Cigarette smoke causes breaks in DNA and defects to a cell's chromosomes, Pitt study finds
... The amount of smoke in just one or two puffs of a cigarette can cause breaks in DNA and defects to a cell's ch...mental Mutagen Society, are the first to show that cigarette smoke causes chromosome instability. The meeting, "Genes, Mutations and Disease: The Environmental ...New research suggests early diet may play key role in protecting against childhood leukaemia
...ariety of ways it can inhibit the mutagenicity of cigarette smoke polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, radiation induced chromosome damage and it can prevent the formation of harmful heterocyclic amines and nitroso-compounds which can result from eating certain processed foods. He has also shown that curcumin ir...New evidence of radiation risk in childhood leukaemia
...ll come under scrutiny today, with factors such as cigarette smoke, electromagnetic fields and use of medication being presented for discussion. It is hoped that out of the conference which has attracted top international experts from Europe, America, Asia and Australia - will be born an agenda for future re...Satellites are tracing Europe's forest fire scars
...ed by the actions of human beings, from discarding cigarette butts up to deliberate arson. Checking burn scar occurrences against roads, settlements and off-road tracks is likely to throw up correlations. These can be extrapolated elsewhere to help identify additional areas at risk where preventative measures...Location of potential familial lung cancer gene discovered
... normally associated with external causes, such as cigarette smoking. An interdisciplinary consortium consisting of 12 research institutions and universities, including the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), both part of the National Institutes of Health ...Study links diabetes and colorectal cancer
...iabetes and such other risk factors as obesity and cigarette smoking and do so at concentrations below those commonly accepted as the standard for a diagnosis of diabetes. For every one percent increase in glycated hemoglobin there was a corresponding 33 percent increase in risk across the population. The r...Cutting back on cigarettes: when less is more
...eption. New research shows smokers who slash their cigarette use by half quickly change the way they smoke to c...e length of time between puffs and how much of the cigarette was smoked before it was extinguished. Researchers discovered that, generally, when women smoked in ...New research outlines public health consequences
...asms in response to ambient air pollutants such as cigarette smoke and automobile exhaust. This condition was observed in 23 percent of those with a high level of smoke exposure, and in 8 percent of those with moderate exposure. "We believe the high alkalinity of the dust was a major contributing factor to the...Prenatal nicotine primes adolescent brain for addiction
..., that deficient brain response might drive higher cigarette consumption. Collaborators on the studies include Yael Abreu-Villaca, Ph.D., Frederic Seidler, Ph.D., Charlotte Tate and Mandy Cousins, all of Duke....Resilience through improvisation
...gin when the DNA is damaged due to factors such as cigarette smoke, radiation and certain reactions in the body. Though our body possesses special enzymes that fix DNA, some damage escapes their notice -- and DNA polymerases must deal with it. Prof. Zvi Livneh and Ph.D. student Ayelet Maor-Shoshani of the Bio...Anorexia may cause emphysema, study suggests
...s are evident in patients with emphysema caused by cigarette smoking, and produce shortness of breath and other respiratory problems. "These results may influence the timing of nutritional support for anorexia patients to avoid or reverse this damage to the lung," Dr. Coxson said. "Further, if malnutrition c...African American teen mothers have greater risk for low birth weight and premature babies
... of sexually transmitted diseases and a history of cigarette smoking. Nutritional status and weight gain during...ehaviors during pregnancy. Girls with a history of cigarette smoking had babies who weighed on average 110 grams less than non-smokers. Rates of cigarette smokin...August 25, 2003 (Bethesda, MD) The dangers of cigarette smoking are well known, and each day America's you...tunately, these same young people are unaware that cigarette use has been linked to insulin resistance and insulin-dependent glucose metabolism. Insulin resistan...Fears of second-hand smoke confirmed
... disease is directly correlated with the amount of cigarette smoking. But why cigarette smoke leads to this disease is still open to speculation. Now, a team of researchers from Italy has...OHSU researcher publishes first measurements of 'free-base' nicotine in cigarette smoke
...ity. In fact, the study finds that some commercial cigarette brands contain 10 to 20 times higher percentages o...centages of free-base nicotine among 11 commercial cigarette brands." Nicotine enters a smoker's body mostly carried on the billions of particles in cigarette sm...Inflammation blocks impact of heart healthy diets for some
...s. CRP has recently been identified -- along with cigarette smoking and obesity -- as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. The 100 healthy adults in the study had an average age of 52 and already were participating in the national Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension-Sodium (DASH-Sodium) trial. T...Two genes may interact to increase risk of lung cancer in smokers
...ontrol pathway, exposure to carcinogens present in cigarette smoke and resultant lung cancer risk. Cancer is caused when damage in cells results in unregulated cellular growth. When DNA repair genes (whose job is to ensure that genetic information is accurately copied when cells divide) are damaged or mutated,...New research challenges advice that men should abstain from sex before fertility treatment
...hat there is oxidative DNA damage by, for example, cigarette smoking or other damaging agents. Or perhaps the sperm from oligozoospermic men is more susceptible to detrimental agents and therefore might benefit from spending only a short time in the reproductive tract."...Cigarette smoke linked to low folate levels
Exposure to cigarette smoke may rob people of folate, an important vitamin that helps protect against a variety of diseases, including a number of birth defects, a large nationwide study concludes. Both active smokers and those exposed to high levels of secondhand smoke h...The area where carcinogens settle may be a key factor in developing lung cancer
...nmental particles the size of those emanating from cigarette smoke and toxic aerosols interact with our pulmona...icles and particles with absorbed carcinogens from cigarette smoke at the airway's carinas -- the ridge separating the openings of the right and left main bronc...