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Pregnant smokers raise their child's risk of stroke, heart attack
Women who smoke during pregnancy can cause permanent vascular damage in their children — increasing their risk for stroke and heart attack. view more (2007-03-05)
New 'nicotine vaccine' treatment to be tested in Madison
An innovative new approach to treating tobacco addiction—an experimental nicotine vaccine—will be tested in Madison starting this month. view more (2006-06-20)
When preventing pre-eclampsia, a little carbon monoxide goes a long way
Researchers have shown that carbon monoxide may prevent the placental cell death caused by oxidative stress injury, possibly averting the risks of pre-eclampsia. view more (2006-09-05)
Smoking worsens knee osteoarthritis
New findings from a study led by a Mayo Clinic rheumatologist indicate that men with knee osteoarthritis who smoke experience greater cartilage loss and more severe pain than men who do not smoke. Results will be published online this week in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. view more (2006-12-07)
Not ready to quit? Try cutting back
In a review article in the December Nicotine and Tobacco Research, researchers at the University of Vermont have found an unexpected, effective alternative to motivate smokers to quit smoking - cutting back. view more (2006-12-08)
Passive smoking almost doubles risk of degenerative eye disease
Passive smoking almost doubles the risk of the progressively degenerative eye disease, age related macular degeneration, shows research in the British Journal of Ophthalmology. view more (2005-12-20)
Smokers invite to test vaccine against nicotine addiction
UCSF's Habit Abatement Clinic is testing a vaccine that enlists help from the immune system to keep nicotine away from the brain. The vaccine is designed to help smokers quit and to limit the urge to start smoking again. view more (2006-06-12)
Test for lung cancer looks for discomforting quiet among protective genes
When it is quiet - "almost too quiet" - in movies, it is a sign that something is about to go wrong for the good guys. view more (2007-09-19)
Prevent smoking to reduce risk of erectile dysfunction
Men who smoke cigarettes run an increased risk of experiencing erectile dysfunction, and the more cigarettes smoked, the greater the risk, according to a study by Tulane University researchers published in the American Journal of Epidemiology. view more (2007-07-30)
Smoking and Obesity May Increase the Risk of Erectile Dysfunction
A prospective study by researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) has found that obesity and smoking are strongly associated with a greater risk of erectile dysfunction (ED). view more (2006-06-28)
More muscle for the argument to give up smoking
Researchers at The University of Nottingham have got more bad news for smokers. Not only does it cause cancer, heart attacks and strokes but smokers will also lose more muscle mass in old age than a non-smoker. view more (2007-07-10)
Long-term marijuana smoking leads to respiratory complaints
Long-term exposure to marijuana smoke is linked to many of the same health problems as tobacco smoke, such as increased respiratory symptoms like cough, phlegm and wheeze. view more (2007-02-13)
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)
Maintaining healthy weight — the key to avoiding chronic disease
The study — also known as Women's Health Australia — is the largest of its kind ever conducted in Australia. view more (2007-01-16)
Long-term smoking is associated with up to 40 percent increased risk of breast cancer
Older women who have smoked for 11 or more "pack years" - the lifetime equivalent of a pack a day for at least 11 years - face a 30 percent to 40 percent increased risk of developing breast cancer as compared to women who've never smoked. view more (2005-09-28)
Cigarette smoke alters DNA in sperm, genetic damage could pass to offspring
The science has long been clear that smoking causes cancer, but new research shows that children could inherit genetic damage from a father who smokes. view more (2007-06-01)
Compulsion to smoke after just one cigarette can lie dormant for more than three years
The compulsion to smoke after having tried just one cigarette can lie dormant for more than three years, indicating a "sleeper effect," reveals a study of teenage smoking habits, published in Tobacco Control. view more (2006-05-25)
Cough and phlegm cause fourfold increase in COPD incidence
Young adults (ages 20 to 44) with normal lung function who later develop chronic cough and phlegm have a fourfold higher risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). view more (2007-01-02)
Young women who smoke higher risk of breask cancer
esearchers outline in the November issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings their study of postmenopausal women, which supports the hypothesis that women who smoke cigarettes before first full-term pregnancy have a 20 percent increased risk of breast cancer compared with women who began smoking after the birth of their first child or were never smokers. view more (2005-12-01)
Red wine may lower lung cancer risk
Moderate consumption of red wine may decrease the risk of lung cancer in men, according to a report in the October issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention¸ a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. view more (2008-10-07)
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