ophia Antipolis, France – 25 Aug 2021: A study of more than 35,000 smokers has found that women smoke fewer cigarettes than men but are less likely to quit. The research is presented at ESC Congress 2021.1 Study author Ms. Ingrid Allagbe, a PhD student at the University of Burgundy, Dijon, France said: “In our study, women who...
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Smoking exposure during childhood may increase risk of rheumatoid arthritis
by Brigham and Women’s Hospital Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new study by investigators from Brigham and Women’s Hospital found a potential direct link between exposure to parental smoking during childhood and increased risk of seropositive rheumatoid arthritis (RA) later in life. Researchers utilized established longitudinal data from 90,923 women in the Nurses’ Health Study II...
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Smoking exposure during childhood may increase risk of rheumatoid arthritis
by Brigham and Women’s Hospital Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new study by investigators from Brigham and Women’s Hospital found a potential direct link between exposure to parental smoking during childhood and increased risk of seropositive rheumatoid arthritis (RA) later in life. Researchers utilized established longitudinal data from 90,923 women in the Nurses’ Health Study II...
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Depression in old age: Smoking and other risk factors less decisive
MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES People who smoke, suffer from high blood pressure, obesity, or diabetes are not only at greater risk of suffering a stroke, heart attack, or dementia. For them, the risk of being affected by depressive mood or depression also increases. The more risk factors a person has,...
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Smoking directly linked to a higher risk of subarachnoid hemorrhage
by American Heart Association Credit: CC0 Public Domain Adults who smoke or who are genetically predisposed to smoking behaviors are more likely to experience a serious type of stroke called subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), according to new research published today in Stroke, a journal of the American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association. The results of this...
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Smoking linked to bleeding in the brain in large, long-term study of twins
by American Heart Association An investigation of the Finnish Twin Cohort reaffirmed a link between smoking and subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), a type of bleeding stroke that occurs under the membrane that covers the brain and is frequently fatal. The new study by researchers in Finland is published today in Stroke. In a 2010 study of nearly 80,000...
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How a pregnant woman who smokes can be hurting her future grandchildren
by Ileana Varela, Florida International University The dangers of smoking are common knowledge. Smoking during pregnancy, even second-hand smoke, can hurt both the mother and her child. But her grandchildren? “Second-hand cigarette smoke exposure during pregnancy has damaging effects that could last for generations,” said Hitendra Chand, a biomedical researcher at the Herbert Wertheim College...
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What to do when ears do not pop
From altitude changes to ear infections, there are many reasons why pressure may build up in the ears. Sometimes, the pressure is easy to relieve, but on occasion, it takes a little longer. Pressure in the ears develops when air and fluid block one of the major ear tubes, causing what is medically known as...
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Heavier smoking linked to skyrocketing health risks
IMAGE: HEAVIER SMOKING IS LINKED TO 28 SEPARATE HEALTH CONDITIONS. Each cigarette smoked a day by heavier smokers increases the risk of contracting some diseases by more than 30 per cent, according to a new international study published today. The Australian Centre for Precision Health based at the University of South Australia led the study,...
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A few months of vaping puts healthy people on the brink of oral disease
by Emily Caldwell, The Ohio State University Scientists who’ve taken the first look at bacteria in young and healthy vapers’ mouths say that the potential for future disease lies just below the surface. The collection of oral bacteria in daily e-cigaretteusers’ mouths is teeming with potent infection-causing organisms that put vapers at substantial risk for...