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[Denmark] HIV Positive? Quit Smoking!

A recent study attempted to determine the impact of smoking on HIV patients. Results showed there is a need for smoking cessation programs and counseling for HIV patients to prolong life expectancy.
DailyRx
added Dec 19, 2012 02:37
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[UK] Secondhand smoke linked to childhood meningitis

Despite its limitations, this valuable review does suggest another possible harm from passive smoking, in addition to those already established. Where did the story come from?
National Health Service (NHS) (uk)
added Dec 14, 2012 18:40
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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]

The Lancet (uk)
added 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,
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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[UK] Infections drop down list of big killers

The analysis highlights the top “risk factors” causing illness and death – led by high blood pressure, tobacco and alcohol use, air pollution and a diet low in fruit.
Financial Times (uk)
added Dec 13, 2012 12:51
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A Story of AIDS, From the Beginning

David France, the director of the documentary "How to Survive a Plague," . . . I asked Mr. France if that was why he still smokes. Was it a vestige of an era in which no one thought about middle age and beyond? He said that wasn’t it at all. As he told
New York Times
added Dec 13, 2012 01:57
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Secondhand Smoke Puts Children at Risk for Meningitis

Review found smoking during pregnancy and in the home raised odds of dangerous bacterial infection
HealthDay [HealthScout]
added Dec 11, 2012 18:16
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Passive smoking, invasive meningococcal disease and preventive measures: a commentary

BOOY: Among other interventions, immunizing children with a meningococcal conjugate vaccine could, theoretically, reduce the risk of meningococcal disease among children and their smoker household contacts through herd immunity.
7thSpace Interactive (portal)
added Dec 10, 2012 16:09
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Second hand smoke exposure and the risk of invasive meningococcal disease in children: systematic review and meta-analysis

Conclusions: SHS exposure, and particularly passive foetal exposure to maternal smoking during pregnancy, significantly increases the risk of childhood invasive meningococcal disease.
7thSpace Interactive (portal)
added Dec 10, 2012 11:42
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