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[UK] Smoking 'Triples Child Meningitis Risk'

Sky News (uk)
added Dec 10, 2012 03:29
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Japan Tobacco Gets First FDA Approval

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s approval Monday of a new AIDS medicine is a first for Japan Tobacco Inc.Japan Tobacco Inc. 2914.TO +0.49% , which spent a quarter-century researching drugs without having a product of its labs cleared for the big U
Wall Street Journal Blogs
added Sep 20, 2012 13:51
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[India] ARCHIVE: Projected effects of tobacco smoking on worldwide tuberculosis control: mathematical modelling analysis [FREE FULL TEXT]

Tobacco smoking could substantially increase tuberculosis cases and deaths worldwide in coming years, undermining progress towards tuberculosis mortality targets. Aggressive tobacco control could avert millions of deaths from tuberculosis.
British Medical Journal
added Apr 11, 2013 13:14
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[Illinois] HPV replaces tobacco as cause of growing number of oral cancers

Changing sexual practices and reductions in smoking rates have led to a growing number of oral cancers in nonsmokers and men. HPV -- the source of almost all cervical cancers in women -- has replaced tobacco as the No. 1 cause of cancers of the mouth, ba
(IL) State Journal-Register
added Jan 6, 2013 14:12
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Smoking and risk of incident psoriatic arthritis in US women

June 2012, Volume 71, Issue 6
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
added May 20, 2012 12:37
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[UK] Michael Douglas, cancer and the growing popularity of oral sex

While head and neck cancers have been declining since the 1970s along with smoking rates, scientists have noticed an increase in a particular type of oral cancer. Known as “oral squamous cell carcinoma”, it is linked to the same strains of HPV known to ca
The Guardian (uk)
added Jun 3, 2013 12:19
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Why tobacco might be in your next flu shot

Medicago, which develops vaccines for a variety of infectious diseases worldwide, is using tobacco plants to fight the flu thanks to their genetic properties and low maintenance costs. Though the scientists are not able to create a vaccine for the curren
Metro International
added Jan 13, 2013 23:58
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Star Scientific Announces Successful First Look at the "Flint" CRP Human Study and Provides Updated Report on ASAP Human Thyroid Study

Star Scientific, Inc. (NASDAQ: STSI), announced today that the Roskamp Institute has reported positive findings in its analysis of 100 subjects who completed the "Flint" CRP study that analyzes the effects of dietary supplementation with Anatabloc® in hum
PR Newswire
added Oct 26, 2012 17:58
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Secondhand smoke impairs vital cough reflex in kids

Exposed children less able to keep airways clear and protect lungs / The findings may help to explain why children of smokers are more likely to develop pneumonia, bronchitis and other diseases and also are more likely to experiment with smoking during
EurekAlert
added Aug 20, 2012 02:39
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[UK] Michael Douglas says cunnilingus gives you cancer – but is he right?

the evidence suggests he wasn't quite right to do so. Most people rid themselves of HPV within a few years of catching it – but smoking disrupts this process, meaning the virus remains for far longer in smokers than non-smokers, increasing their risk of H
The Guardian (uk)
added Jun 3, 2013 12:13
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