Smoking :: Cigarette smoking impairs ligament healing
The list of reasons you shouldn’t smoke has gotten longer. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis are reporting that smoking interferes with ligament healing.
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Smoking :: Smoking rate has plummeted in New York City
New York City?s smoking rate has plummeted since a comprehensive program against smoking was launched in 2002, according to findings issued in the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention?s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).
Eye :: Coffee protects from eyelid spasm, blepharospasm & Blindness
People who drink coffee are less likely to develop an involuntary eye spasm called primary late onset blepharospasm, which makes them blink uncontrollably and can leave them effectively ?blind?, according to a study published online ahead of print in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry.
Smoking :: Children of smokers have more than 5 times higher levels of a nicotine toxin
Children who have at least one parent who smokes have 5.5 times higher levels of cotinine, a byproduct of nicotine, in their urine, according to a study by researchers from Warwick Medical School at the the University of Warwick, and the University of Leicester, published online ahead of print in Archives of Disease in Childhood.
Aging :: Sex, drugs and dating make teens feel older
A Canadian study has confirmed what parents have long suspected: dating, sexual activity and substance use seem to make teens feel older than they really are. And, as adolescents get older, the gap between their chronological age and their self-perceived age widens.
Smoking :: Candy cigarettes – Bringing the candy man home
New research suggests that playing with candy cigarettes may favorably set the minds of some children towards becoming future cigarette smokers.
Healthy :: College students less healthy than they think
Obesity, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and inactivity: they?re not just your father?s problems any more, University of New Hampshire research finds. New data on the widely unstudied demographic of college students indicates that this group of 18 ? 24-year-olds are on the path toward chronic health diseases. Although limited, national data suggest the trend is not unique to UNH.
Dental :: Gum disease in postmenopausal women linked to oral bone loss
A study conducted in a large sample of postmenopausal women by University at Buffalo epidemiologists has provided new information on the prevalence of certain gum-disease-causing oral bacteria in this population and the association of the bacteria with oral bone loss.
Rheumatoid Arthritis :: Smoking, low levels of education and glucose tolerance increase risk of rheumatoid arthritis
New data presented today at EULAR 2007, the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology in Barcelona, Spain, sheds light on the role of environmental and genetic risk factors in the development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
Rheumatoid Arthritis :: Increased alcohol intake associated with decreased risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis
New data presented today at EULAR 2007, the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology in Barcelona, Spain, suggests that alcohol may protect against rheumatoid arthritis, with three units a week exhibiting protective effects and ten units a week being more protective still. An alcohol consumption of three units per week or more also reduced the risk by smoking or by a genetic predisposition to RA.