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Calif. regulators warn of pot's cancer capability

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 04, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (5) | comments 3

(AP) -- It might take Californians a puff or two to get their heads around an apparent contradiction recently enshrined in state law. The same marijuana smoke that doctors can recommend to ease cancer patients' suffering ...


Superfood soy linked to reduction in smoker's lung damage risk

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jun 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

People who eat lots of soy products have better lung function and are less likely to develop the smoking-associated lung disease COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease). A study published in BioMed Central's open access ...


Skin color clue to nicotine dependence

Medicine & Health / Research

created May 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Higher concentrations of melanin -- the color pigment in skin and hair -- may be placing darker pigmented smokers at increased susceptibility to nicotine dependence and tobacco-related carcinogens than lighter skinned smokers, ...


Women more vulnerable to tobacco carcinogens, new results show

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created May 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Women may be more vulnerable than men to the cancer-causing effects of smoking tobacco, according to new results reported this week at the European Multidisciplinary Conference in Thoracic Oncology (EMCTO), Lugano, Switzerland.





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Study raises concerns about outdoor second-hand smoke

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 1.7 / 5 (6) | comments 21

Indoor smoking bans have forced smokers at bars and restaurants onto outdoor patios, but a new University of Georgia study in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests that these outdoor smoking ...


Bladder cancer risks increase over time for smokers

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Risk of bladder cancer for smokers has increased since the mid-1990s, with a risk progressively increasing to a level five times higher among current smokers in New Hampshire than that among nonsmokers in 2001-2004, according ...


Gastroenterologists explore relationship between bacteria in the gut and breast cancer

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created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The human body contains billions of microorganisms, and microbial cells found in the human gut are estimated to outnumber human cells by ten-to-one in healthy adults. However, little is known about the ways in which these ...


American Cancer Society calls for new strategies to monitor exposure to environmental carcinogens

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created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new report from an American Cancer Society scientific advisory subcommittee on cancer and the environment says exposure to carcinogens should be minimized or eliminated whenever feasible, and calls for new strategies to ...


Examining genetic variations among the Huichol population of Mexico

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Mexican researchers examined the polymorphisms of three enzymes -- alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH1B), aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH2) and cytochrome P4502E1 (CYP2E1) -- in the Mestizo and Huichol groups.The Huichols, an indigenous ...


Trigger of deadly food toxin discovered

Trigger of deadly food toxin discovered

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A toxin produced by mold on nuts and grains can cause liver cancer if consumed in large quantities. UC Irvine researchers for the first time have discovered what triggers the toxin to form, ...


Phase 1 of PCB removal on Hudson River completed (AP)

Phase 1 of PCB removal on Hudson wrapping up

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 11, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Crews dredging a polluted stretch of the upper Hudson River this year battled high water, old logging debris and unexpected levels of PCB contamination that slowed progress.


How safe are e-cigarettes?

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created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tonya Moraffah takes a deep drag on her cigarette, feels the soothing surge of nicotine and explains what extinguished her 30-year, pack-a-day smoking habit.


Experimental drug lets B cells live and lymphoma cells die

Experimental drug lets B cells live and lymphoma cells die

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created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- An investigative drug deprived non-Hodgkin lymphoma cells of their ability to survive too long and multiply too fast, according to an early study published recently in the journal Experimental He ...


Obesity, alcohol consumption and smoking increase the risk of second breast cancer

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created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

It is well known that survivors of breast cancer have a much higher risk of developing a second breast cancer than women in the general population have of developing a first breast cancer. However, little is known about what ...



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