http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Nonsmokers, beware. It seems the more you are exposed to secondhand tobacco smoke—whether it was during your childhood or as an adult, at work or at home—the more likely you are to develop early signs of heart disease, according to research being presented at the American College of Cardiology's 62nd Annual Scientific Session. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-secondhand-exposure-linked-heart-disease.html Cardiology Thu, 07 Mar 2013 12:28:15 EST news281881668 For expectant moms who may contemplate the pros and cons of natural child birth or Caesarian section, a Henry Ford Hospital study suggests that C-section babies are susceptible to developing allergies by age two. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-babies-born-c-section-allergies.html Immunology Sun, 24 Feb 2013 17:00:01 EST news280917367 (HealthDay)—Only one-quarter of smoking parents adopt a strict smoke-free car policy, and nearly half who don't enforce such a ban light up while driving with their children, a new study indicates. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-smokers-kids-car.html Pediatrics Mon, 12 Nov 2012 16:24:46 EST news271959878 Adolescent smokers have thicker artery walls indicative of early development of atherosclerosis, according to research presented today at the ESC Congress. The findings from the Sapaldia Youth Study were presented by Dr Julia Dratva from Switzerland. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-adolescent-smokers-artery.html Cardiology Mon, 27 Aug 2012 09:57:29 EST news265280241 (HealthDay) -- A mother's exposure to tobacco smoke during the last three months of pregnancy may increase the risk that her child will develop the allergic skin condition eczema during infancy, a new study suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-exposure-late-pregnancy-boost-baby.html Health Sat, 03 Mar 2012 13:08:41 EST news250002515 (Medical Xpress) -- Levels of second-hand smoke exposure among non-smoking adults fell by almost 30 per cent after smoke free legislation was introduced in England in 2007, researchers in the Department for Health (University of Bath) have found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-free-legislation-linked-second-hand-exposure.html Health Wed, 14 Dec 2011 06:34:04 EST news243066830 A study by the University of Liverpool has found that babies admitted to hospital with bronchiolitis from a household where a parent smokes are twice as likely to need oxygen therapy and five times as likely to need mechanical ventilation as babies whose parents do not smoke. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-household-severity-bronchiolitis-babies.html Health Wed, 20 Jul 2011 09:47:07 EST news230374011 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