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Smoking linked with worse urothelial cancer prognosis in patients, especially women

Smoking significantly increases individuals' risk of developing serious forms of urothelial carcinoma and a higher likelihood of dying from the disease, particularly for women. That is the conclusion of a recent study published ...

Cancer created Mar 14, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tobacco industry appears to have evaded FDA ban on 'light' cigarette descriptors

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 ...

Health created Mar 13, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Large study finds that physician gender does not affect patient-care costs or mortality

Female doctors' patients do not use health-care services more or die less frequently than patients treated by male doctors, a prospective, observational study by researchers at UC Davis Health System has found.

Health created Mar 13, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Weight gain after quitting smoking does not negate health benefits

An analysis of data from the Framingham Offspring Study – a long-term study that follows children of participants in the original Framingham Heart Study – may have answered a question that has troubled individuals considering ...

Health created Mar 12, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Erectile dysfunction drug fails for diastolic heart failure patients

Despite high expectations for a commonly used erectile dysfunction drug to treat patients with diastolic heart failure, no beneficial effects were found in a study presented today at the American College of Cardiology's 62nd ...

Cardiology created Mar 12, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Rehab associated with reduced risk of death in women with CAD

Women with coronary artery disease who completed a 12-week cardiac rehabilitation program were two-thirds less likely to die compared to those who were not referred to the program. In addition, the mortality benefit derived ...

Cardiology created Mar 07, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Secondhand smoke exposure linked to signs of heart disease

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, ...

Cardiology created Mar 07, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Studies find that toxicity caused by second-hand smoke remains long after a smoker leaves the premises

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers are finding that, long after a smoker leaves the premises, the toxicity caused by second-hand smoke remains and transforms into something even more deadly.

Health created Mar 07, 2013 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

A billion deaths from tobacco are key obstacle to global development

If the word's nations are going to prevent tobacco smoking from causing one projected billion deaths by the end of this century, they must: Make tobacco control part of the agendas of United Nation's and other development ...

Health created Mar 04, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Contraband tobacco use hinders smoking cessation

People who smoke low-cost contraband cigarettes in Canada are less likely to stop smoking in the short term compared with people who smoke more expensive premium or discount cigarettes, according to a study published in CMAJ (Canad ...

Health created Mar 04, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Unhealthy drinking widespread around the world, study shows

A new study by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) shows that alcohol is now the third leading cause of the global burden of disease and injury, despite the fact most adults worldwide abstain from drinking.

Addiction created Mar 04, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Grandmother's cigarette habit could be the cause of grandchild's asthma

Grandmother's cigarette smoking could be responsible for her grandchild's asthma, and the recent discovery of this multi-generational transmission of disease suggests the environmental factors experienced today could determine ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Mar 04, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Weight and mortality: Researchers challenge results of obesity analysis

(Medical Xpress)—In January, when the Journal of the American Medical Association published a meta-analysis of 100 studies that probed the relationship between body mass index and mortality—studies that found slightl ...

Overweight and Obesity created Feb 25, 2013 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Putin signs law banning smoking in public places

President Vladimir Putin has signed a law banning smoking in public places in Russia from June, a cornerstone of the government's bid to improve public health in the nicotine-addicted country, the Kremlin said Monday.

Health created Feb 25, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Babies born by C-section at risk of developing allergies, research says

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.

Immunology created Feb 24, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast