http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Exposure to secondhand smoke can create symptoms of nicotine dependence in non-smoking preteens, according to a new study from Concordia University and the University of Montreal. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-preteens-smokers-nicotine.html Health Mon, 13 Jun 2011 10:15:38 EST news227178928 An impaired ability to handle oxidative stress that arises from exposure to secondhand smoke and other environmental triggers may contribute to the development of asthma, according to results obtained from the Shanghai Women's Health Asthma and Allergy Study. The results of the study suggest regulating the body's antioxidant defense system may play an important role in asthma prevention. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-inability-combat-oxidative-stress-trigger.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 16 May 2011 17:02:17 EST news224784127 Exposure to secondhand smoke, such as a person can get by riding in an enclosed car while someone else smokes, has a direct, measurable impact on the brain—and the effect is similar to what happens in the brain of the person doing the smoking. In fact, exposure to this secondhand smoke evokes cravings among smokers, according to a study funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-moderate-secondhand-nicotine-brain.html Health Mon, 02 May 2011 17:00:50 EST news223574431 Children who are exposed to secondhand smoke are more likely to need intensive care and intubation when hospitalized with influenza, according to new research by the University of Rochester Medical Center presented today at the Pediatric Academic Society meeting in Denver. The children also had longer hospital stays. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-smoke-exposed-children-flu-icu.html Health Mon, 02 May 2011 10:55:23 EST news223552509 Exposure to secondhand smoke, even at extremely low levels, is associated with increased blood pressure in boys, according to new research being presented Sunday, May 1, at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) annual meeting in Denver. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-smoker-blood-pressure-boys.html Health Sun, 01 May 2011 06:40:01 EST news223449623 It is absolutely unacceptable to subject children to any tobacco smoke exposure in cars, according to the authors of an abstract to be presented Sunday, May 1, at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) annual meeting in Denver. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-children-held-captive-smoky-vehicles.html Health Sun, 01 May 2011 05:30:02 EST news223446594