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Secondhand Smoke Causes Longer Hospitalization in Infants with Respiratory Infections

Smoke exposure puts infants with family history of allergies at higher risk for severe infection
American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
added Jun 6, 2013 09:51
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Smoke exposure puts infants with respiratory infections at risk for longer hospital stays

found that infants with a family history of allergic disease with lower respiratory tract infections, who are exposed to secondhand smoke are at risk for longer hospital stays.
News-Medical.net
added Jun 5, 2013 17:24
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Throat Cancer Link to Oral Sex Gains Notice

Historically, patients who developed the disease were in their 70s and were heavy smokers and drinkers. Now, about 70 percent of all throat cancers are caused by HPV, up from roughly 15 percent three decades ago.
New York Times
added Jun 3, 2013 23:36
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Michael Douglas on Liberace, Cannes, cancer and cunnilingus

The throat cancer, I assume, was first seeded during those wild middle years, when he drank like a fish and smoked like the devil. … does he feel he overloaded his system? … "No. ... this particular cancer is caused by HPV
The Guardian (uk)
added Jun 3, 2013 12:23
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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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Michael Douglas: oral sex caused my cancer

Asked whether he now regretted his years of smoking and drinking, usually thought to be the cause of the disease, Douglas replied: "No. Because without wanting to get too specific, this particular cancer is caused by HPV [human papillomavirus], which actu
The Guardian (uk)
added Jun 3, 2013 12:17
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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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Michael Douglas: Oral sex gave me cancer

"Without wanting to get too specific, this particular cancer is caused by HPV, which actually comes about from cunnilingus," he told the British newspaper in an interview published yesterday.
New York Post
added Jun 3, 2013 12:06
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Contribution of H. pylori and Smoking Trends to US Incidence of Intestinal-Type Noncardia Gastric Adenocarcinoma: A Microsimulation Model

Trends in modifiable risk factors explain a significant proportion of the decline of intestinal-type NCGA incidence in the US, and are projected to continue. Although past tobacco control efforts have hastened the decline, full benefits will take decades
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
added May 23, 2013 13:14
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H. pylori, smoking trends, and gastric cancer in US men

Trends in Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) and smoking explain a significant proportion of the decline of intestinal-type noncardia gastric adenocarcinoma (NCGA) incidence in US men between 1978 and 2008, and are estimated to continue to contribute to fur
EurekAlert
added May 23, 2013 13:11
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