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

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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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 ...


Small companies add value by sharing commercial information

Technology / Software

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Small companies prepared to share commercially sensitive information can add value and develop new services for their customers, using a distributed track-and-trace software solution.


Acculturation influences smoking cessation by Latino men

Medicine & Health / Health

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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 ...


Researchers identify gene that spurs deadly brain cancer

Medicine & Health / Genetics

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Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) researchers have identified a new factor that is necessary for the development of many forms of medulloblastoma, the most common type of malignant childhood brain cancer.


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 & ...


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 ...


Smoking cessation results mixed among Ohio's Appalachian women

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In the Appalachian region of the country — where smoking rates are high, tobacco is often a cash crop and income and education levels are low — a smoking cessation effort led by non-medical professionals was successful in ...


Secondhand smoke exposure in childhood increases lung cancer risk later in life

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Children exposed to secondhand cigarette smoke have an increased risk of developing lung cancer in adulthood, even if they never smoked.



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