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Lifestyle Affects Outcome of Peripheral Artery Procedure: Study
Taking aspirin, statins and not smoking helps people with blocked leg arteries avoid complications
Dec 26, 2012
HealthDay [HealthScout]
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Dec 28, 2012 05:13
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Being alone as hazardous to health as smoking 15 cigarettes every day
The effect of loneliness on health is equal to that of obesity or smoking 15 cigarettes a day, say experts. They said being alone could hasten dementia and increase the risk of heart disease and high blood pressure, the Sun reported.
Dec 24, 2012
DNA India (in)
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Dec 24, 2012 17:11
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Chronic stress equals smoking five cigarettes a day: study
New research from Columbia University Medical Center found that people who said they felt anxious and overwhelmed were 27 percent more likely to suffer a heart attack.
Dec 20, 2012
AFP - Agence France Presse (fr)
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Dec 20, 2012 14:54
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Smoking Bans Linked To Lower Hospitalizations For Heart Attacks And Lung Disease Among Medicare Beneficiaries
We investigated the association between smoking bans targeting workplaces, restaurants, and bars passed throughout the United States during 1991–2008 and hospital admissions . .. Risk-adjusted hospital admission rates for acute myocardial infarction fell
Dec 16, 2012
Health Affairs (ca)
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Dec 16, 2012 16:23
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Smoking bans = fewer hospital visits
Hospital admissions for acute heart attacks fall about 20 percent 36 months after restaurant, bar and workplace smoking bans, U.S. researchers say. The researchers investigated the association between U.S. smoking bans targeting workplaces, restaurants a
Dec 16, 2012
UPI
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Dec 16, 2012 16:15
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Smokers' Risk of Sudden Death Drops After Quitting
* Explain that an analysis of data from the Nurses' Health Study showed that risk of sudden cardiac death was higher in women who smoked and highest for those who smoked the most cigarettes for the longest duration. * Note that women who had quit smoki
Dec 11, 2012
MedPage Today
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Dec 15, 2012 10:37
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Stop-Smoking Drug Chantix May Carry Heart Risks, FDA Warns
Smokers should talk with their doctor before taking the drug, agency says
Dec 13, 2012
HealthDay [HealthScout]
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Dec 14, 2012 18:10
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A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990—2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 [FREE FULL TEXT]
Dec 13, 2012
The Lancet (uk)
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Dec 13, 2012 14:13
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A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990—2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
In 2010, the three leading risk factors for global disease burden were high blood pressure (7·0% [95% uncertainty interval 6·2—7·7] of global DALYs), tobacco smoking including second-hand smoke (6·3% [5·5—7·0]), and alcohol use (5·5% [5·0—5·9]). In 1990,
Dec 13, 2012
The Lancet (uk)
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Dec 13, 2012 14:09