Smoking Cessation Linked to Higher Short-Term Risk for Type 2 Diabetes

Smoking Cessation Linked to Higher Short-Term Risk for Type 2 Diabetes

Although cigarette smoking increases the risk for type 2 diabetes, smoking cessation predicts higher short-term risk for the development of type 2 diabetes, according to the results of a prospective cohort study reported in the January 5, 2010, issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine.
“Cigarette [...]

Genetic Map Reveals Mutations From Cancer | Smoking in Cancer

Gene Mutations Show Roles of Sunlight and Smoking in Cancer | Genetic Map Reveals Mutations From Cancer | Smoking in Cancer

The first genetic maps of lung cancer and melanoma reveal the pivotal role of smoking and sunlight in triggering these two deadly forms of cancer.
In two new studies, researchers have sequenced the genome and mapped [...]

Risk Of Lung Cancer | Lung Cancer | Does Smoking Cause Lung Cancer?

Risk Of Lung Cancer | Lung Cancer | Does Smoking Cause Lung Cancer?

The US suggests that smoking soon after waking could increase even a light smoker’s risk of lung cancer, because the shorter the time between waking and having a first cigarette, no matter how many you smoke a day, the higher your levels of [...]

Symptoms of Breast Cancer | Breast cancer diagnosis and treatment | Breast cance Treatment and Prevention | Breast Cancer Symptoms and Diagnosis

Symptoms of Breast Cancer | Breast cancer diagnosis and treatment | Breast cance Treatment and Prevention | Breast Cancer Symptoms and Diagnosis
Description of Breast Cancer

There are several types of breast cancer, but the common types are ductal carcinoma occurring in 85 – 90 percent of the cases and lobular carcinoma occurring in about eight percent [...]

Smoking | Smoking during pregnancy is risky For Health | Quitting smoking during pregnancy

Smoking | Smoking during pregnancy is risky For Health | Quitting smoking during pregnancy

Mothers who smoke during pregnancy put their children at greater risk of developing psychotic symptoms in their teenage years.
New research reported in the recent issue of the British Journal of Psychiatry shows a link between maternal tobacco use and psychotic symptoms.
Scientists from [...]

First New Mexico Medical Cannabis Producer Approved

The New Mexico Department of Health has approved the first nonprofit in New Mexico to produce medical cannabis for patients in the Department’s Medical Cannabis Program. Nonprofits are allowed to produce up to 95 mature plants and seedlings as well as a usable inventory of medical cannabis to meet the needs of patients in the [...]

Kaiser Ordered To Pay $11.4 Million To Radiologist In Retaliation Case

A Los Angeles jury has ordered the Kaiser HMO and an affiliated physician group practice to pay $11.4 million in damages for retaliating against a staff radiologist who complained about poor patient care at one of its Los Angeles-area hospitals.
The case, which led to a Dec. 11, 2008, decision favoring Dr. Michael Martinucci in Los [...]

DNA Duplication: A Mechanism For ’survival Of The Fittest’

150 years after Darwin published his theory of evolution, VIB researchers connected to Ghent University have discovered that DNA duplications have given plants an evolutionary advantage. This mechanism enabled plants – in contrast to the dinosaurs – to survive the ‘Cretaceous-Tertiary mass extinction’ of 65 million years ago. With the aid of the latest bioinformatics [...]

Why More Sun Exposure And Vitamin D Are Essential To Health: New Book

Sunlight is a vital component of good health. Like plants that thrive in the sun, we humans too depend on sunlight, in our case for the production of vitamin D. In the past few decades, however, cultural trends have steered us away from sun exposure. From fear of the potential dangers of UV radiation and [...]