Secondhand Smoking Causes Heart Diseases
Second-hand Smoke
Last year, the county where I live went smoke-free. That means all public places; including restaurants didn’t allow people to smoke inside the building. I couldn’t believe the change. I think we all b... Read more »
Expert & Community Posts
Michael Bloomberg and Bill Gates to Fund Global Tobacco Control Plan
By Carol Southard , Health Expert...exposure to secondhand smoke, and even smoking-related heart disease.In fact, investigators at... Read more »
Pregnancy, Tobacco Smoke and High Blood Pressure
By Deanne Stein , Health Expert... High blood pressure is a common risk factor in heart disease and stroke. Some doctors say... Read more »
Historic reversal of life expectancy among women
By Anne Mitchell , Health Expert...concurrent increase in female smoking, obesity, and heart disease. Women became smokers in... Read more »
Tips for a heart-healthy lifestyle
By Dr. Larry Weinrauch , Health ExpertA single issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine (http://www.archinternmed.com/) in December... Read more »
So you enjoy smoking do you?
By Larry Weinrauch , Health Expert...accelerates that too. And although smoking also causes heart disease and cancer, you have to die... Read more »
Health Guide
Prevent Heart Attack, Follow these Guidelines
In 2002 the American Heart Association revised its guidelines for preventing heart disease. They include the following: Improve Cholesterol. People with at least two risk factors, and a 10-year risk... Read more »Breathing difficulties: first aid
...illness or infections like pneumonia, acute bronchitis, whooping cough, croup, or epiglottitis Heart disease , asthma , emphysema , chronic bronchitis , or heart... Read more »Heart Attack Patient Guide, Part II: Recovery
...exercise stress test. II. Short-term recovery In at least one-third of cases, the first sign of heart disease is a heart attack. Recovery will vary based on the type of treatment you receive... Read more »Health Risks of Smoking
...show that there is a reversible component to the harmful effects of smoking on the airways in asthma.Secondhand SmokeSecondhand smoke is produced by a burning cigarette or other tobacco product.... Read more »Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Risk Factors
...no significant relationship between second-hand smoke and a higher risk for tobacco-related deaths, heart disease, or lung cancer. It should be strongly stressed, however, that the harmful effects... Read more »
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Unique Asthma Strikes Children
November 24, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- New research clarifies the link between a certain genetic variant and asthma in children. Although the variant has been known... Read summary »
Secondhand Smoke Sends Children to Hospital
June 18, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Children exposed to secondhand smoke are more likely to be sent to the hospital with more than just respiratory problems. In a... Read summary »
Could Emphysema Start in Childhood?
September 30, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) ? Everyone knows secondhand smoke can hurt young lungs, but most of the time the risk is associated with asthma or later... Read summary »
Secondhand Smoke Affects Toddlers Most
March 25, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Parents: you may want to think twice before you light up in front of your little ones. A new study reveals children between the... Read summary »
Non-Smoking Lung Cancer
July 16, 2008(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 summary »
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