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50% of Australians do not brush teeth twice a day

Brushing twice a day for at least two minutes is a basic hygiene rule. According to a new survey from the Australia’s Oral Health Tracker, only half of the Australian adults brush twice a day regularly. Australia’s Oral Health Tracker includes experts such as dental researchers, clinicians as well as policy and public health experts. This report comes on World Oral Health Day and is released by the ADA

19 Mar 2018

Second hand marijuana smoke can cause serious damage

Researchers have shown that even a minute dos second hand marijuana smoke exposure can be dangerous for the blood vessels and raise the risk of several diseases. The study titled “One Minute of Marijuana Secondhand Smoke Exposure Substantially Impairs Vascular Endothelial Function,” was published recently in the Journal of American Heart Association.

19 Mar 2018

Mediterranean diet appears to be good for postmenopausal women's bones and muscles

The heart-healthy Mediterranean diet also appears to be good for an older woman's bones and muscles, a new study of postmenopausal women in Brazil finds.

19 Mar 2018

Heart rate increases with higher alcohol consumption

The more alcohol you drink, the higher your heart rate gets, according to research presented today at EHRA 2018 Congress, organized by the European Society of Cardiology.

19 Mar 2018

Atrial fibrillation patients could reduce risk of dementia by taking stroke prevention drugs

Patients with atrial fibrillation could reduce the risk of dementia by taking stroke prevention medications, according to recommendations published online today in EP Europace, a European Society of Cardiology journal, and presented at EHRA 2018.

19 Mar 2018

Mice study shows how BPA exposure during pregnancy can lead to altered brain development

New research in mice provides an explanation for how exposure to the widely used chemical bisphenol A during pregnancy, even at levels lower than the regulated "safe" human exposure level, can lead to altered brain development and behavior later in life.

19 Mar 2018

FDA looks to remove nicotine from cigarettes

Smoking kills thousands each year and in a bid to reduce the impact of smoking the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a tobacco regulation plan. This new plan is essentially simple – it aims to reduce the nicotine content of the cigarettes to such a level that they cease to be addictive any more.

18 Mar 2018

Study finds first evidence of delayed aging among Americans

Americans may be aging more slowly than they were two decades ago. A new study by University of Southern California and Yale University researchers suggests that at least part of the gains in life expectancy over recent decades may be due to a change in the rate of biological aging, rather than simply keeping ailing people alive.

16 Mar 2018

FDA moves to cut nicotine in cigarettes, helping smokers kick habit

Cigarettes would contain less addictive nicotine — making them less attractive to smokers — under an "unprecedented" plan the Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday.

15 Mar 2018

E-cigarette use exposes adolescents to potentially cancer-causing chemicals

Adolescents who smoke e-cigarettes are exposed to significant levels of potentially cancer-causing chemicals also found in tobacco cigarettes, even when the e-cigarettes do not contain nicotine, according to a study by UC San Francisco researchers.

14 Mar 2018

Switching to glo vapor reverses biological effects caused by smoke exposure

A new lab-based study has shown that when airway cells damaged by cigarette smoke are exposed instead to glo vapor, the biological effects caused by smoke exposure are reversed.

14 Mar 2018

Smoking linked to increased risk of hearing loss

Smoking is associated with increased risk of hearing loss, according to a study of over 50,000 participants over 8 years in Nicotine & Tobacco Research, published by Oxford University Press.

14 Mar 2018

Socioeconomic inequalities may affect outcomes for patients with anal cancer

In a study of patients with anal cancer, living in low median household income areas was linked with an increased risk of early death. Published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the findings suggest that socioeconomic inequalities may affect cancer outcomes, especially for highly treatable and curable tumors such as anal cancer.

12 Mar 2018

Heavy smoking linked to higher risk of psychoses

Smoking at least ten cigarettes a day is linked to a higher risk of psychoses compared to non-smoking young people. The risk is also raised if the smoking starts before the age of 13. This has been shown in a study led by Academy Research Fellow, Professor Jouko Miettunen. The results were recently published in the journal Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica.

12 Mar 2018

Medicaid is rural America’s financial midwife

Brianna Foster, 23, lives minutes away from Genesis Hospital, the main source of health care and the only hospital with maternity services in southeastern Ohio's rural Muskingum County.

12 Mar 2018

Poorer socioeconomic status linked to lower survival from anal cancer

If you are from a lower income area, your chances of surviving anal cancer are significantly reduced, according to a new study led by investigators at NYU Langone Health's Perlmutter Cancer Center, and publishing online March 12, 2018 in Cancer.

12 Mar 2018

Study finds link between women having children and shorter telomeres

A recent study by George Mason University researchers in the Department of Global and Community Health found that women who have given birth have shorter telomeres compared to women who have not given birth.

9 Mar 2018

Air pollution exposure during fetal life related to brain abnormalities, cognitive impairment in children

A new study performed in the Netherlands has linked exposure to residential air pollution during fetal life with brain abnormalities that may contribute to impaired cognitive function in school-age children. The study, published in Biological Psychiatry, reports that the air pollution levels related to brain alterations were below those considered to be safe.

8 Mar 2018