http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. New research from Harvard School of Public Health (HPSH) shows that one year after the federal government passed a law banning word descriptors such as "light," "mild," and "low" on cigarette packages, smokers can still easily identify their brands because of color-coding that tobacco companies added to "light" packs after the ban. These findings suggest that the companies have, in effect, been able to evade the ban on misleading wording—thus still conveying the false and deceptive message that lights are safer than "regular" cigarettes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-tobacco-industry-evaded-fda-cigarette.html Health Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:00:09 EST news282404825 (Medical Xpress)—We know high-fat, high-sugar foods cause obesity and promote heart disease, but most people don't realize that sugar and fat also contribute to conditions like osteoporosis by weakening bones. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-fruit-holiday-stocking-bones-strong.html Health Mon, 24 Dec 2012 06:40:01 EST news275551835 (Medical Xpress)—Despite concerted government efforts to curtail tobacco use, the number of smokers in the United States has remained stable in recent years, rather than declining. The reason: genetics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-genetic-smokers-biological-resistance-anti-tobacco.html Genetics Thu, 06 Dec 2012 06:23:27 EST news273997398 (HealthDay)—A significant decline in cigarette smoking took place among U.S. kids aged 12 to 17 between 2002 and 2010 in 41 states, according to a new federal government report. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-teen-fallen.html Health Wed, 21 Nov 2012 14:05:42 EST news272729136 Top box office films last year showed more onscreen smoking than the prior year, reversing five years of steady progress in reducing tobacco imagery in movies, according to a new UCSF study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-uptick-cinematic-onscreen-tobacco-movies.html Health Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:00:19 EST news267963399 (AP)—The Obama administration is urging a new focus on preventing suicides, especially among military veterans—and is beefing up the nation's crisis hotline to help. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-govt-urges-focus-suicides.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 10 Sep 2012 13:20:01 EST news266500214 (AP) -- More work needs to be done to keep young Americans from using tobacco, including creating smoking bans and increasing taxes on tobacco products, the U.S. Surgeon General's office said in a report released Thursday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-youth-tobacco.html Health Thu, 08 Mar 2012 04:30:04 EST news250402476 (AP) -- The Obama administration Wednesday proposed banning the use of electronic cigarettes on airline flights, saying there is concern the smokeless cigarettes may be harmful. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-electronic-cigarettes-planes.html Health Wed, 14 Sep 2011 13:04:41 EST news235224216 David Satcher, MD, PhD, former U.S. Surgeon General, describes childhood obesity as "one of the greatest threats to child and adult health that we are facing today," calling for an intensive effort to promote child health, in an editorial in the June issue of Childhood Obesity, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-invest-children-health-urges-surgeon.html Health Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:13:25 EST news228143596