Norwegian researchers have discovered that women who smoke are 59 percent more likely than non-smokers to have an early menopause. The researchers say smokers are more likely to begin the menopause before the age of 45 putting themselves at an increased risk of osteoporosis and heart disease. Dr. Thea F. Mikkelsen of the University of Oslo and her colleagues found that … [Read more...] about Smoking Brings on Menopause
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Lauren Terrazzano, 39, Wrote About Having Cancer
Garden City, N.Y.- Lauren Terrazzano, a Newsday reporter who chronicled her three-year bout with lung cancer, has died. She was only 39. Terrazzano died Tuesday night at Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattan. Newsday staffers learned of her death Wednesday in a letter from editor John Mancini. "She was well-loved by her many friends and colleagues in the newsroom … [Read more...] about Lauren Terrazzano, 39, Wrote About Having Cancer
Cigarette Smoke Linked to Feline Lymphoma
Veterinary researchers have recently discovered the key factors linking the effects of second hand cigarette smoke to cats developing feline lymphoma, a deadly cancer of the lymphatic drainage system. Published in the American Journal of Epidemiology on August 1st 2006, the study included 180 cats who were treated at Tufts Veterinary School's Foster Hospital from the years … [Read more...] about Cigarette Smoke Linked to Feline Lymphoma
Second-Hand Smoke Affects Pets Too
Second-hand smoke, also known as environmental tobacco smoke or ETS, is clearly associated with cancer, respiratory and cardiovascular disease in humans. Several studies have shown that up to 20 different carcinogens contained in tobacco smoke can be inhaled by non-smoking bystanders. Dr. Timothy Fan, veterinary oncologist at the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching … [Read more...] about Second-Hand Smoke Affects Pets Too
Just Don’t Smoke!
At 2.6 years quit I rarely think of smoking anymore. If I do entertain the concept of smoking I almost always cancel out the thought instantly. The most important aspect of the quit process is to become educated about what smoking does to the human body. As a young quit I forced myself to watch a Lung Bronchoscopy of a patient with lung cancer. He was a 57 year old … [Read more...] about Just Don’t Smoke!
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