Archive: 15/06/2015

Teen smoking dropped after minimum sales age rose

A new study co-authored by Stephen Buka, professor and chair of epidemiology at Brown University, reports that the Massachusetts town of Needham successfully reduced teen smoking when it raised the minimum sales age for cigarettes ...

Jun 15, 2015

Researchers find possible association between obesity and male breast cancer

Researchers at the University of Leeds have found a possible association between the rise in obesity and the increase in cases of male breast cancer.

Jun 15, 2015

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Research shows most children do not regularly use e-cigarettes

Children aged 11 to 16 who have never smoked do not regularly use e-cigarettes, according to new Cancer Research UK data being presented today (Friday) at the UK Nicotine and Smoking Cessation Conference and will be published ...

Jun 15, 2015

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Researchers want us to talk about pain and not suffer in silence

At the start of national Men's Health Week, researchers from the University are embarking on a new study to understand more about the differences in how men and women express pain and how this might impact on their overall ...

Jun 15, 2015

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Researchers develop a new method that could save diabetes patients from diabetic retinopathy

More than 7.7 Americans suffer from diabetic retinopathy, the leading cause of blindness in American adults, according to the National Eye Institute at the National Institutes of Health. However, current diagnostic methods ...

Jun 15, 2015

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New clues in mice link cholesterol to fertility

Whether made by the body or ingested through diet, cholesterol plays a vital role in cells. Cholesterol also is a building block of steroids and hormones, including those that trigger puberty and support pregnancy. A new ...

Jun 15, 2015

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Keeping track of weight daily may tip scale in your favor

For those wishing to lose weight and keep it off, here's a simple strategy that works: step on a scale each day and track the results.

Jun 15, 2015

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Blame sugar? We've been doing that for over 100 years

After a successful soda tax was passed last year in Berkeley, California, copycat laws are being proposed across the US, often with the support of nutritionists, medical professionals and a majority of the voting public. ...

Jun 15, 2015

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Majority of adults favor ban on powdered alcohol

After this year's legalization of powdered alcohol, some states have already banned it—a move that the majority of the public supports, according to a new University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll ...

Jun 15, 2015

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Researchers find gene responsible for breast cancer cell metastases

A particular human gene variant makes breast cancer cells more aggressive. Not only are these more resistant to chemotherapy but also leave the primary tumour and establish themselves in other parts of the body in the form ...

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