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New study expands the list of hazardous chemicals in smokeless tobacco
Aug 16, 2009 |
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Attention all smokeless tobacco users! It's time to banish the comforting notion that snuff and chewing tobacco are safe because they don't burn and produce inhalable smoke like cigarettes. A study that looked ...
Placement of dental implants results in minimal bone loss
May 12, 2009 |
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Dental implants are frequently used as a replacement for missing teeth in order to restore the patient's tooth function and appearance. Previous research demonstrates that the placement of a dental implant disrupts the host ...
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Chewing gum can reduce calorie intake, increase energy expenditure
Oct 27, 2009 |
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A nutrition professor at the University of Rhode Island studying the effects of chewing sugar-free gum on weight management has found that it can help to reduce calorie intake and increase energy expenditure.
Domestic violence identified as stressor associated with smoking
Dec 19, 2007 |
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Using a large population survey in India, a new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers has found an association between domestic violence and adult smoking. The study appears in the December 11, 2007 ...
From human bite to robot jaws
Jun 30, 2009 |
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The UK spends around £2.5 billion each year on dental materials to replace or strengthen teeth. The Chewing Robot is a new biologically inspired way to test dental materials and it will be shown to the public ...
Imperfections aside, smoking regulation bill long overdue, tobacco control expert says
Jun 08, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- After nearly a decade of waiting, the U.S. Senate is expected Monday to pass a bill giving the Food and Drug Administration the authority to regulate tobacco, and despite controversies over the involvement ...
Researchers find link between advertising and increased tobacco use among India's youth
May 02, 2008 |
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As the westernization of India accelerates, tobacco advertising and marketing have been linked to increased tobacco use by urban Indian children as young as 11, according to a study by researchers at The University of Texas ...
Smokeless tobacco more effective than cigarettes for delivering dangerous carcinogens into the body
Aug 09, 2007 |
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It may not be inhaled into the lungs, but smokeless tobacco exposes users to some of the same potent carcinogens as cigarettes. In the August issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the Americ ...
New research discovers link between smoking and brain damage
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Jun 23, 2009 |
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New research which suggests a direct link between smoking and brain damage will be published in the July issue of the Journal of Neurochemistry. Researchers, led by Debapriya Ghosh and Dr Anirban Basu from the Indian Nation ...
New FDA regulation of tobacco products has problems
Jul 28, 2009 |
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New US legislation granting the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) jurisdiction over tobacco products represents a serious compromise on the part of tobacco control advocates, argues a new essay in this week's open access ...
Health, life insurers hold billions in tobacco stocks
Jun 03, 2009 |
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More than a decade after Harvard researchers first revealed that life and health insurance companies were major investors in tobacco stocks - prompting calls upon them to divest - the insurance industry has yet to kick the ...
Growing evidence of marijuana smoke's potential dangers
Aug 05, 2009 |
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In a finding that challenges the increasingly popular belief that smoking marijuana is less harmful to health than smoking tobacco, researchers in Canada are reporting that smoking marijuana, like smoking ...
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