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12/9/15 - Can Weight Loss Improve Asthma?

12/9/15 Can Weight Loss Improve Asthma?

Medscape

 

It has been said that we are experiencing an "epidemic of obesity." The relationship between asthma and obesity, if present, is not clear; nor has it been shown ...

11/17/15 - Smoking rates continue to decline among US adults

11/17/15 Smoking rates continue to decline among US adults

CNN

The new calculation is from the National Health Interview Survey, released ... For those who live, smoking-related illness costs an additional $300 billion dollars ...

10/30/15 - AAP releases multiple policies to protect youths from tobacco, nicotine

10/30/15 AAP releases multiple policies to protect youths from tobacco, nicotine

AAP News

The policies call for raising the minimum age to purchase tobacco to 21 years; urge pediatricians to screen patients for use of tobacco and nicotine delivery devices; and address tobacco dependence in parents as part of pediatric health care. The ...

9/3/15 - Study: High school athletes use smokeless tobacco at a higher rate ...

9/3/15 Study: High school athletes use smokeless tobacco at a higher rate ...

News-Medical.net

High school athletes who play on sports teams smoke tobacco products at a lower rate than non-athletes, but use smokeless tobacco at a higher rate, according ...

8/27/15 - Asthma, obesity impact physical activity in adolescents

8/27/15 Asthma, obesity impact physical activity in adolescents

Healio

Adolescents with asthma demonstrated less physical activity than those without asthma, according to study results.

 

 

8/20/15 - Discovery could influence future research on respiratory failure ...

8/20/15 Discovery could influence future research on respiratory failure ...

News-Medical.net

Previous studies have shown that diabetes adversely affects breathing and respiratory function. However, in the past, researchers have not differentiated ...

8/18/15 - Study Finds Ninth-Graders Who Used E-Cigarettes More Likely to ...

8/18/15 Study Finds Ninth-Graders Who Used E-Cigarettes More Likely to ...

Wall Street Journal-4 hours ago

The research is some of the first to address fear among healthofficials that ... if required to cover multimillion-dollar costs of submitting products for FDA approval.

6/30/15 - A step closer to widespread implementation of low-dose CT lung cancer screening

6/30/15 A step closer to widespread implementation of low-dose CT lung cancer screening

BusinessDay 

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death in the world. One of the many reasons for this is that only 25% of patients are diagnosed with early-stage disease that is potentially curable with surgery. Early detection is an important ...

6/24/15 - Kids and Tobacco Use: Some Surprising Findings

6/24/15 Kids and Tobacco Use: Some Surprising Findings

FDA.gov

The number of kids smoking cigarettes is down—but the number using other tobacco products is way up. That's the word from the 2014 National Youth Tobacco ...

6/22/15 - Novel Asthma App Helps Patients Control Disease Symptoms

6/22/15 Novel Asthma App Helps Patients Control Disease Symptoms

Lung Disease News

A recent article published in the Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology by the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) describes the ...

5/14/15 - Smokers More Likely To Quit If Their Own Cash Is On The Line

5/14/15 Smokers More Likely To Quit If Their Own Cash Is On The Line

NPR

"And doing so, they would reduce costs to themselves and improve public health." Each employee who smokes costs a company more than $5,000 extra a year, ...

5/11/15 - Inhaler ban boosts costs for people with asthma

5/11/15 Inhaler ban boosts costs for people with asthma

Reuters

A 2008 ban on chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) has ended up being particularly costly for people with asthma. The ban changed the type of ...

5/4/15 - Study shows cost-effective expert recommended asthma test ...

5/4/15 Study shows cost-effective expert recommended asthma test ...

Medical Xpress

On the other hand, unnecessary use of an inhaler can cost $200 to $300 a month. An emergency room visit for an asthma episode can total $3,500. Health care ...

4/16/15 - E-cigarette use soared, smoking rate fell among US youth in 2014: CDC

4/16/15 E-cigarette use soared, smoking rate fell among US youth in 2014: CDC

Reuters

Electronic cigarette use among U.S. middle and high school students tripled in 2014 while cigarette use fell to record lows, according to provocative new data that is likely to intensify debate over whether e-cigarettes are a boon or ...

3/26/15 - CDC anti-smoking ads target e-cigarettes for first time, highlight ...

3/26/15 CDC anti-smoking ads target e-cigarettes for first time, highlight ...

Washington Post

The latest round of government anti-smoking ads targets e-cigarette use for the first time and highlights links to a variety of diseases that aren't typically ...

3/16/15 - Study suggests raising legal age to 21 may cut cigarette smoking

3/16/15 Study suggests raising legal age to 21 may cut cigarette smoking

Firstpost 

Washington: Increasing the minimum age to buy cigarettes to 21 could help decrease the prevalence of tobacco use and save lives, a new US study has claimed. A committee of US experts estimated the likely reduction in tobacco-use initiation that would be ...

3/16/15 - MGH study suggests that bariatric surgery can reduce risk of asthma ...

3/16/15 MGH study suggests that bariatric surgery can reduce risk of asthma ...

News-Medical.net

"We found that, in obese patients with asthma, the risk of emergency department visits and hospitalizations for asthma exacerbations decreased by half in the ...

3/13/15 - Study explores composition of e-cigarette vapor, potential health ...

3/13/15 Study explores composition of e-cigarette vapor, potential health ...

News-Medical.net

"As proliferation of e-cigarettes surges, understanding the health effects of e-cigarette use and exposure to vapors is essential," said Jonathan Thornburg, Ph.D., ...

2/26/15 - Cigarettes Linked to More Deaths Than Previously Thought

2/26/15 Cigarettes Linked to More Deaths Than Previously Thought

AAFP News

12 in the New England Journal of Medicine, the study(www.nejm.org) found that ... setting complements and fits easily into the patient-centered medical home.

2/26/15 - How the decline in smoking rates could increase lung cancer deaths

2/26/15 How the decline in smoking rates could increase lung cancer deaths

WQAD.com

More people may die from undiagnosed lung cancer because they don't qualify for low-dose CT scans, according to a study by Mayo Clinic ...