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 >>
Posts Tagged ‘smokers’
Contraceptive Depo-Provera May Weaken Bones
Monday, February 8th, 2010
Smokers to face doorway ban in new public health policy
Monday, February 1st, 2010
Smokers could be forced to light up away from the entrances to public buildings under government moves aimed at ensuring that no more than one in 10 Britons smoke cigarettes. The health secretary, Andy Burnham, now favours extending the 2007 landmark law which banned smoking in pubs, workplaces and other enclosed places, to prevent non-smokers having to walk through clouds of secondhand smoke. ... read more >>
Smokers could be forced to light up away from the entrances to public buildings under government moves aimed at ensuring that no more than one in 10 Britons smoke cigarettes. The health secretary, Andy Burnham, now favours extending the 2007 landmark law which banned smoking in pubs, workplaces and other enclosed places, to prevent non-smokers having to walk through clouds of secondhand smoke. ... read more >>
When Smokers Call Quit Lines, Positive Approach May Be Best
Friday, January 29th, 2010
Stressing the benefits of not smoking may work better than emphasizing the negative effects of cigarettes in persuading smokers to kick the habit, a new study has found. Researchers divided 28 specialists working at the New York State Smokers’ Quitline into two groups. One group was trained to emphasize the benefits of quitting (gain-framed messages) to smokers, while the other group gave standard-care messaging that focused on the potential losses from smoking and the benefits of quitting. ... read more >>
Stressing the benefits of not smoking may work better than emphasizing the negative effects of cigarettes in persuading smokers to kick the habit, a new study has found. Researchers divided 28 specialists working at the New York State Smokers’ Quitline into two groups. One group was trained to emphasize the benefits of quitting (gain-framed messages) to smokers, while the other group gave standard-care messaging that focused on the potential losses from smoking and the benefits of quitting. ... read more >>
6 Common Smoking Triggers—and How to Fight Them
Monday, January 25th, 2010
Conquer your cravings ... read more >>
Conquer your cravings ... read more >>
10 Crazy Ways Smokers Finally Kicked the Habit
Thursday, January 14th, 2010
Quitting smoking is hard—just ask John Mellencamp. The 58-year-old rocker had a heart attack in 1994, but he still smokes. Mellencamp’s 14-year-old son Speck created a Facebook group—1,000,000 to Join, My Dad John Mellencamp Will Quit Smoking. If it attracts 1 million people, Mellencamp swears he’ll kick the habit once and for all. ... read more >>
Quitting smoking is hard—just ask John Mellencamp. The 58-year-old rocker had a heart attack in 1994, but he still smokes. Mellencamp’s 14-year-old son Speck created a Facebook group—1,000,000 to Join, My Dad John Mellencamp Will Quit Smoking. If it attracts 1 million people, Mellencamp swears he’ll kick the habit once and for all. ... read more >>
Calcium, not smoking may limit birth-control bone loss
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
The findings, say researchers, show that not all women are at equal risk of bone loss from using depot medroxyprogesterone (DMPA) — better known by the brand-name Depo Provera. DMPA is given by injection about once every three months, and is generally considered an effective, convenient and low-cost form of birth control. The contraceptive can, however, lead to significant bone loss. ... read more >>
The findings, say researchers, show that not all women are at equal risk of bone loss from using depot medroxyprogesterone (DMPA) — better known by the brand-name Depo Provera. DMPA is given by injection about once every three months, and is generally considered an effective, convenient and low-cost form of birth control. The contraceptive can, however, lead to significant bone loss. ... read more >>
North East smokers have best chance of quitting
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
THANKS to dedicated NHS staff, smokers in the North East have one of the best chances in the country of quitting in the new year. Martin Green reports. MORE people die early and suffer ill health as a result of smoking in the North East than almost anywhere else in the country. People who quit say they have more money, their skin improves, their teeth improve, they smell better, they breathe easier and their food tastes better. ... read more >>
THANKS to dedicated NHS staff, smokers in the North East have one of the best chances in the country of quitting in the new year. Martin Green reports. MORE people die early and suffer ill health as a result of smoking in the North East than almost anywhere else in the country. People who quit say they have more money, their skin improves, their teeth improve, they smell better, they breathe easier and their food tastes better. ... read more >>
‘Breast cancer risk rises’ for women living with smokers
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
Living with a smoker increases a woman’s chance of developing breast cancer, research suggests. A study found that regular exposure to second-hand smoke raised the chances of the disease by around a quarter. It revealed that women married to heavy smokers – or who spent a lifetime working in smoky offices and bars – are most at risk. ... read more >>
Living with a smoker increases a woman’s chance of developing breast cancer, research suggests. A study found that regular exposure to second-hand smoke raised the chances of the disease by around a quarter. It revealed that women married to heavy smokers – or who spent a lifetime working in smoky offices and bars – are most at risk. ... read more >>
Nabi to partner Glaxo to create Nicotine Vaccine
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009
It is not a big secret, that Big tobacco has been earning billions each year by keeping smokers loyal to their products, however smoking cessation products present a constantly growing threat for those profits.Therapies created by pharmaceutical giants to assist smokers in giving up have had a relative success, due to a number of restrictions, side effects and low efficiency. However, Pharma tycoons don’t give up, but on the contrary, have been trying hard to create a miraculous cure which will overcome the addiction. ... read more >>
It is not a big secret, that Big tobacco has been earning billions each year by keeping smokers loyal to their products, however smoking cessation products present a constantly growing threat for those profits.Therapies created by pharmaceutical giants to assist smokers in giving up have had a relative success, due to a number of restrictions, side effects and low efficiency. However, Pharma tycoons don’t give up, but on the contrary, have been trying hard to create a miraculous cure which will overcome the addiction. ... read more >>
Smoking
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
Most smokers know that tar, nicotine and the more than 100 other chemicals in cigarettes present a formidable threat to overall health, but scientists now believe that smoking may impair fertility by as much as 30%. Though some of the fertility-related effects of smoking are irreversible, the good news is that “kicking the habit” now can prevent further reproductive damage. ... read more >>
Most smokers know that tar, nicotine and the more than 100 other chemicals in cigarettes present a formidable threat to overall health, but scientists now believe that smoking may impair fertility by as much as 30%. Though some of the fertility-related effects of smoking are irreversible, the good news is that “kicking the habit” now can prevent further reproductive damage. ... read more >>
Fire-Safe Cigarettes – Poisoning Smokers to Save Them?
Friday, November 27th, 2009
“So you had to destroy the village in order to save it?” – Correspondent Peter Arnett I am an avid watcher of AMC’s Mad Men television show. In addition to being great drama, the show is an exercise in anthropology, as we get to view a bygone era where people threw their trash onto picnic grounds without concern for the environment, drink a few cocktails before hopping into their cars with their children unbuckled in the back, and commit all forms of sexual harrassment so that the show almost looks like a what-not-to-do video from a modern human resources department. However, the most obvious disconnect from today’s social norm is the constant smoking – when they get up, when they bottle feed their babies, in meetings, in movies, etc. ... read more >>
“So you had to destroy the village in order to save it?” – Correspondent Peter Arnett I am an avid watcher of AMC’s Mad Men television show. In addition to being great drama, the show is an exercise in anthropology, as we get to view a bygone era where people threw their trash onto picnic grounds without concern for the environment, drink a few cocktails before hopping into their cars with their children unbuckled in the back, and commit all forms of sexual harrassment so that the show almost looks like a what-not-to-do video from a modern human resources department. However, the most obvious disconnect from today’s social norm is the constant smoking – when they get up, when they bottle feed their babies, in meetings, in movies, etc. ... read more >>
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