Infant :: Nicotine in breast milk disrupts infants’ sleep patterns
A study from the Monell Chemical Senses Center reports that nicotine in the breast milk of lactating mothers who smoke cigarettes disrupts their infants’ sleep patterns.
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Dementia :: Smokers are more likely to develop dementia
People who smoke are more likely to develop Alzheimer?s disease or dementia than nonsmokers or those who smoked in the past, according to a study published in the September 4, 2007, issue of Neurology?, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
Smoking :: Secondhand smoke is a health threat to pets
It has been in the news for years about how secondhand smoke is a health threat to nonsmokers. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention indicates that secondhand smoke is attributed with killing thousands of adult nonsmokers annually.
Cocaine :: Cocaine use related to level of education achieved
The decreased use of cocaine in the United States over the last 20 years mostly occurred among the highly educated, while cocaine use among non-high school graduates remained constant, according to a study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Pregnancy :: Passive smoking increases sleep disturbance among pregnant women
Pregnant women exposed to passive smoking are more likely to have sleep disturbances such as subjective insufficient sleep, difficulty in initiating sleep, short sleep duration, and snoring loudly or breathing uncomfortably, according to a study published in the September 1 issue of the journal SLEEP.
COPD :: Poor indoor air quality means poorer health for patients with COPD
Poor indoor air quality can significantly worsen health problems in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD), according to researchers in Scotland. High concentrations of fine particulate pollution?the type of pollution associated with secondhand smoke and, in developing countries, indoor cooking and heating fires? were strongly linked to poorer health status.
Lung Cancer :: New technique detects specific chromosomal damage, may indicate lung cancer risk
A new technique could pave the way toward screening people at risk for lung cancer for the genetic changes that may foreshadow malignancies, researchers from the University of Colorado say.
Smoking :: Girls who begin dieting twice as likely to start smoking
Starting to diet seems to double the odds a teenage girl will begin smoking, a University of Florida study has found. UF researchers, who analyzed the dieting and smoking practices of 8,000 adolescents, did not find the same link in boys, who were also less likely than girls to diet, according to findings released Friday in the American Journal of Health Promotion.
NHS :: UK PM Gordon Brown visits state-of-the-art NHS clinic
UK PM Gordon Brown visited a health clinic this morning as new figures showed the NHS to be on an improved financial footing.
Smoking :: Graphic health warnings on cigarettes to show smoking diseases, UK
Cigarette pack warning labels with prominent text and graphic pictures of smoking damage are most effective at changing smokers’ behavior. Images highlighting the dangers of smoking will be printed on all tobacco products sold in the UK by the end of 2009, under regulations being set out.