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[New Hampshire] Researchers make strides in developing secondhand smoking sensor

the Darmouth cohort has successfully created a first-of-its-kind secondhand tobacco smoke sensor capable of recording data in real time. In a climate where secondhand smoke — a perpetrator of cancer and other congestive ailments — affects an estimated 88
PhysBizTech
added Mar 20, 2013 00:15
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[New Hampshire] New Secondhand Smoke Study From Dartmouth

Dartmouth researchers have invented the first ever secondhand tobacco smoke sensor that records data in real time, a new study in the journal Nicotine and Tobacco Research shows.
Paramus (NJ) Post - News and Lifestyle Webzine
added Mar 20, 2013 00:05
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Who Lives Longest?

Justin Denney, assistant professor of sociology at Rice University, has studied the ways that certain health issues disproportionately affect the most disadvantaged people in this country. For example, he told me other studies have shown that wealthy, wel
New York Times
added Mar 19, 2013 23:12
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Patients' Health Care Costs Unaffected by Doctors' Sex: Study

Instead, the focus should be on patients' smoking habits and diet, which are known to increase the use of health care services and the risk of death, he suggested.
HealthDay [HealthScout]
added Mar 19, 2013 22:58
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What's Good for the Heart May Also Prevent Cancer

For those who followed four factors, there was a 33 percent lower risk for cancer and for those who followed one or two, there was a 21 percent lower risk, the researchers said. If "not smoking" was removed from the mix of heart-healthy behaviors, the as
HealthDay [HealthScout]
added Mar 19, 2013 22:57
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A Third of U.S. Seniors Die With Dementia, Study Finds

"Alzheimer's disease is really a chronic illness. It starts decades before we see the symptoms," Appleby said. The best advice to potentially prevent Alzheimer's disease is to keep your heart healthy, he said. That means quitting smoking, eating healthy,
HealthDay [HealthScout]
added Mar 19, 2013 22:56
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Stroke Before Age 50 Linked to Raised Risk of Early Death

Study authors stress that improved diet, quitting smoking can minimize the odds
HealthDay [HealthScout]
added Mar 19, 2013 22:56
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Third Party Governance of Industry-Sponsored Tobacco Product Research - A Public Workshop

The purpose of the workshop is to discuss the recommendation in the Institute of Medicine's report, "Scientific Standards for Studies on Modified Risk Tobacco Products," that sponsors of Modified Risk Tobacco Product (MRTP) applications use independent t
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
added Mar 19, 2013 22:54
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Smoking is a risk factor for back pain and disc disease

new study presented today at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), researchers reviewed smoking cessation rates and related pain in 6,779 patients undergoing treatment for spinal disorders with severe axial (spin
News-Medical.net
added Mar 19, 2013 13:13
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[Europe, UK] Filtrona buys packaging group for £160m

Filtrona, the plastics and fibre specialist, has tapped investors for more than £130m to fund its acquisition of a pan-European healthcare packaging company. snapped up Contego Healthcare – a maker of cartons, leaflets, labels and printed foils for blist
Financial Times (uk)
added Mar 19, 2013 11:37
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