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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.
Oct 4, 2011
British Medical Journal
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Apr 11, 2013 13:14
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Study Hints of Links Between HPV and Lung Cancer
Human papillomavirus (HPV), the virus that can cause cervical and head and neck cancers, may also trigger some cases of lung cancer, according to a small new study. Researchers examined 36 tumor tissue samples from patients with non-small-cell lung cance
Apr 10, 2013
HealthDay [HealthScout]
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Apr 10, 2013 12:19
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[Africa, Asia-pacific, UK] Smoking poses TB risk to young
The link between tobacco consumption and tuberculosis could do for the developing world what lung cancer – among the most commonly cited smoking-related diseases – did in the west: drastically reduce smoking rates. “We’ve known for a long time that smoki
Mar 21, 2013
Financial Times (uk)
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Mar 30, 2013 10:44
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Smoking poses TB risk to young
The link between tobacco consumption and tuberculosis could do for the developing world what lung cancer – among the most commonly cited smoking-related diseases – did in the west: drastically reduce smoking rates.
Mar 21, 2013
Financial Times (uk)
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Mar 28, 2013 12:02
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Certain Lifestyle Factors Linked to Arthritis in Study Patients
Smoking, obesity and diabetes are all associated with an increased risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis, a new study suggests. The researchers said their findings could be used to create a simple screening tool to identify people at higher risk for rh
Mar 25, 2013
HealthDay [HealthScout]
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Mar 25, 2013 20:30
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Japan Tobacco: Received Approval For Anti-HIV Drug
Japan Tobacco Inc. (2914.TO) said Monday it has received approval to manufacture and sell its anti-HIV drug Stribild combination tablets in Japan.
Mar 25, 2013
The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition
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Mar 25, 2013 05:42
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[South Africa] How tobacco could save your life
Researchers at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research have pioneered the world's first injectable plant medicine ... The liquid antidote called RabiVir, made from leaves of the Nicotiana Benthamiana plant - a cousin of the well-known tobacco
Mar 11, 2013
The Independent Online (IOL) / The Post (za)
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Mar 11, 2013 16:23
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Moffitt Cancer Center Researchers Find Potential New Therapeutic Target for Treating Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center have found a potential targeted therapy for patients with tobacco-associated non-small cell lung cancer. It is based on the newly identified oncogene IKBKE, which helps regulate immune response. The study appeared in
Feb 14, 2013
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
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Feb 26, 2013 11:08
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[New York] Takes: Dr. C. Everett Koop
Here’s what The New Yorker had to say about Dr. Koop on the occasion of his retirement ... While we wait for a scientific breakthrough that can finally lift the siege of AIDS, public education remains our best form of protection. This is the field in whic
Feb 25, 2013
The New Yorker blogs
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Feb 25, 2013 20:51
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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.
Feb 19, 2013
Science News Online
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Feb 19, 2013 19:10