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Trouble quitting?: New smoking study may reveal why
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Aug 26, 2008 |
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A new study from researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University sheds light on why smokers' intentions to quit "cold turkey" often fizzle out within days or even hours.
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Alzheimer's starts earlier for heavy drinkers, smokers
Apr 16, 2008 |
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Heavy drinkers and heavy smokers develop Alzheimer’s disease years earlier than people with Alzheimer’s who do not drink or smoke heavily, according to research that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology ...
Second-hand smoke linked to cognitive impairment
Feb 13, 2009 |
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The research, published today in the British Medical Journal, highlighted a 44% increase in risk of cognitive impairment when exposed to high levels of second-hand smoke.
Quitting smoking in pregnancy boosts chances of easygoing child
Mar 13, 2008 |
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Giving up smoking during pregnancy may boost the chances of giving birth to an easy going child, indicates research in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.
Developmental delay could stem from nicotinic receptor deletion
Nov 08, 2009 |
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The loss of a gene through deletion of genetic material on chromosome 15 is associated with significant abnormalities in learning and behavior, said a consortium of researchers led by Baylor College of Medicine in a report ...
Women can quit smoking and control weight gain
Nov 19, 2009 |
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Many women don't quit smoking because they are afraid of gaining weight. That's because nicotine suppresses the appetite and boosts a smoker's metabolism.
Smoking may now be considered an established risk factor for Lou Gehrig's disease
Nov 16, 2009 |
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While previous studies have indicated a "probable" connection between smoking and ALS, a new study published in the Nov. 17, 2009 issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, states that s ...
WHO: Smoking kills 5 million every year
Dec 09, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Tobacco use kills at least 5 million people every year, a figure that could rise if countries don't take stronger measures to combat smoking, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.
Smoking associated with more rapid progression of multiple sclerosis
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jul 13, 2009 |
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Patients with multiple sclerosis who smoke appear to experience a more rapid progression of their disease, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of Neurology.
Children unaffected by smoking ban consequences
Nov 24, 2009 |
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The smoking ban in Wales has not displaced secondhand smoke from public places into the home. A study of 3500 children from 75 primary schools in Wales, published in the open access journal BMC Public Health, found that t ...
US adult smoking rate rises slightly
Nov 12, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Cigarette smoking rose slightly for the first time in almost 15 years, dashing health officials' hopes that the U.S. smoking rate had moved permanently below 20 percent.
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