Long-term high consumption of red and processed meat linked with increased risk for colon cancer
... not after further adjustment for body mass index, cigarette smoking, and other covariates. When long-term consumption was considered, persons in the highest tertile of consumption in both 1982 and 1992/1993 had a 50 percent higher risk of distal colon cancer (a section of the colon near the rectum) associated...Spinal cord injury patients show improvement in early device study
...and the initial results indicate that it is." The cigarette lighter-sized oscillating field stimulator was developed at Purdue University and first tested in more than 100 dogs crippled by naturally occurring spinal cord injuries. The prognosis for severely injured paraplegic dogs, even with current treatment...Secondhand smoke linked to cervical cancer
Exposure to secondhand cigarette smoke increases the risk of developing cervical tu...t studies that found an association between active cigarette smoking and cervical neoplasia--the growth of a tumor. The concept of the Hopkins study was the resu...Tobacco-company-sponsored parties with free cigarettes may encourage students to start smoking
...t Agreement, which limits the distribution of free cigarette samples to facilities that do not admit minors. Ba...ending these events were more likely to be current cigarette smokers (defined as having smoked a cigarette in the past 30 days) than students who had not attende...Do cigarette additives pose additional risk to smokers?
...ne the potential risk of non-tobacco additives for cigarette smokers. In a previous report LSRO concluded that ... of the additive, did not detectably transfer into cigarette smoke in such a way that smokers might be subject to a change in risk; (2) the additive did not sig...Arsenic ingestion from well water associated with increased risk of lung cancer
...of arsenic have a higher risk of lung cancer, with cigarette smokers from this group having an even greater ris...senic and lung cancer risk and the added effect of cigarette smoking on this risk. The study included 2,503 residents in southwestern and 8,088 in northeastern ...Other highlights in the December 15 JNCI
... Risk factors include chronic alcohol consumption, cigarette smoking, dietary aflatoxin exposure, hepatitis B i...teractions of three risk factors for liver cancer: cigarette smoking, heavy alcohol consumption, and hepatitis B infection. All three risk factors were independe...Accumulated lead exposure may be an important risk factor for cataracts
...men in the lowest quintile. Further adjustment for cigarette smoking, diabetes, blood lead levels, and intake of vitamin C, vitamin E, and carotenoids indicated a 3.2 times increased likelihood of having cataract among men in the highest quintile of tibia lead. For patella lead level, there was a 1.9 times in...Some harms of beta-carotene supplementation may persist after discontinuing use
... test the supplement's effect on lung cancer among cigarette smokers: the Alpha-Tocopherol Beta-Carotene (ATBC) Trial, which was conducted in Finland, and the Beta-Carotene and Retinol Efficacy Trial (CARET), which was conducted in the United States. Both trials were stopped after evidence accumulated that the...Smoking not linked to hearing loss
...rs have shown that hearing loss may be affected by cigarette smoking, a known cardiovascular disease risk factor. David M. Nondahl, M.S., of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and colleagues investigated the relationship between levels of serum cotinine and hearing loss in 197 patients with new hearing los...New study shows patients experience asthma variability, despite strict adherence to guidelines
...eaction of the airways to various stimuli, such as cigarette smoke, airbornemolds, pollens, dust, animal dander, exercise, cold air, many household andindustrial products, air pollutants, scents or simple stress. It is a chronicinflammatory condition that usually leads to breathing problems known as"episodes"...Good intentions versus bad habits: Why the old ways win out
...ic responses such as eating a cookie or smoking a cigarette can override our new good intentions. Aging can also erode aspects of memory that require control while leaving more automatic, learned behavior preserved. The new research suggests that new learning requires control, whereas past habits are rel...Burning anxiety: New treatment targets smokers with panic disorder
...t mental health professionals have largely ignored cigarette smoking. Little is understood of how smoking relates to anxiety disorders other than panic disorder, but studies indicate that a history of heavy smoking may increase the chance of developing a variety of emotional disorders. As a result of his r...Smoking cessation can improve survival among patients with severe COPD
...men are more susceptible to the harmful effects of cigarette smoke and that this increased susceptibility has n... the majority of cases are attributed to long-term cigarette smoking. "As seen in this study and many others, the most effective treatment for COPD is smoking ...Women's reproductive factors and the risk of rheumatoid arthritis
...ing the data, adjusting for variables such age and cigarette smoking, the researchers noted several interesting trends. One of the strongest was a decreasing risk of RA with increasing duration for breastfeeding. Looking at total lifetime breastfeeding, regardless of number of children, women who had breast-fe...Smoking increases risk of colon polyps
...ps and colorectal cancer. The researchers found cigarette smokers were more likely to have polyps, to have a greater number of polyps, and to have larger polyps than non-smokers. A logistic regression analysis determined a four percent increased risk of polyps for every additional year of smoking. Inter...Majority of cigarettes in the US smoked by nicotine-dependent or psychiatrically ill persons
... of any tobacco product, 24.9 percent were current cigarette smokers, and 12.8 percent (n = 4,962) were nicotine dependent. Those who were nicotine-dependent consumed 57.5 percent of all cigarettes smoked in the United States. Among respondents with nicotine dependence, the prevalence of any alcohol use disor...Socio-economic factors sway African-Americans
...re advertisements and promotions, and increases in cigarette excise taxes would help to reduce disparities," King notes....Nicotine more addictive when combined with other tobacco smoke chemicals, UCI study finds
...rmacology. Nicotine is the primary chemical in cigarette smoke that causes addiction, yet when tested in animal studies, the draw of nicotine alone appears to be relatively weak compared to other abused drugs. Surprised by this phenomenon, UCI researchers conducted a series of studies in rodents to determi...Smoking affects same 'feel good' brain chemical system as heroin
SAN DIEGO -- Smokers often say that lighting up a cigarette can calm their nerves, satisfy their craving and h...when compared with non-smokers, and that smoking a cigarette further alters that flow by 20 to 30 percent in regions of the brain important to emotions and cravi...