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Media undermine efforts to tackle nicotine addiction
Inaccurate media reports surrounding the safety of new smoking cessation drugs are undermining the treatment of nicotine addiction, according to an editorial in this week’s BMJ. view more (2002-06-05)
ESC President congratulates Irish Ministry of Health on strong public smoking stance
The President of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) today congratulated the Irish Ministry of Health and Children on its ban on smoking in public places including restaurants, cafes, public houses and places of work, to be implemented from 1 January 2004. The ban was announced on 21 August 2003 by Ireland's Chief Medical Officer, Dr Jim... view more... (2003-08-30)
Genetic factors in smoking also increase risk of chronic bronchitis
Smoking is a known risk factor for respiratory diseases like chronic bronchitis, but genes also play a significant role in its development, according to researchers in Sweden, who studied more than 40,000 Swedish twins to determine the extent to which behavior, environment and genes each play a role ion the development of chronic bronchitis. view more (2008-02-29)
First brain study reveals benefits of exercise on quitting smoking
Research from the University of Exeter reveals for the first time, that changes in brain activity, triggered by physical exercise, may help reduce cigarette cravings. view more (2009-02-10)
Age-old magic tricks can provide clues for modern science
Revealing the science behind age-old magic tricks will help us better understand how humans see, think, and act, according to researchers at the University of British Columbia and Durham University in the U.K. view more (2008-07-23)
Alcohol and smoking are key causes for bowel cancer
A new global study has found that lifestyle risk factors such as alcohol consumption and cigarette smoking are important risk factors for bowel cancer. view more (2009-06-02)
Research shows temptation more powerful than individuals realize
Whether it's highlighted in major news headlines about Argentinean affairs and Ponzi schemes, or in personal battles with obesity and drug addiction, individuals regularly succumb to greed, lust and self-destructive behaviors. view more (2009-08-04)
Study links asthma to increased risk for sleep apnea in young women
Researchers from the University of Cincinnati (UC) and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC) have found that young women with asthma are twice as likely to have symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea-a condition that often goes undetected in women-compared with those who do not have asthma. view more (2006-08-16)
Study explores correlation between education and the leading causes of preventable death
In a groundbreaking new study, forthcoming in the July issue of the Journal of Labor Economics, researchers from Cornell University use rich microdata from the National Longitudinal Study of Youth in 1979 to analyze the correlation between high school completion and the two leading preventable causes of death — smoking and obesity. view more (2006-06-07)
Fingerprinting euro coins
Many Europeans are now learning to deal with a new currency. But also cash dispensers and cigarette machines must distinguish clearly between euros, the old currencies and counterfeit money. A miniature computer now checks the coins by means of digital image processing. For users of the new European currency, having adequate safeguards against... view more... (2002-02-01)
Smoking Linked to More Severe Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease
Combination of Smoking and Absence of a Detoxifying Enzyme Linked to More Severe Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease in Female Patients view more (2002-03-12)
Cigarette after Valentine snuggle deadlier for some
The proverbial cigarette after a Valentine's Day snuggle can prematurely end a love affair, as new evidence emerges that a common defect in a gene significantly increases a smoker's risk of an early heart attack. view more (2008-02-13)
Component of red wine quells inflammation in chronic inflammatory lung disease (COPD)
A component of red wine, resveratrol, seems to damp down the inflammatory process in the progressive lung disease COPD, finds a small study in Thorax. So effective was resveratrol in laboratory tests that the authors suggest that the compound could be developed to treat the disease. COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) is irreversible and... view more... (2003-10-24)
Crushing cigarettes in a virtual reality environment reduces tobacco addiction
Smokers who crushed computer-simulated cigarettes as part of a psychosocial treatment program in a virtual reality environment had significantly reduced nicotine dependence and higher rates of tobacco abstinence than smokers participating in the same program who grasped a computer-simulated ball. view more (2009-10-28)
Understanding teen attitudes critical to quit message
Teen attitudes to smoking need to be re-examined if anti-smoking health campaigns are to be effective, according to Hunter researchers. view more (2008-03-18)
Nicotine in breast milk disrupts infants' sleep patterns
A study from the Monell Chemical Senses Center reports that nicotine in the breast milk of lactating mothers who smoke cigarettes disrupts their infants' sleep patterns. view more (2007-09-04)
Global momentum for smoke-free indoor environments at tipping point
In a Perspective in the April 12, 2007 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and the Association of European Cancer Leagues describe the growing momentum for indoor smoking bans in countries across the globe. view more (2007-04-12)
U of M study identifies medication that helps people with obsessive-compulsive disorder
Researchers at the University of Minnesota have found that a drug originally developed to fight tuberculosis may help people with obsessive-compulsive disorder make more progress in therapy sessions. view more (2007-07-20)
Nurses should play larger role in helping smokers quit
Some good advice from nurses to patients who smoke significantly increases the likelihood of those smokers quitting, according to several articles in a special issue of the July-August 2006 Nursing Research journal. view more (2006-08-14)
Smoking during pregnancy may impair thyroid function of mom and fetus
Cigarette smoking during pregnancy is associated with potentially harmful changes in both maternal and fetal thyroid function, according to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM). view more (2009-01-13)
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