30th March 2010

Snuff in children and adolescents

The industry focuses efforts to snuff easily attract teenagers and children. They are highly influenced by television, movies, advertising, and what their friends do and say without thinking much about the health consequences in the future.

Data on children and snuff

Most people who use snuff for the first time do so before graduation from high school. Read the rest of this entry »

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30th March 2010

Influenced young cigarette users

Addicted to cigarette youth for family influence
The trend is most pronounced wing nicotine in young people. One study showed that six in 10 high school students have tried smoking, and every second is considered a smoker. The nicotine is more marked in the high school students. With so many campaigns, strategies and Read the rest of this entry »

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30th March 2010

Smoking is the chronic addiction to smoking cigarettes

Nicotine is the drug of choice, produces physical and psychological dependence and a large number of cardio-respiratory diseases (including cancer).

DAMAGES OF SNUFF

Snuff smoke carries many addictive substances and harmful to our Read the rest of this entry »

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14th March 2010

Farewell to cigarettes

One of the latest findings about smoking is that it is never too late to quit. This therefore reduced the health risks experienced at all ages and the moment he abandons the habit. Self-help groups and drug treatments are good allies. Read the rest of this entry »

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3rd March 2010

Americans and Cubans, at greater risk of skin cancer

North America and Cuba are the places of the world where skin cancer poses a greater threat to residents, according to figures published by Forbes magazine, which takes into account from health statistics to cultural factors. Read the rest of this entry »

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3rd March 2010

German Researcher 4% of tumors attributed to excessive alcohol consumption

The researcher at the University of Heidelberg (southwest), Helmut Seitz, has identified alcohol abuse as the cause of 4 percent of the tumors, especially those that are detected in the esophagus, colon and liver, reported from the institution. Read the rest of this entry »

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27th February 2010

Children with cancer are socially isolated, according to report

The work at the University of Granada reveals the need to provide a more comprehensive and tailored to the specific needs of these children and their mothers. Read the rest of this entry »

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27th February 2010

Study confirms that education away from the threat of Alzheimer’s

According to scientists, people with higher levels of education developed brain circuits that enable them to continue functioning at a high level.

Increased formal education seems to have helped many older Americans to avoid memory problems, loss of which is the main symptom of Alzheimer’s disease, a study released by the journal Alzheimer’s & Dementia. Read the rest of this entry »

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22nd February 2010

Researchers in Kentucky produced a mouse resistant to cancer

A team of researchers found a gene that suppresses tumors and produced a laboratory mouse that is resistant to cancer, according to a study by the University of Kentucky (USA).

Vivek Rangnekar and colleagues at the College of Medicine of the UK found that a gene called Par-4 kills cancer cells but not normal cells. Read the rest of this entry »

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22nd February 2010

U.S. scientists achieved promising results in cancer study

Scientists have shown for the first time that many cancers can be combated through a frontal attack on viruses that cause them, according to a study published in the journal PloS One

According to scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University in New York, the result of his investigation raises the possibility of preventing the disease by destroying infected cells before they become cancerous. Read the rest of this entry »

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