Pediatrics

Apartment dwellers often subjected to neighbors' tobacco smoke

Noisy neighbors and broken-down elevators are common downsides of apartment living. You also can add unwanted tobacco smoke to the list of hazards, according to research presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Inability to combat oxidative stress may trigger development of asthma

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 ...

Addiction

Helping parents of kids with asthma to quit smoking

Adult smoking rates in the United States have declined substantially in the past 50 years, but 42 million American adults still smoke, and more than 40 percent of children are exposed to secondhand smoke. Secondhand smoke ...

Health

Closing the gap between gay, heterosexual smokers

Gays and lesbians are more than twice as likely to use tobacco than heterosexuals, and University of Illinois at Chicago researchers have detailed how the disparity can be reduced.

Ophthalmology

Secondhand smoke exposure linked to myopia in children

Secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure is associated with greater myopic refraction, longer axial length, and increased odds of developing moderate and high myopia, according to a study published online May 11 in JAMA Network Open.

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