http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Pregnant women are advised not to smoke during pregnancy because it can harm the baby's lungs and lead to wheezing and asthma, among other problems. If a woman absolutely can't kick the habit, taking vitamin C during pregnancy may improve her newborn's lung function and prevent wheezing in the first year of life, according to a study to be presented Saturday, May 4, at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) annual meeting in Washington, DC. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-vitamin-lung-problems-babies-born.html Pediatrics Sat, 04 May 2013 04:17:12 EST news286859824 Taking a specific form of a vitamin E supplement can accelerate the health benefits that occur when people quit smoking, new research suggests. In the small study, improvement in blood vessel function associated with the added vitamin E potentially translates into an estimated 19 percent greater drop in future risk for cardiovascular disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-vitamin-extra-boost-heart-health.html Health Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:20:54 EST news285931238 Smoking is a known risk factor for back pain and disc disease. In a new study presented today at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), researchers reviewed smoking cessation rates and related pain in 6,779 patients undergoing treatment for spinal disorders with severe axial (spine) or radicular (leg) pain. Information on each patient's age, gender, weight, smoking history, assessment of pain, treatment type and co-morbid depression also were assessed. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-spine-patients-diminished-pain.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 19 Mar 2013 01:00:01 EST news282829411 Lung and head and neck cancer patients who smoked before surgery are more likely to relapse than those who had quit before surgery, Moffitt Cancer Center researchers say. They found that smoking-relapse prevention interventions are needed immediately after surgery to help prevent relapse. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-cessation-successful-cancer-patients-surgery.html Cancer Wed, 23 Jan 2013 03:53:32 EST news278135604 A medication being tested to help smokers kick the habit also may help avoid the weight gain that is common after quitting but only in women, according to a study published in the December issue of Biological Psychiatry. This is the first medication shown to reduce weight gain for up to one year in women smokers who quit. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-drug-women-weight.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 10 Dec 2012 15:56:25 EST news274377376 For years, research has shown a link between smoking and an increased risk for low back pain, intervertebral (spine) disc disease, and inferior patient outcomes following surgery. A new study, published in the December 2012 Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS), also found that smokers suffering from spinal disorders and related back pain, reported greater discomfort than spinal disorder patients who stopped smoking during an eight-month treatment period. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-patients-severe-pain.html Health Wed, 05 Dec 2012 13:30:01 EST news273930070 (HealthDay)—The American Cancer Society launches its annual Great American Smokeout event Thursday as anti-smoking advocates push to reverse a slowdown in the decline of tobacco use in the United States. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-great-american-smokeout-isthursday.html Addiction Thu, 15 Nov 2012 15:55:30 EST news272217317 Support for quitting smoking via text and video messages can help smokers kick the habit according to a new Cochrane systematic review. The authors of the review found that people were more likely to stay away from cigarettes over a six month period if they received motivational messages and advice to their mobile phones. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-mobile-smokers.html Addiction Tue, 13 Nov 2012 19:00:08 EST news272047068 When smoking co-workers in the same team are placed on a cessation program, providing financial incentives to the team collectively in return for success of the smokers in the cessation program helped the smokers to quit smoking and remain abstinent for 12 months, according to data presented at the 11th Annual AACR International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research, held Oct. 16-19, 2012. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-team-cessation-workplace-cigarette-smokers.html Health Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:00:02 EST news269786311 (Medical Xpress)—Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center, concerned that women who quit smoking during their pregnancies often resume smoking after they deliver their baby, tested self-help interventions designed to prevent postpartum smoking relapse. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-relapse-healthy-mothers-babies.html Health Wed, 26 Sep 2012 10:24:56 EST news267873851 (Medical Xpress) -- If you're trying to quit smoking, eating more fruits and vegetables may help you quit and stay tobacco-free for longer, according to a new study published online by University at Buffalo public health researchers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-fruits-vegetables.html Health Wed, 06 Jun 2012 06:45:28 EST news258183905 The same gene variations that make it difficult to stop smoking also increase the likelihood that heavy smokers will respond to nicotine-replacement therapy and drugs that thwart cravings, a new study shows. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-genes-medication.html Genetics Wed, 30 May 2012 11:25:26 EST news257595890 Vitamin C supplementation in pregnant women who are unable to quit smoking significantly improves pulmonary function in their newborns, according to a new study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-vitamin-pulmonary-function-newborns-pregnant.html Pediatrics Tue, 22 May 2012 10:20:01 EST news256899855 A new analysis has found that a substantial number of lung and colorectal cancer patients continue to smoke after being diagnosed. Published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study provides valuable information on which cancer patients might need help to quit smoking. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-people-cancer.html Cancer Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:01 EST news246460581 Smokers planning to kick the habit may have more success if they begin using a cessation medication several weeks before they actually try to quit. Those are the results of a clinical trial conducted by researchers at the University at Buffalo Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) and other institutions published recently in Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-cessation-medication-earlier-easier.html Addiction Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:59:03 EST news244983534 University of Missouri researchers have found evidence that shows those who quit smoking show improvements in their overall personality. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-personality.html Health Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:55:03 EST news235061688 Smokers who also have alcohol, drug and mental disorders would benefit greatly from smoking cession counseling from their primary care physicians and would be five times more successful at kicking the habit, a study by researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center has found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-smokers-comorbid-conditions-doctor.html Health Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:44:25 EST news233315014 Resistance training, or weight lifting, can do more than just build muscle: it may also help smokers kick the habit, say researchers from The Miriam Hospital's Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-smokers-regularly-weights.html Addiction Tue, 09 Aug 2011 10:39:41 EST news232105165