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	NERC reports on secondhand smoke

	Category: Specific Substances - Tobacco Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico - United States

	National Environmental Respiratory Center has reports on effects of secondhand smoke on: allergies, asthma, emphysema, and lung and heart function. ... Sponsored Links:

	Passive Smoke

	Category: Specific Substances - Tobacco Location: Denver, Colorado - United States

	National Jewish Medical and Research Center provides facts about passive smoke. National Jewish Medical and Research Center is known worldwide for ...

	Why Air Filtration Devices Are Ineffective

	Category: Specific Substances - Tobacco Location: Boulder, Colorado - United States

	GASP Colorado information; some air cleaners clear some of the smoke, but none can effectively clear all the toxic gases, ...

	Health Effects of Secondhand Smoke

	Category: Specific Substances - Tobacco Location: Toronto, Ontario - Canada

	Characterizes the risk, provides a research bibliography, breaks down the exposure by toxins and carcinogens, and enumerates the scientific bodies ...

	National Spit Tobacco Education Program (NSTEP)

	Category: Specific Substances - Tobacco Location: Chicago, Illinois - United States

	Educational program designed to reduce use of spit tobacco, especially among children. Gassroots efforts to build a nation-wide network of ...

	Comments to FTC on Smokeless Tobacco

	Category: Specific Substances - Tobacco Location: Washington, D.C. - United States

	Collection of letters and documents submitted to the Federal Trade Commission regarding spit tobacco; covers policy questions, labelling, harm reduction, ...

	Smokeless Tobacco or Health

	Category: Specific Substances - Tobacco Location: Rockville, Maryland - - United States

	Monograph from the National Cancer Institute. Epidemiology, clinical and pathological effets, carcinogenesis, nitocine effects and addiction, prevention, cessation, policy, and ...

	Spit Tobacco Prevention Network

	Category: Specific Substances - Tobacco Location: Georgetown, Texas - United States

	In recognition of the fact that spit tobacco use is a serious threat to Texans' health, the Texas Cancer Council ...

	Eclipse Cigarettes

	Category: Specific Substances - Tobacco Location: Washington, DC - United States

	A new scientific study shows that R.J. Reynolds’ new Eclipse cigarettes expose smokers to greater amounts of several cancer-causing chemicals ...

	One Half Hour of Passive Smoking Damages Heart

	Category: Specific Substances - Tobacco Location: London - United Kingdom

	Passive smoking for just 30 minutes can damage the heart, according to a study which immediately prompted new calls for ...

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1 conjoined twin talking after separation surgery (AP)
AP - A Bangladeshi toddler separated this week from her conjoined twin sister was talking and behaving normally after being woken Thursday from a medically induced coma, the head of the surgery team said.

Heart Failure Drug May Help More in Higher Doses (HealthDay)
HealthDay - TUESDAY, Nov. 17 (HealthDay News) -- For people with heart failure, high doses of the drug losartan, an angiotensin-receptor blocker (ARB), reduce the risk for hospital admission and death, a new study shows.

Health Tip: Thinking About Organ Donation? (HealthDay)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Being an organ donor means you agree to allow your healthy organs and tissues to be donated upon your death to others who need transplants.

Health Tip: Help Prevent Bunions (HealthDay)
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- A bunion is a painful protrusion at the base of the big toe that can make even walking a chore. A severe bunion can affect the alignment of several toes, causing some to overlap.

Niacin Adds No Benefit for Statin Patients: Study (HealthDay)
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Taking the B vitamin niacin offers no additional benefit to seniors with coronary artery disease who are already prescribed cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, U.S. researchers say.

Mammography: What to Do Now? (HealthDay)
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 18 (HealthDay News) -- When a U.S. government task force recommended that women wait until they're 50 to get their first mammogram to check for breast cancer, reaction was swift.

Pregnancy Complication May Be Linked to Thyroid Problems (HealthDay)
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 18 (HealthDay News) -- New research offers bad news for women who develop a condition known as preeclampsia during pregnancy: They're at higher risk of reduced thyroid function and may be more likely to have thyroid problems in later life.

New Heart Attack Treatment Guidelines Stress Coordination (HealthDay)
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 18 (HealthDay News) -- There's a message for doctors, hospitals and communities in new guidelines for treatment of coronary disease and heart attacks: Get organized.

Clinical Trials Update: Nov. 18, 2009 (HealthDay)
HealthDay - (HealthDayNews) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:

Health Highlights: Nov. 18, 2009 (HealthDay)
HealthDay - Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:

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