By Kathleen Doheny
HealthDay Reporter
MONDAY, Feb. 13 (HealthDay News) — For older people with a certain type and stage of lung cancer, administering radiation treatment after surgery may not extend survival, according to a new study.
Radiation is not without risks, and the new study “questions the benefit of this treatment,” said study leader Dr. Juan Wisnivesky, an associate professor of medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City.
FRIDAY, Feb. 10 (HealthDay News) — People with the condition called Barrett’s esophagus who are smokers may have double the risk of developing esophageal cancer, a new study warns.
These people also have twice the risk of developing advanced precancerous cells, according to the study in the February issue of Gastroenterology.
FRIDAY, Feb. 10 (HealthDay News) — Young adults who quit smoking saw improvements in coughing and other respiratory symptoms within a few weeks, a new study indicates.
It included 327 college students aged 18 to 24 who took part in programs meant to motivate them to stop smoking. More than half the students smoked five to 10 cigarettes a day and had smoked for one to five years.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 8 (HealthDay News) — Middle-school kids who participate in lots of sports are less likely to start smoking than other kids, new research finds.
Yet, students with teammates who smoke are more likely to smoke, too. This apparent influence of peers is more pronounced among girls.
TUESDAY, Feb. 7 (HealthDay News) — Adult smokers are twice as likely to develop oral health problems as those who have kicked the habit, researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have found.
Compared to people who never smoked, current smokers are four times more likely to develop oral conditions, such as mouth cancers, gum disease and cavities.
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By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter
MONDAY, Feb. 6 (HealthDay News) — Although fewer kids are being exposed to smoking while riding in cars, more than 20 percent of nonsmoking teens still are, U.S. health officials report.
Secondhand smoke can be particularly intense in a closed space, such as inside a car, and poses a significant health risk, the researchers noted.
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MONDAY, Feb. 6 (HealthDay News) — Smoking appears to speed declines in memory, thinking, learning and processing information in men, but not in women, new research suggests.
One expert said the findings are just one more reason to quit the habit.
FRIDAY, Feb. 3 (HealthDay News) — People who consume a few alcoholic drinks a day and have a family history of colorectal cancer are at increased risk for developing colon cancer, new research suggests.
For the study, researchers in Boston examined data from more than 87,000 women in the Nurses’ Health Study and 47,000 men in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study, and found that 1,801 cases of colon cancer were diagnosed among the participants from 1980 onward.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 1 (HealthDay News) — Exercise can improve the health, energy and well-being of cancer patients after they’ve completed their main cancer treatment, a new review finds.
University of Hong Kong researchers analyzed the results of 34 clinical trials that examined the effects of physical activity among adult patients with breast, prostate, gynecologic, colorectal, gastric or lung cancer.
TUESDAY, Jan. 31 (HealthDay News) — Women who are both overweight and smoke during pregnancy could damage their baby’s developing heart, a new study warns.
Researchers in the Netherlands looked at nearly 800 fetuses and babies with congenital heart defects, but no other birth defects, between 1997 and 2008. Congenital means present at birth. This group was compared with more than 300 fetuses and babies born with chromosomal abnormalities, but without any heart defects.
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