhinitis, nasal obstruction, and deregulation of the immune system. Active smoking also causes changes in inflammation in asthma patients, diminishes ...
04:20 Nov 9, 2009
In a comparison of five different smoking cessation medications, a nicotine patch plus a nicotine lozenge appears most effective at helping smokers quit, according to a report in the November issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/...
14:35 Nov 2, 2009
For the first time, researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have demonstrated that it is possible to successfully recruit and retain a large number of adolescent smokers from the general population into a smoking intervention study ...
20:27 Oct 20, 2009
Smoking has once again been implicated in the development of advanced cancer. Exposure to nicotine by way of cigarette smoking may increase the likelihood that pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma will become metastatic, according to researchers from the Kim
10:25 Jul 27, 2009
Dr. Steven M. Marcus, executive director of the New Jersey Poison Information & Education System at UMDNJ, is available to provide comment on a warning by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on the risks of electronic cigarettes.
13:25 Jul 23, 2009
Secondhand smoke is not only a nuisance, but a potential health concern for many college students, and administrators should be taking steps to reduce students' exposure, according to a new study by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicin
21:25 Jul 20, 2009
Cardiovascular disease is increasing in adults under 50 and those of lower socioeconomic status, despite recent trends which show that cardiovascular disease is declining in Canada overall, say researchers at the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre. Untreated card
09:25 Jul 20, 2009
Prohibiting tobacco use at home could reduce adolescent smoking rates, but the practice might be less common in black families than in white families.
21:25 Jul 14, 2009
CHICAGO - Patients with multiple sclerosis who smoke appear to experience a more rapid progression of their disease, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
13:25 Jul 13, 2009
The University of Illinois at Chicago is leading a $2.9 million National Cancer Institute project to increase demand for evidence-based, Internet-based smoking cessation treatment among young adults.
14:25 Jun 30, 2009
The tobacco industry knows exactly what makes social smokers tick. Now, researchers want to use that once-secret information to help them quit.
21:39 Jun 15, 2009
Although alcohol consumption is known to be associated with chronic pancreatitis, new evidence indicates that a threshold of five or more drinks per day is required to significantly raise risk; however, most patients with chronic pancreatitis do not drin
13:39 Jun 8, 2009
The consequences of tobacco use for people with developmental or intellectual disabilities can be especially severe, and the medical community often tends to overlook the tobacco-related burdens these people face. An extensive review of published researc
12:39 Jun 5, 2009
It's common knowledge that smoking raises risks of lung cancer. And yet researchers haven't known whether continued smoking by lung cancer patients would increase the risk of the cancer's spread. Researchers at West Virginia University have found that sm
11:39 Jun 3, 2009
Children from high-conflict families are more likely to drop out of school, have poor grades, smoke, binge drink, use marijuana, have early sex, be young and unmarried when they have a child and then experience the breakup of that relationship.
07:39 Jun 2, 2009
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