http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Smoking increased the risk for developing colon cancer, and female smokers may have a greater risk than male smokers, according to data published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-women-smokers-greater-colon-cancer.html Cancer Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:00:01 EST news286536577 Women say they get less satisfaction and less enjoyment from smoking cigarettes that come in plain, standardised packs - according to new research released today (Thursday). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-branding-cigarette-packets-stubs-appeal.html Health Thu, 25 Apr 2013 07:43:14 EST news286094583 (Medical Xpress)—Smokers who quit when they are young adults can live almost as long as people who never smoked, groundbreaking new research has found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-smokers-age-lifespan-people.html Health Thu, 24 Jan 2013 11:02:43 EST news278247755 Female smokers have a much greater risk of death from lung cancer and chronic obstructive lung disease (COLD) in recent years than did female smokers 20 or 40 years ago, reflecting changes in smoking behavior according to a Special Article published in this week's New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). The increase in risk of death from lung cancer and COLD in female smokers has been large enough to completely offset improvements in longevity from medical advances that have reduced death rates in the rest of the population over the last 50 years. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-lung-cancer-death-risen-women.html Cancer Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:31:29 EST news278184679 (Medical Xpress)—A new Northwestern Medicine study shows that smoking during your middle-aged years dramatically increases your lifetime risk of not just getting cancer, but dying from it. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-age-smokers-significantly-higher-cancer.html Health Thu, 13 Sep 2012 09:00:01 EST news266744462 There has been an increase in the number of non-smokers being diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer, according to new findings. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-non-smokers-lung-cancer.html Cancer Tue, 04 Sep 2012 10:06:58 EST news265972006 Giving up smoking is associated with an average weight gain of 4-5 kg after 12 months, most of which occurs within the first three months of quitting, finds a study published in the British Medical Journal today. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-weight-gain-higher-previously-thought.html Overweight and Obesity Tue, 10 Jul 2012 18:30:03 EST news261160010 Kentucky women who smoke heavily may experience more chronic musculoskeletal pain, suggests a new study led by University of Kentucky researchers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-link-chronic-pain-women.html Addiction Wed, 28 Sep 2011 12:14:02 EST news236430830 Dozens of studies on whether moderate exercise can curb the nicotine cravings of women smokers have added up to an apparent contradiction: it seems to work in short-term, well controlled lab experiments, but then fizzles out in treatment trials. A new study may explain why and help researchers devise a practical therapy. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-women-cravings-effect-short-lived.html Health Thu, 19 May 2011 10:53:46 EST news225021209