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[Sweden] Women Who Smoke May Have Higher Risk for Rheumatoid Arthritis

Researchers analyzed data collected from 34,000 women, aged 54 to 89, in Sweden, 219 of whom had rheumatoid arthritis.
HealthDay [HealthScout]
added Apr 28, 2013 18:57
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News in Brief: Smoking damages mouse brains

Signs of Alzheimer’s disease appear after rodents breathe cigarette smoke ... mice exposed to smoke had several signs of Alzheimer’s: they had more amyloid beta plaques, a higher load of abnormal tau protein and more severe inflammation in their brains.
Science News Online
added Feb 19, 2013 19:10
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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

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,
The Lancet (uk)
added Dec 13, 2012 14:09
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People live longer but are not always healthier: study

People live more than a decade longer on average today than they did in 1970, but spend much of these boon years battling diseases like cancer, according to a global health review published Thursday.
AFP - Agence France Presse (fr)
added Dec 13, 2012 13:44
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Meningitis risk from parents who smoke

Smoking puts unborn and young children at greater risk of a major cause of meningitis.
Metro Café (uk)
added Dec 10, 2012 02:56
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[UK] Excess Mortality in MS Largely From Smoking

* Point out that deaths among never-smokers in the cohort still tended to be premature relative to the general population, but the difference was less than half that seen among patients with a smoking history.
MedPage Today
added Oct 15, 2012 08:56
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Secondhand Smoke and Influenza Severity in Children: Another Nail in the Coffin of the Tobacco Industry?

Science Direct
added Oct 12, 2012 08:20
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Second-Hand Tobacco Smoke Exposure and Severity of Influenza in Hospitalized Children

Children with SHS exposure who are hospitalized with influenza have more severe illness. Efforts are needed to immunize this population against influenza, and eliminate children's exposure to SHS.
Science Direct
added Oct 12, 2012 08:18
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JT and Torii conclude agreement to market novel anti-HIV single-tablet regimen containing JTK-303 (elvitegravir) in Japan

Japan Tobacco Inc. (JT) (TSE:2914) has today announced the conclusion of an agreement with Torii Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Torii) (TSE:4551), JT’s pharmaceutical subsidiary, for it to market a novel anti-HIV single-tablet regimen containing JT’s original
JT International (JTI) (Japan Tobacco) (jp)
added Sep 12, 2012 03:18
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Quitting tobacco use does not help rheumatoid arthritis

A new study suggests that quitting tobacco use (smoking) may not make any difference in the disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis patients.
foodconsumer.org
added Aug 4, 2012 15:37
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