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LARSON: The Use of Smokers' Lungs in Organ Transplants

Yes, there may be a drastic shortage of organs, but does it mean that any organ is suddenly a safe organ?
NYULocal (blog)
added Feb 23, 2013 20:32
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New Lung Screen Criteria May Be More Sensitive

* Using different selection criteria for lung cancer screening may detect more disease than the currently recommended criteria. * Point out that the model used incorporated factors such as level of education, family history of lung cancer, and COPD stat
MedPage Today
added Feb 21, 2013 11:06
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[UK] Smoking: Should ALL smokers over 40 be tested for cancer?

In order to catch lung cancer while it is still treatable, some experts are calling for a national screening programme of pre-emptive CT scans for people at risk Early detection offers the greatest chance of survival. NHS advice is to seek medical atten
The Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday (uk)
added Feb 19, 2013 12:10
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[New York] BRODY: Women Smokers Catch Up

As Nicola Roxon, a former Australian health minister, put it, “We are killing people by not acting.”
New York Times Blogs
added Feb 18, 2013 11:05
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Women's Smoking Deaths at All-Time High in U.S.

Starting earlier, smoking more account for increase, expert says
HealthDay [HealthScout]
added Feb 16, 2013 20:52
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Study: Lungs From Heavy Smokers OK for Transplant

Researchers from Temple University in Philadelphia found that lungs from carefully selected donors who smoked at least a pack a day for more than 20 years may be used in certain transplant situations without affecting recipients' survival rates or deaths
HealthDay [HealthScout]
added Feb 16, 2013 20:50
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A smoking gun in lung cancer epigenetics

These results reveal a direct mechanism by which cigarette smoke-induced miRNA alterations promote lung carcinogenesis.
EurekAlert
added Feb 16, 2013 16:48
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Risk of Smoking-Related Deaths Among Women in United States Increased as Women Began to Smoke "Like Men"

A new study in The New England Journal of Medicine documents large, persistent increases in the risks of smoking-related deaths among female cigarette smokers in the United States during the 20th Century. In the U.S. starting in the 1950s, women began to
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids International
added Feb 14, 2013 20:02
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[Nigeria] Shame to breast cancer

Breast cancer maintained the lead in all cancer cases amongst Nigerian women, rising from 11.2 per cent to 25.7 per cent during 1960-1980 and 1980-1985. The pink ribbon is the most prominent symbol of breast cancer awareness and, in most countries, the mo
Daily Sun (ng)
added Feb 13, 2013 16:51
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Watson Is Now Commercially Available, Set To Help Doctors Treat Cancer

Watson brings its ability to process huge amounts of information to evidence-based medicine. It’s first course focused on lung cancer. It went through a year and a half of training during which it boned up on the information in some 600,000 medical publi
Singularity Hub (blog)
added Feb 13, 2013 16:30
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