News tagged with smoking physical

Link found between passive smoking and poorer mental health

Second hand smoke exposure is associated with psychological distress and risk of future psychiatric illness, according to new UCL research that suggests the harmful affects of passive smoking go beyond physical health.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jun 07, 2010 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (7) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Alcohol use and smoking are associated with headaches in high schoolers

A novel study by German researchers reported that alcohol consumption and cigarette smoking were associated with increased migraines and tension-type headaches (TTH) in high school students. Coffee drinking and physical inactivity ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 07, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

A doctor's referral for better fitness

People visit physicians to get or stay healthy, but should questions about physical activity be a part of these visits, too -- every time? The American College of Sports Medicine and its Exercise is Medicine program think ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 02, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Smoking cessation treatments work and are safe for people with severe mental illness

In a study published today in the journal Addiction, researchers have determined that treatment for smoking dependence is as effective among people with severe mental illnesses as it is for the general population. Impor ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 20, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cigarette smoking, fructose consumption exacerbates liver disease

Recent studies suggest that modifiable risk factors such as cigarette smoking and fructose consumption can worsen nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). With NAFLD, fat accumulates in the liver of overweight individuals ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Apr 27, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Four unhealthy behaviors combine to increase death risk

Four unhealthy behaviors -- smoking, lack of physical activity, poor diet and alcohol consumption -- appear to be associated with a substantially increased risk of death when combined, according to a report in the April 26 ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 26, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Breast cancer: Risk increases for smokers and overweight women

A recent study published in the Journal of Cancer Epidemiology has reinforced the correlation between being overweight, smoking and breast cancer. What makes this study unique is how test subjects were not diagnosed for BR ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Study: Personality traits associated with stress and worry can be hazardous to your health

(PhysOrg.com) -- Personality traits associated with chronic worrying can lead to earlier death, at least in part because these people are more likely to engage in unhealthy behaviors, such as smoking, according ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Hazardous conditions in the home health-care setting may put frail and elderly at risk

A large-scale study conducted at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health has identified the type and frequency of hazardous conditions found in the home healthcare (HHC) setting. An anonymous survey of over ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0