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What do you do if your significant other becomes a smoker?

My boyfriend just came back from a semester abroad in Paris -- and he came back a smoker.

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Related Topix: Smoking, Medicine, Health

Sat Jul 04, 2009

Jamaica Gleaner

Smoking is nicotine addiction - It's a bad habit

D o you realise that smoking lowers your immunity to illness and is bad for your health? You perhaps started smoking because you thought it was fashionable and macho! Maybe you had planned to stop burning your money but found that when you were stressed, cigarettes helped.

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Related Topix: Smoking, Health, Nicotine, NicoDerm, Nicotine (generic), Medication, Drugs

Canada.com

EU health chief proposes stricter laws on smoking

The European Union's health chief proposed on Tuesday that uniform laws be drafted for all 27 countries in the bloc to regulate smoking more strictly in public areas and workplaces.

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Related Topix: Smoking, Medicine, Health

WHEC-TV Rochester

Calif. regulators warn of pota s cancer capability

SAN FRANCISCO - It might take Californians a puff or two to get their heads around an apparent contradiction recently enshrined in state law.

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Related Topix: Drugs, San Francisco Metro, Medicine, Health, Pain, University of Southern California, Smoking

Guardian Unlimited

From the archive, 2 July 1957: Smoking: Publicising the danger

Mr M. Lipton asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in the House of Commons yesterday what action he would take to co-ordinate the work of Government departments in publicising the danger of lung cancer caused by smoking .

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Related Topix: Smoking, Medicine, Health

Fri Jul 03, 2009

UK News from Times Online

Lung cancer drug Iressa licenced in Europe

A targeted treatment for terminal lung cancer could help to improve the lives of thousands of patients who carry a specific gene mutation, experts say.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cancer, Health, Biotech, AstraZeneca Group, Healthcare Industry, Herceptin, Trastuzumab (generic), Medication, Breast Cancer

KTVN Reno

Cell Pathway May Be Key to Lung Cancer's Spread

U.S. researchers say they've found a major cellular flaw that may drive the rapid spread of relapsed lung cancer.

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Related Topix: Health, Medicine, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry, Colorectal Health, Pancreatic Cancer, Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Food and Drug Administration

Smoking - Medicines to Help You

You are a woman. You are a smoker. You are not alone. Approximately 18% of adult women smoke.

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Related Topix: Smoking, Medicine, Health, Nicotine, NicoDerm, Nicotine (generic), Medication, Circulation

Thu Jul 02, 2009

Penticton Herald

Author Paul Quarrington continues to work after being diagnosed with lung cancer

Paul Quarrington signs copies of his book "Galveston" prior to the Giller Prize dinner in Toronto on Nov.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Whale Music, Comedy Movies, Health

MedlinePlus

PET-CT Scanners Reduce Futile Lung Cancer Surgery

Devices that simultaneously take a PET scan and a CT scan can eliminate unnecessary surgery for lung cancer, although they do little to save lives, researchers in Denmark reported on Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Health

Montrose Today

'Persistent' dad saved girl's life

A father who refused to accept his daughter was suffering from asthma saved her life by insisting she had an x-ray which revealed she had lung cancer.

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Related Topix: Health, World News, United Kingdom,

Wed Jul 01, 2009

American Chronicle

Croatia's Smoking Ban Takes Off and Takes Ashtrays Away

Stop Smoking- the staunch slogan of the Croatian Government slammed against "Stop Smoking Ban" clamor of coffee shop owners after the Croatian government implemented its strict law against smoking on indoor public places on May 6, 2009.

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Related Topix: Smoking, Medicine, Health, Drink, Coffee, Opinion

Medical News Today

Secondhand Smoke Threatens Casino Workers' Health

New research suggests that casino workers face a higher risk of heart disease and lung cancer because they work in buildings filled with tobacco smoke.

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Related Topix: Health, Smoking, Medicine

Fox News

AstraZeneca: Iressa Gets EU Marketing Approval

Drugmaker AstraZeneca said Wednesday that the European Commission has granted marketing authorisation for its oral anti-cancer drug Iressa.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, AstraZeneca Group, Healthcare Industry, Health, Business News

Huliq.com

Lung Cancer Info Quality Available In US and Japan Is Differerent

A study published in the July 2009 issue of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology revealed that internet-based lung cancer information was of a higher quality in the United States than in Japan.

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Related Topix: Health, Oncology, Medicine, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Internet, Science / Technology

Tue Jun 30, 2009

WOIO

Online genetic testing appears to have benefits

Online genetic testing for lung cancer appears to offer some benefits to patients, according to U.S. researchers who evaluated the use of an online test among 44 smokers.

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Related Topix: Health, Smoking, Medicine, Genetics, Biology, Science

Associated Content

Ways to Quit Smoking and the Effects of Tobacco

Smoking is a complex addiction with both psychological and physical components. Nicotine is the addictive substance found in tobacco products.

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Related Topix: Smoking, Medicine, Health, Nicotine, NicoDerm, Nicotine (generic), Medication, Drugs

M2.com

ImmunoCellular Therapeutics gets Japanese patent covering ICT-109 for ...

ImmunoCellular Therapeutics gets Japanese patent covering ICT-109 for treatment of small cell lung cancer M2Europharma on Monday, 29 June 2009 at 20:53 GMT 29 June 2009 - US-based clinical-stage biotechnology company ImmunoCellular Therapeutics Ltd announced today the issuance of a Japanese patent covering its monoclonal antibody therapeutics.

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Related Topix: Health

Mon Jun 29, 2009

Physics Org

How much is life worth? The $440 billion question

The decision to use expensive cancer therapies that typically produce only a relatively short extension of survival is a serious ethical dilemma in the U.S. that needs to be addressed by the oncology community, according to a commentary published online June 29 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute .

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Related Topix: Oncology, Medicine, Charitable Organizations, Bethesda, MD, Health

Med Ad News

Rexahn Pharmaceuticals Signs Development and Commercialization...

Jun 29, 2009 - Rexahn Pharmaceuticals, Inc. , a clinical stage pharmaceutical company commercializing potential best in class oncology and CNS therapeutics, today announced that it has signed an exclusive collaboration and option for license agreement with a top 20 global pharmaceutical company for the development of RX-3117. RX-3117 is a small ...

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Related Topix: Oncology, Medicine, Cancer, Health, Pancreatic Cancer

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