Fwd: Daily News - 11 December 2002

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> Daily News from Healthypages

> 11 December 2002

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> Most common female lung cancer caused by smoking

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> Smoking is behind more incidences of lung cancer in women than previously

> thought, a major US study has found.

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> Researchers from the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota looked at the histories of

> more than 41,000 postmenopausal women – both smokers and non-smokers –

> over 11 years.

>

> They discovered that adenocarcinoma, the most common form of lung cancer in

> women, was more closely associated with smoking than previously recognised.

> Researchers had suspected that adenocarcinoma was linked to other, unknown

> factors, because of its high prevalence among non-smokers as well as

> smokers.

>

> Using statistical modelling, the study found that for every 10,000 women

> who do not smoke, three are likely to develop lung cancer each year, of

> which two will get adenocarcinoma. In smokers, that rate increases to 30

> each year, with 14 of them developing adenocarcinoma.

>

> “Knowing the very strong association between smoking and adenocarcinoma is

> important because researchers were beginning to look for other causes and

> ways to prevent it,†explained lead researcher Dr Ping Yang, who added that

> passive smoking was “very likely†to be behind adenocarcinoma in

> non-smokers, but more studies would be needed.

>

> “The best advice remains: don’t smoke cigarettes,†Dr Yang said.

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> Lung cancer is the main cause of cancer death in US women, killing 68,000

> in 2000, compared with 40,000 who died from breast cancer. Adenocarcinoma

> accounts for 40 per cent of these lung cancers. The other two types are

> squamous cell carcinoma and small cell carcinoma.

>

> The study’s findings are published in the December 15 issue of the American

> Journal of Epidemiology.

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> Other stories

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> New findings on reasons for HRT use

> The reasons that women take hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are

> influenced more by medical history than any other factor, according to a UK

> study.

> Full story: http://www.healthypages.net/elist/redirect.asp?i=18520 & l=5405

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> Antidepressant use and pregnancy risks

> Women who use antidepressant drugs during pregnancy are not putting their

> baby at increased risk of congenital defects or developmental delays,

> according to US scientists.

> Full story: http://www.healthypages.net/elist/redirect.asp?i=18520 & l=5406

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> UK’s first genetic disorders website launched

> The UK’s first website covering genetic disorders has been launched with

> the aim of increasing awareness and providing comprehensive information on

> such conditions.

> Full story: http://www.healthypages.net/elist/redirect.asp?i=18520 & l=5407

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> New law on tobacco warnings upheld

> Tobacco companies have lost their fight against the introduction of new,

> starker cigarette health warnings on packets, after the European Court of

> Justice upheld a European Union (EU) directive on the issue.

> Full story: http://www.healthypages.net/elist/redirect.asp?i=18520 & l=5408

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> Vitamin B3 may protect against Alzheimer’s disease

> High dietary intake of vitamin B3 in old age may be reduce the risk of

> Alzheimer’s disease, according to US scientists.

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> Calls for elderly patient awareness of pneumonia

> Doctors and Help the Aged, a major charity working with the elderly, have

> warned that Christmas and New Year can be a deadly time for the elderly as

> the death rate for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) peaks during the

> holiday period.

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