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Children of Smokers Are Less Healthy Than They Seem Stories

Children of Smokers Are Less Healthy Than They Seem

Children with smoking parents may not be as healthy as they appear.

A study presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference shows that although children of smokers may not exhibit respiratory problems, they may still be suffering from damage to their airways. Some researchers claim that children of smokers are more likely to have respiratory problems such as puffing, wheezing, and cases of pneumonia. However it is unclear if there is impairment in children who have no respiratory complaints or diagnosed problems. (Read more about Children of Smokers Are Less Healthy Than They Seem)

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ANTIBIOTICS AND LOWER RESPIRATORY ILLNESS Stories

ANTIBIOTICS AND LOWER RESPIRATORY ILLNESS

Today is the first official day of summer, and so talking about bronchitis might not seem to go with the seasons. But there’s new important research out that looks at the treatment of the typically-winter illness, and whether certain medicines can cut short what is often a long, drawn out and annoying illness. (Read more about ANTIBIOTICS AND LOWER RESPIRATORY ILLNESS)

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PNEUMONIA TREATMENT Stories

PNEUMONIA TREATMENT

If you are a healthy individual and you get pneumonia, should you be admitted to the hospital for safety’s sake? Or is it ok to be sent home with antibiotics?
4 million Americans get a routine pneumonia each year, so it’s a pertinent question.
“I couldn’t go outside a lot, and I couldn’t breathe in cold air.” He’s just in the seventh grade, but Ian Halusuczak developed pneumonia, an infection of the lung. When it is a bacterial pneumonia, as is often the case, the disease is treated with antibiotics. “I couldn’t go to school, so I had to stay at home for 2 weeks,” recalls Ian. (Read more about PNEUMONIA TREATMENT)

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Pneumonia Stories

Pneumonia

Pneumonia today is still the sixth largest killer
in the United States. Pneumonia is the general inflammation of the lungs. This results in mucus and liquids blocking the air passages within the lungs. (Read more about Pneumonia)

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Why The Body Ages Stories

Why The Body Ages

How the body Ages.
The nucleus of every cell has 23 pairs of chromosomes. And they contain DNA or the genetic material of the cell. A prime cause of ageing is every cell’s chromosomes are capped with a protein button called a telomere. (Read more about Why The Body Ages)

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SMOKING AND COLON CANCER RISK Stories

SMOKING AND COLON CANCER RISK

You probably know that smoking and lung cancer are very closely related, with heavy smokers being the most prone to suffer from lung cancer. Smoking also raises one’s risk of heart disease.
Now, smokers can add pre-cancerous growths in the colon to the host of increased health risks they face. (Read more about SMOKING AND COLON CANCER RISK)

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YOUNG SMOKERS Stories

YOUNG SMOKERS

Most people would npt consider a 35 year old a likely candidate for serious heart trouble, even if she is a young smoker. But new research shows that young smokers between 35 and 39 are at a significantly higher risk of heart attacks than their non-smoking peers. (Read more about YOUNG SMOKERS)

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ASTHMA AND ACETAMINOPHEN Stories

ASTHMA AND ACETAMINOPHEN

Mindy Harzula loves the fact it’s spring, but knows her allergies are about to kick in and so might some of her asthma symptoms. “When I sleep I’m up all night long. I mean, I take my inhaler which opens up my airways,” Mindy says. Fortunately, Mindy’s asthma is mostly under control. But, for many of the estimated twenty million Americans, asthma can be a debilitating condition, even, a killer. (Read more about ASTHMA AND ACETAMINOPHEN)

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