From the “As if you needed another reason to quit smoking” (or never start) department: a report in Reuters Health this morning highlights a new study showing that menthol cigarette smokers have more strokes than those who smoke non-menthol brands — especially women and those who identified as non-African-American. Investigators looked at eight years of…
Tag: cancer
New Study Adds to Screening Mammography Controversy
This post is based on my recent news report in Digital Journal Results of a new study from Norway show that 15 to 25 percent – or about one in four – cases of breast cancer found through routine screening mammography is over diagnosed and would never have posed a health risk for the women had…
Cancer and 9/11 Workers – Common sense should prevail
The 9/11 responders that have since developed rare and untimely cancers still can’t get the help they need.
Top Health Stories of 2010
these 10 health stories really got my attention in 2010
Nothing Safe About Tobacco Smoke
There’s nothing safe about second hand smoke: Surgeon Gen’l report