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CORRECTION: Star Scientific Issues Statement Correcting the Underreporting of the "Flint" CRP Human Study Results

"After one month of supplementation, CRP levels dropped in 26% of the subjects with diabetes, compared with a drop in CRP levels in 12% of the general trial population of subjects who did not have diabetes." These figures reflected an understatement of th
PR Newswire
added Oct 26, 2012 17:55
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More Stomach, Esophageal Cancers Seen in AIDS Patients Than Others

AIDS patients are at higher risk for esophageal and stomach cancers . . . Programs that help AIDS patients quit smoking and drink in moderation may help reduce their risk of esophageal and stomach cancer, the authors concluded.
HealthDay [HealthScout]
added Oct 15, 2012 20:31
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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?

the authors found evidence for increased severity of illness in children with a history of tobacco smoke exposure compared with those without.
Journal of Pediatrics
added Oct 12, 2012 08:23
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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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[Zimbabwe] Cancer: Zim’s new headache

POOR cancer patients are enduring days and nights of pain and discomfort as public hospitals such Harare and Parirenyatwa lack the equipment and specialist staff to handle the overwhelming numbers of patients
Zimbabwe Herald (zw)
added Oct 6, 2012 13:36
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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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[China] An Epidemiological and Molecular Study of the Relationship Between Smoking, Risk of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, and Epstein-Barr Virus Activation

Smoking is not only associated with NPC risk in individuals from China but is also associated with EBV seropositivity in healthy males and is involved in EBV activation.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute
added Sep 19, 2012 15:08
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Studies Show Limits, Promise of Laser Removal of Tattoos

Over the course of 10 treatment sessions, smokers faced a nearly 70 percent lower chance of achieving tattoo removal than nonsmokers, perhaps due to the complicated impact smoking has on a person's inflammatory and immune responses, the researchers sugge
HealthDay [HealthScout]
added Sep 17, 2012 17:12
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