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Cancer Cells

Why do the majority of people never get cancer?

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 22, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (40) | comments 37

(PhysOrg.com) -- Every year, millions of people are diagnosed with cancer - a remarkably high number. But what about the flipside of those statistics? That is, two out of three people never get cancer, and ...


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Vaccine being developed to help smokers quit

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (13) | comments 10

(PhysOrg.com) -- Glaxo-SmithKline has joined forces with Nabi Pharmaceuticals to produce a vaccine to help smokers give up their addiction permanently.


Depression as deadly as smoking, but anxiety may be good for you

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

A study by researchers at the University of Bergen, Norway, and the Institute of Psychiatry (IoP) at King's College London has found that depression is as much of a risk factor for mortality as smoking.


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US adult smoking rate rises slightly

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(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.


Study: Cigarette smoking does not affect everyone in same way

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Cigarette smoking induced COPD, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, is a disease that results in severe breathing difficulty. According to World Health Organization (WHO) it is the fourth leading killer worldwide. However ...


Allergy season: Cigarettes to the rescue?

Medicine & Health / Research

created May 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Everyone knows that smoking can kill you, but did you know that it may help with your allergies? A new study shows that cigarette smoke can prevent allergies by decreasing the reaction of immune cells to allergens.


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, ...


Smoking during pregnancy fosters aggression in children

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 06, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Women who smoke during pregnancy risk delivering aggressive kids according to a new Canada-Netherlands study published in the journal Development and Psychopathology. While previous studies have shown that smoking during ...


Men who never smoke live longer, better lives than heavy smokers

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 13, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (16) | comments 8

Health-related quality of life appears to deteriorate as the number of cigarettes smoked per day increases, even in individuals who subsequently quit smoking, according to a report in the October 13 issue of Archives of In ...


Smoking increases depression in women, Australian study reveals

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 01, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 2

A new study reveals that women who smoke are at greater risk of developing major depressive disorder. The study has been published today the British Journal of Psychiatry.


Trouble quitting?: New smoking study may reveal why

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Aug 26, 2008 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (15) | comments 1

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.


Smoking remains potent risk factor for death from heart disease, cancer

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Smoking persists as a major risk factor for death from heart disease and cancer in adults who already have heart disease and receive good medical therapy, according to research reported in Circulation: Jo ...


Exercise makes cigarettes less attractive to smokers

Exercise makes cigarettes less attractive to smokers

Medicine & Health / Health

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

(PhysOrg.com) -- Exercise can help smokers quit because it makes cigarettes less attractive. A new study from the University of Exeter shows for the first time that exercise can lessen the power of cigarettes ...


Teen smoking-cessation trial first to achieve significant quit rates

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

For the first time, researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have demonstrated that it is possible to successfully recruit and retain a large number of adolescent smokers from the general population into a smoking ...


Study: Cigarette packaging still misleading consumers over health hazards

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

New research suggests that current regulations have failed to remove misleading information from cigarette packaging, revealing that a substantial majority of consumers believe cigarettes are less hazardous when the packs ...