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Living with COPD
November is National COPD Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn more about living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD.
Nov 2, 2023
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Page 10 - News tagged with tobacco exposure
Oncology & Cancer
Almost all adolescents in an economically disadvantaged urban population exposed to tobacco smoke
Ninety-four percent of adolescents ages 13 to 19 in an economically disadvantaged, largely minority population in San Francisco had measurable levels of a biomarker specific for exposure to tobacco smoke (NNAL).
Feb 23, 2018
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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.
Jul 11, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Secondhand smoke exposure among nonsmoking adult cancer survivors has declined
From 1999/2000 to 2011/2012, exposure to secondhand smoke among nonsmoking adult cancer survivors declined from 39.6 percent to 15.7 percent, but rates of exposure were higher among those with a history of a smoking-related ...
Jun 22, 2017
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Health
One puff spurs nursing researcher's lifelong career investigating tobacco and mental illness
University of Kentucky College of Nursing Assistant Professor Chizimuzo Okoli picked up his first and last cigarette when he was 6 years old.
Jan 12, 2017
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Health
Opinion: Nicotine for vaping should be legalised in Australia, according to 40 experts
Forty leading international and Australian academics and researchers including myself have written to the Therapeutics Goods Administration in support of an application to make low concentrations of nicotine available for ...
Sep 7, 2016
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Pediatrics
Exposure to tobacco smoke in the home increases childhood illnesses, health care demand
Children who live with smokers end up in the doctor's office or hospital more often than those not exposed to tobacco smoke, according to new research being presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies 2016 Meeting.
Apr 30, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
HHS releases 13th Report on Carcinogens
Four substances have been added in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 13th Report on Carcinogens, a science-based document that identifies chemical, biological, and physical agents that are considered cancer ...
Oct 2, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
NSCLC patients who never smoked or who quit smoking have lower risk of developing secondary cancers
Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) survivors who never smoked or who are former smokers at the time of diagnosis have a lower risk of developing secondary primary lung cancers (SPLC) compared to those who are current smokers, ...
Sep 16, 2014
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study examines prenatal exposure to tobacco smoke on inhibition control
Individuals prenatally exposed to tobacco smoke exhibited weaker response in some regions of the brain while processing a task that measures inhibition control (the ability to control inappropriate responses).
May 14, 2014
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