http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. The chances of developing lung cancer associated with asbestos exposure, asbestosis and smoking are dramatically increased when these three risk factors are combined, and quitting smoking significantly reduces the risk of developing lung cancer after long-term asbestos exposure, according to a new study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-asbestos-exposure-asbestosis-combined-greatly.html Cancer Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:00:13 EST news284915425 Showing young people computer-generated images illustrating the effects of smoking on their appearance later in life may encourage them to quit, a new study has found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-digitally-aged-photos-young-smokers.html Health Tue, 09 Apr 2013 09:27:09 EST news284718415 Smokers have a higher probability of quitting smoking and a better overall cessation experience when taking varenicline compared to bupropion and to placebo – unmedicated assisted smoking cessation –according to a study published in the journal JAMA Psychiatry. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-varenicline-depressive-mood-craving-reward.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:00:04 EST news283614777 Following the American Heart Association's Life's Simple 7 steps to reduce your risk for heart disease can also help prevent cancer, according to new research in the American Heart Association journal Circulation. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-heart-healthy-lifestyle-cancer.html Cancer Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:00:09 EST news282828950 (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 (HealthDay)—People who take the prescription quit-smoking drug Chantix may be at higher risk for cardiovascular problems, and doctors should weigh the risks of the drug against it benefits, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-stop-smoking-drug-chantix-heart-fda.html Medications Thu, 13 Dec 2012 11:10:01 EST news274618634 (HealthDay)—Primary-care doctors should offer children and teens counseling and educational programs to prevent them from smoking, according to new recommendations issued by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-uspstf-interventions-avert-tobacco-children.html Addiction Tue, 11 Dec 2012 05:21:19 EST news274424951 (Medical Xpress)—A new University of Cincinnati study examines how anxiety sensitivity can thwart the efforts of smokers with asthma to quit smoking. This new direction of research from Alison McLeish, a UC assistant professor of psychology, will be presented on Nov.17, at the 46th annual convention of the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) in National Harbor, Md. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-habitnew-barriers-smokers-asthma.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 14 Nov 2012 10:36:25 EST news272111771 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 (Medical Xpress)—Smokers are costing the UK economy £1.4 billion by taking an average of two or three days more sick leave per year than their non-smoking colleagues, a new study has revealed. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-smokers-extra-sick-days-year.html Addiction Thu, 01 Nov 2012 10:24:46 EST news270984267 Women can add nine years to their lives by quitting smoking before the age of 40 but still face a 20-percent higher death rate than those who never smoked, a study said Saturday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-women-smokers-gain-years-lifespan.html Addiction Sat, 27 Oct 2012 13:55:59 EST news270564947 (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)—Led by UC Davis researchers, the first-ever transnational study of Mexico-U.S. migration and smoking has found that U.S.-born Mexican Americans start smoking at an earlier age but are more likely to quit than their counterparts in Mexico. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-trends-mexicans-mexican-americans.html Addiction Fri, 21 Sep 2012 09:20:27 EST news267438004 Women who go into early menopause are twice as likely to suffer from coronary heart disease and stroke, new Johns Hopkins-led research suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-early-menopause-heart-disease.html Cardiology Tue, 18 Sep 2012 11:31:28 EST news267186676 Living a healthy lifestyle into old age can add five years to women's lives and six years to men's, finds a study from Sweden published in the British Medical Journal today. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-healthy-age-years-life.html Health Thu, 30 Aug 2012 18:30:03 EST news265564888 Smoking more than 20 cigarettes a day doubles the risk of a potentially fatal brain bleed as a result of a burst aneurysm, finds research published online in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-smokers-aneurysm.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 29 Aug 2012 18:30:05 EST news265479387 Patients who resume smoking after a stroke increase their risk of death by three-fold, according to research presented at ESC Congress 2012 by Professor Furio Colivicchi from San Filippo Neri Hospital. The researchers also found that the earlier patients resume smoking, the greater their risk of death with one year. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-death-three-fold.html Cardiology Tue, 28 Aug 2012 11:50:01 EST news265371072 A recent study of adults age 50 to 85 found that only 19 percent of those diagnosed with lung disease quit smoking within two years. Furthermore, the research showed that the vast majority of older adults who learn they have a chronic condition do not adopt healthier behaviors, according to data presented in the Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-seniors-illness-tough-habits.html Health Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:46:07 EST news262964711 When shopping for dad's Father's Day gift, consider what he gave you when you were conceived. If he smoked, your genes are likely damaged, and your odds for diseases increased. A report in the FASEB Journal shows that men who smoke before conception can damage the genes of their offspring. These inherited changes in DNA could render developing offspring susceptible to later diseases, providing evidence for quitting smoking before trying to conceive. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-cigarette-dna-reproductive-cells-fathers.html Medical research Fri, 22 Jun 2012 15:13:33 EST news259596520 Although numerous studies have shown a strong link between drinking and smoking behaviors, few telephone smoking-cessation "quitlines" routinely screen and counsel callers about their alcohol use. A first-of-its-kind study of drinking and smoking-cessation rates among callers to the New York State Smokers' Quitline (NYSSQL) has found that a high proportion of the smokers calling also drank at hazardous levels, and these high-level drinking smokers had more difficulty quitting smoking than moderate drinking smokers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-smoking-cessation-quitlines-hazardous-drinkers.html Addiction Fri, 15 Jun 2012 18:42:32 EST news259004546 May 31 marks the 25th anniversary of World No Tobacco Day, but does the day really inspire anyone to think about quitting smoking? Yes it does, according to a new study led by investigators from the Informatics Program at Children's Hospital Boston and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. For the study, the research team monitored news promoting cessation and Internet search queries indicative of cessation for six years in seven Latin American nations. Cessation news coverage and Internet search queries for cessation peaked on World No Tobacco Day, increasing as much as 83 percent and 84 percent compared to a typical day, respectively. Their findings appear in the May/June issue of Journal of Medical Internet Research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-years-world-tobacco-day-impact.html Health Tue, 29 May 2012 13:21:53 EST news257516350 The declining rate of smoking is unlikely to be a major contributor to the recent increases in the incidence of obesity. While quitting smoking might cause some people to gain weight, the amount gained will probably be small, reports a new study in Health Services Research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-results-minimal-weight-gain.html Addiction Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:10:03 EST news248690305 Life without cigarettes is not all doom and gloom. In fact, successful quitters are more satisfied with their lives and feel healthier, both one year and three years afterwards, than those who continue to smoke. That's according to new research by Dr. Megan Piper, from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in the US, and her team. Their work, which looks at whether quitting smoking can improve psychological well-being, is published online in Springer's journal Annals of Behavioral Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-life-cigarettes.html Health Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:57:55 EST news243003394 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 Over half of all Alzheimer's disease cases could potentially be prevented through lifestyle changes and treatment or prevention of chronic medical conditions, according to a study led by Deborah Barnes, PhD, a mental health researcher at the San Francisco VA Medical Center. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-alzheimer-cases.html Neuroscience Tue, 19 Jul 2011 02:49:20 EST news230262537 Latinos looking to quit smoking are more successful when they have a significant other and partner support, say researchers from The Miriam Hospital's Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine. According to the study, published in the May/June issue of the American Journal of Health Promotion, this support can also buffer the demonstrated negative effect that depression can have on smoking cessation. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-latinos-miriam-hospital-insight.html Health Fri, 03 Jun 2011 03:30:02 EST news226288278