Inflammation has been implicated in numerous diseases through recent research. High levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) ? a protein found in the blood that can be used to detect or grade inflammation ? are often associated with cardiovascular disease and cancers, such as colorectal cancer.
Nearly three out of four U.S. households do not allow smoking anywhere and any time in the home, according to a study in this week?s issue of CDC?s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).
Women smokers who become pregnant have long been encouraged to reduce or eliminate their nicotine intake. A new study being published in the June 15th issue of Biological Psychiatry provides further reason to do so, as it presents new evidence that in utero exposure to smoking is associated with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) problems in genetically susceptible children.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Lybrel, the first continuous use drug product for prevention of pregnancy.
With the growing number of smoking bans in restaurants and bars driving smokers outside, researchers in Athens, Ga., are hoping to find out whether secondhand smoke from smokers clustered outside these establishments is posing a health hazard of its own.
Today, the Director of Health and the Health Insurance Commissioner jointly released the eighth annual publication of the Rhode Island Health Plans? Performance Report . This Report, based on 2005 submissions to the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), provides information on 29 separate measures covering 7 dimensions of performance (i.e., enrollment, utilization, prevention, screening, treatment, access, and satisfaction). Health plan performance is both trended over time and compared to regional and national averages.
Treatment with a commonly used drug slows the decline in lung function in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to results from the TORCH (TOwards a Revolution in COPD Health) study presented at the American Thoracic Society 2007 International Conference, on Tuesday, May 22.
Researchers at the University at Buffalo and Roswell Park Cancer Institute have shown for the first time that an association exists between long-standing periodontitis, or gum disease, and risk of tongue cancer.
Men with chronic gum disease may have an increased risk of tongue cancer, regardless of whether they smoke, according to a report in the May issue of Archives of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Maintaining a healthy body weight throughout adulthood may help prevent or delay the onset of physical disability as we age, according to researchers from Wake Forest University School of Medicine and colleagues.