| Title |
Intro |
Date |
| New Study Finds Everyday Activities Trigger Smoking Cravings |
While most smokers are well aware
that quitting can be an intense battle, many underestimate the severity of
cravings and the role cravings play in putting them at risk for relapse. |
11/20/06 |
| Heavy Smoking Cuts Women's Chance Of Pregnancy, Even With Donated Oocytes |
Heavy smoking may reduce female fertility by directly affecting the uterus - making it less receptive and reducing the chances the embryo will implant, according to research published on line on 9 November in Europe's leading reproductive medicine journa |
11/15/06 |
| Underage Smoke Exposure Raises Bladder Cancer Risk |
A child is more likely to develop bladder cancer later in life if he/she is exposed to second-hand smoke or smokes, say European researchers. A child who starts smoking before the age of 15 is three times as likely to suffer from bladder cancer later in |
11/15/06 |
| What Makes Us Stick To Our Bad Habits? |
Why do we ignore public warnings and advertisements about the dangers of smoking, drinking alcohol, overeating, stressing out and otherwise persist in habits and behaviours that we know aren't good for us?
|
11/15/06 |
| Women Catching Up To Men In Lung Cancer Deaths |
Lung cancer is the No. 1 cancer-related killer in the United States. And while men are more likely to die from lung cancer than women, the trend is starting to change.
|
11/15/06 |
| How Smoking Affects Fractures And Ligament Injuries |
Cigarette smoking, which causes over 8.6 million illnesses annually in the U.S., has been shown to have harmful effects on a variety of orthopedic conditions. Studies have shown that the numerous toxins contained in cigarette smoke can undermine fracture |
11/09/06 |
| Smokers Have Worse Side Effects From Radiation Treatment For Prostate Cancer |
Smoking has been found to contribute to poorer outcomes for people treated for many kinds of cancer and now, researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center have associated smoking and acute side-effects following radiation therapy for prostate cancer. The study |
11/09/06 |
| South Carolina Hospital Association Releases 2007 Legislative Agenda |
The South Carolina Hospital Association on Tuesday released its three legislative priorities for 2007, the Columbia State reports. The three priorities are finding a way to provide health coverage to the state's estimated 700,000 to 850,000 uninsured r |
11/09/06 |
| Tiny Worm Provides Model For The Genetics Of Nicotine Dependence |
The unassuming C. elegans nematode worm, a 1-millimeter workhorse of the genetics lab, is quite similar to human beings in its genetic susceptibility to nicotine dependence, according to University of Michigan researchers.
|
11/09/06 |
| Nonsmoking Sections Of Smoking Bars And Restaurants Still Get Significant Doses Of Carcinogens, Particulates, Study Shows |
What happened when James Repace, one of the world's leading experts on secondhand smoke exposure, teamed up with Dr. Ken Johnson, a top authority on secondhand smoke epidemiology, to investigate claims that new high-tech "displacement" ventilation system |
11/06/06 |
| Effects Of Smoking Cessation Drug, Varenicline, Looked At By The Journal Of Clinical Pharmacology |
Smoking is the world's leading cause of premature death. Smokers who quit are able to significantly reduce their risk of premature death and other health issues - almost completely if they quit by age thirty and by fifty percent if they quit after age fi |
11/06/06 |
EU Cigarettes
