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CDC: Swine flu less widespread; only in 25 states

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(AP) -- Swine flu infections continue to wane, just as vaccine is becoming plentiful enough that some communities are allowing everyone to get it, not just those in priority groups.





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Nicotine Levels Higher in Children Exposed to Secondhand Smoke in the Home

Medicine & Health / Health

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(PhysOrg.com) -- New research published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, supports the World Health Initiative’s efforts for a home smoking ban, according ...


Racial disparity in lung cancer rates narrowed in young adults due to larger decrease in smoking

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Effective prevention of smoking among teenagers, particularly black teenagers, is narrowing the disparity in lung cancer rates between blacks and whites, according to a report published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & ...


Movies promote smoking among Mexican-American adolescents

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The more movie scenes of smoking they watch, the more likely Mexican-American youths are to experiment with smoking, researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center and Dartmouth College report in the ...


Head and neck cancer survivors who use alcohol and cigarettes have increased death risk

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Cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption before head and neck cancer diagnosis strongly predicts the patient's future risk of death, according to published studies. Now, results of a new study show a similar effect among ...


Murders, Traffic Deaths Connected

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If you want to know how many people are killed in car accidents in a particular U.S. state, look to its prisons. Regions with higher murder rates also tend to have a greater number of traffic fatalities, according to a new ...


Cigarette smoking increases colorectal cancer risk

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New study results strengthen the evidence that people who smoke cigarettes over a long period of time have an increased risk for developing colorectal cancer, even after adjusting for other risk factors.


Repeat negative CT scan for lung cancer does not encourage ex-smokers to resume the habit

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Assurance of a cancer-free status did not prompt people participating in a long-term computerized tomography (CT) lung-cancer screening program to pick up their cigarettes again, researchers wrote in a study published in ...


Acculturation influences smoking cessation by Latino men

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Latino men who are more adapted to U.S. culture are more likely to quit smoking than their less-acculturated counterparts, according to research by scientists at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center published ...


Potential new 'twist' in breast cancer detection

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Working with mice, scientists at Johns Hopkins publishing in the December issue of Neoplasia have shown that a protein made by a gene called "Twist" may be the proverbial red flag that can accurately distinguish stem cells ...


Species down, disease up: Study shows biodiversity loss drives human infections

Biology / Ecology

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The extinction of plant and animal species can be likened to emptying a museum of its collection, or dumping a cabinet full of potential medicines into the trash, or replacing every local cuisine with McDonald's burgers.



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