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When smoking was believed to cure cancer! [National No Smoking Day: 12 March 2003]
Smoking was believed to provide a cure for cancer! - That's one of the surprising facts arising from a detailed study into tobacco use by a University of Leicester academic. Dr Jason Hughes has moved beyond his study into the biological addiction to smoking and instead examines how social and personal understandings of smoking crucially affect the... view more... (2003-03-11)
Scientists develop 'clever' artificial hand
Scientists have developed a new ultra-light limb that can mimic the movement in a real hand better than any currently available. This research was presented today at the Institute of Physics conference Sensors and their Applications XIII which took place at the University of Greenwich, Kent, UK. view more (2005-09-08)
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)
Study confirms the risk of exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke outdoors
Tens of thousands of Americans die each year from secondhand tobacco smoke, according to a 2006 report by the U.S. Surgeon General. view more (2007-05-03)
Newly detected air pollutant mimics damaging effects of cigarette smoke
A previously unrecognized group of air pollutants could have effects remarkably similar to harmful substances found in tobacco smoke, Louisiana scientists are reporting in a study scheduled for presentation today at the 236th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society. view more (2008-08-18)
Study finds parents rarely use baby gates, bath thermometers
A recent study by researchers in emergency medicine at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center found parents use baby gates and bath thermometers less than 25 percent of the time and pediatricians are partially to blame. view more (2006-05-01)
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)
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)
Exposure to lead, tobacco smoke raises risk of ADHD
Children exposed prenatally to tobacco smoke and during childhood to lead face a particularly high risk for ADHD, according to research done at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. view more (2009-11-23)
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)
Parental guidelilnes, consequences may be why fewer black teens smoke than whites
It's a curious paradox. Black adults are more likely to smoke than white adults and most smokers start as teenagers. But statistics show that fewer black youths than whites begin smoking as adolescents. view more (2009-05-15)
Quitting smoking improves lung function considerably
For smokers with asthma, quitting smoking can improve lung function test scores by more than 15 percent in less than two months. view more (2006-07-17)
Body's Defenses May Worsen Chronic Lung Diseases in Smokers
Although the immune system is designed to protect the body from harm, it may actually worsen one of the most difficult-to-treat respiratory diseases: chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD), according to new University of Cincinnati (UC) research. view more (2009-02-10)
Stimulating muscles may improve musician's dystonia
Therapy that stimulates the hand muscles may help treat the condition called musician's dystonia, a movement disorder that causes muscles spasms in musicians, according to a study published in the December 26, 2007, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. view more (2007-12-27)
Avoiding secondhand smoke during pregnancy
Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) commonly called secondhand smoke, can harm a developing fetus and may account for complications during pregnancy and birth. view more (2009-01-28)
India caught in catastrophic smoking epidemic
India is in the midst of a catastrophic epidemic of smoking deaths, which is expected to cause about one million (10 lakh) deaths a year during the 2010s - including one in five of all male deaths and one in 20 of all female deaths at ages 30-69. On average, male bidi smokers lose about six years of life, female bidi smokers lose about eight years... view more... (2008-02-14)
New filter material can reduce the number of cigarette deaths
Using a new filter material of a network shaped polymer in filter cigarettes can significantly reduce the amount of tar and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the mainstream tobacco smoke. This is the conclusion of comparative experimental research carried out by Prof.Dr. Wim Rulkens and Dr. Hans Brons, Environmental Technologists at... view more... (2000-12-07)
Smoking during pregnancy fosters aggression in children
Women who smoke during pregnancy risk delivering aggressive kids according to a new Canada-Netherlands study published in the journal Development and Psychopathology. While previous studies have shown that smoking during gestation causes low birth weight, this research shows mothers who light up during pregnancy can predispose their offspring to... view more... (2009-01-06)
Study suggests menthol cigarette smokers may have more difficulty quitting smoking
Menthol and non-menthol cigarettes appear to be equally harmful to the arteries and to lung function, but smokers of menthols may be less likely to attempt or succeed at quitting. view more (2006-09-26)
Positive school environments can help reduce student smoking
A survey of high-school children in Scotland has shown that pupils who experience positive and inclusive social environments in schools are less likely to take up smoking. view more (2008-06-20)
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