News tagged with regular smokers
Healthy lifestyle habits lower heart failure risk
If you don't smoke, aren't overweight, get regular physical activity and eat vegetables, you can significantly reduce your risk for heart failure, according to research reported in Circulation: Heart Failure, an American Heart ...
Medicine & Health / Cardiology
Sep 13, 2011 |
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Women taking indigestion drugs at increased risk of hip fracture after menopause
Post-menopausal women are 35% more likely to suffer hip fracture if they take indigestion drugs, known as proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), a figure which increases to 50% if they are also current or former smokers, suggests ...
Jan 31, 2012 |
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Nevada officials: Luxor guests had Legionnaires'
(AP) -- Health officials in Las Vegas said Monday that the bacteria that causes Legionnaires' disease was found in water samples at the Luxor hotel-casino this month after a guest died of the form of pneumonia.
Jan 30, 2012 |
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Head and neck cancer in transplant patients: For better or worse?
Transplant patients who develop head and neck cancer are more likely to be non-smokers and non-drinkers, and less likely than their non-transplant counterparts to survive past one year of diagnosis, according to a new study ...
Jan 28, 2012 |
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The numbers game
Dipak Dey, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Statistics and associate dean in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, has been called an ambassador for the field. A prolific researcher, he is ...
Jan 24, 2012 |
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Comparing alcohol use and other disorders between the United States and South Korea
Hazardous alcohol use and depression are among the 10 leading causes of disability and premature death worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. Many low- to middle-income countries have begun to see a steady ...
Jan 16, 2012 |
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New e-cigarettes affect users' airways
(Medical Xpress) -- E-cigarettes, or electronic cigarettes, are promoted as a safer alternative to smoking. However, a new study published in the journal Chest, shows that these e-cigarettes cause immediate change ...
Jan 06, 2012 |
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Heavy-smoking Bulgaria eyes extending ban
The government of tobacco-addicted Bulgaria proposed Wednesday a total ban on smoking from June 1 in enclosed public places, including cafes, bars and restaurants, its press office said.
Dec 14, 2011 |
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Erectile dysfunction increases with use of multiple medications
The use of multiple medications is associated with increased severity of erectile dysfunction, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published online in the British Journal of Urology International.
Nov 15, 2011 |
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Recent veterans in college engage in riskier health behaviors
College students who have served in the U.S. conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan are more likely than their non-veteran peers to use tobacco, drink in excess and engage in other behaviors that endanger their ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 31, 2011 |
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Extra vitamin E linked to prostate cancer, but diet still merits study
(Medical Xpress) -- Taking vitamin E supplements appear to increase a man’s risk of prostate cancer, according to a study that appears in the Oct. 12 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Oct 26, 2011 |
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