In a study of women who received the “birth control shot” — also known as depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (Depo-Provera), nearly half lost at least 5 percent of their bone mineral density in the hip and lower spine within two years. Women who were smokers, who had never given birth and who didn’t consume much calcium were at highest risk, and they continued to experience significant losses in the third year of use, according to the report published in the January issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology. ... read more >>
Contraceptive Depo-Provera May Weaken Bones
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February 8th, 2010
‘Robin Hood’ and ‘Back-Up Plan’ Show New Scenes in Super Bowl Spots
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February 8th, 2010
Another snippet for “Robin Hood” has been aired during Super Bowl XLIV. After the first ad for the film was unveiled by Yahoo! Movies on Thursday, February 4, the second TV spot for the film has come out with new footage which exposes the battle that is faced by the lead actor. ... read more >>
Power of the cinema is leading young people to smoke
It’s easy to make fun of people who blame Hollywood for everything. After all, movies are merely entertainment. Movie studios are neither missionary chapels nor outposts of political correctness. They’re businesses. As a producer once remarked, “We don’t make movies. We make money.” ... read more >>
Great American Smokeout ‘09: Time to Quit
The less you smoke, the more birthdays you’ll have, says the American Cancer Society as it encourages smokers to quit on Thursday, the day of the 34th Great American Smokeout. Research shows that smokers who quit at age 35 gain an average of eight years of life expectancy, and those who quit at 55 gain about five years. Even long-time smokers who quit at age 65 gain three years. ... read more >>
Glazer: Cost of smoking goes beyond the price of a pack
I grew up among smokers. Both grandfathers were Prince Albert men, rolling their own cigarettes in tissue-thin paper filled with shreds of tobacco. I kept my preschool treasures in one of the empty red tins with its hinged lid and drawing of the portly prince on the front. My father was a Winston smoker. Almost every dad I knew smoked. Most of the moms did, too. ... read more >>
Smoking ban a gutter ball for bowling alleys?
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February 5th, 2010
Some confusion surrounds Michigan’s new smoke-free law that goes into effect May 1 — especially among bar and restaurant owners.
“The state has stepped in and said, ‘We know more about the hospitality business than you do.’ Many of them are very upset,” said Andy Deloney, the Michigan Restaurant Association public affairs director. ... read more >>
FDA concerned dissolvable tobacco appeals to kids
The Food and Drug Administration is saying in letters to two tobacco companies that flavored, dissolvable tobacco products – that the agency compares with candy and says contain a lot of nicotine – could be particularly appealing to kids and young adults. The FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products wrote to R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., maker of Camel cigarettes, and the smaller Star Scientific Inc. on Monday voicing concern over smokeless products that are consumed like breath mints but made from finely milled tobacco. ... read more >>
Dancing Queen Kirsten Dunst whoops it up Las Vegas after being dropped from Spider-Man
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February 5th, 2010
Having been dropped from the Spider-Man franchise, Kirsten Dunst appears to have a little more time on her hands. So with no filming to do on the fourth movie, the actress decided to make the most of her unexpected break by living it up in Las Vegas. The 27-year-old Hollywood beauty took to the stage with a friend inside a club and delighted party-goers with a little dance. ... read more >>
Smoking Exposure Now Linked to Colon, Breast Cancers
Add colorectal cancer to the list of malignancies caused by smoking, with a new study strengthening the link between the two. And other studies are providing more bad news for people who haven’t managed to quit: Two papers published in the December issue of Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a themed issue on tobacco, strengthen the case for the dangers of secondhand smoke for people exposed to fumes as children and as adults. ... read more >>
Look away now! Uma Thurman sports a head of snakes as she plays Medusa for her latest role
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February 5th, 2010
She’s played a lone killer seeking revenge, the wife of a feared gangster and Batman’s adversary Poison Ivy, but Uma Thurman’s latest role must have pushed her to the limits of her acting abilities. The actress literally loses her head in forthcoming movie Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, as she plays mythological Greek monster Medusa. ... read more >>
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