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Can Exposure To Secondary Smoke Cause Cancer?
When a cancer metastasizes from its original site to another area of the body, it is termed metastatic cancer. Virtually all cancers have the potential to spread this way. Whether metastases do develop depends on the complex interaction of many...
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Secondary Causes of Osteoporosis: Could They be Causing Your Low...
Are you taking an osteoporosis medication and seeing very little improvement? If so, this is very frustrating because we do all we're... Read more »
Chemicals in Your Home May Cause Breast Cancer
For years, we’ve been hearing that “environmental factors” might play a role in the development of breast cancer. Most of us probably... Read more »
Secondary Causes for Osteoporosis Part II: Medications That Cause...
This article is a follow-up to the last titled Secondary Causes of Osteoporosis: Could They be Causing Your Low T-Scores? In this post... Read more »
Smoking is a starting point for COPD, stroke, lung cancer, heart...
In general, I think, people are aware that smoking is a major factor in lung disease, causing the overwhelming majority of chronic... Read more »
Question of the Week: Secondary Causes of Osteoporosis
Some of us get osteoporosis by having an underlying medical disorder that causes bone loss. Examples would be: Breast cancer... Read more »
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Smoking Increases Osteoporosis Risk
A joint US-China study concluded that exposure to second-hand smoke increased the risk of osteoporosis in pre-menopausal women by a factor of three.... Read more »
Secondary systemic amyloid
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Secondary systemic amyloidosis is a disorder in which abnormal proteins build up in tissues and organs. Clumps of the abnormal proteins are called... Read more »
Non-Smoking Lung Cancer
(Ivanhoe Newswire) About 15 percent of people with lung cancers have never smoked. A new study finds the cause could be linked to cells that cannot... Read more »
Smoking Cessation and Its Benefits
Source: HealthCentral Encyclopedia
Article updated and reviewed by Larry A. Weinrauch, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School. Editorial review provided by VeriMed... Read more »
Secondary parkinsonism
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Secondary parkinsonism is similar to Parkinson's disease, but it is caused by certain medicines, a different nervous system disorder, or another... Read more »
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