October 28, 2015 Women may require more oxygen uptake than men for same fitness task If you set a healthy man and a healthy woman in a room, put them on stationary bikes with an identical amount of resistance, and ask them to exercise for the same amount of time, the woman’s respiratory muscles will demand more oxygen to complete the task.
October 27, 2015 When it comes to e-cigs, Big Tobacco concerned for public health, report says The health warning on a MarkTen electronic cigarette package is 116 words long.
October 27, 2015 US cancer survival rates improving, study finds The proportion of people surviving years after a cancer diagnosis is improving, according to a new analysis.
October 27, 2015 Smokers may tap into multiple sources for nicotine, study says The first peek at a major study of how Americans smoke suggests many use combinations of products, and often e-cigarettes are part of the mix.
October 27, 2015 Worse survival after lung cancer surgery for residents of poor neighborhoods Residents of low-income neighborhoods with few high school graduates may be more likely to die after lung cancer surgery than more affluent patients, a U.S. study finds.
October 27, 2015 GSK hopes big clinical trial can breathe new life into lung drug GlaxoSmithKline is banking on a major clinical trial to revive its flagging respiratory medicine business, with billions of dollars of sales riding on a positive result.
October 27, 2015 Newly approved drug restores lung function in woman with life-threatening disease A young woman diagnosed with a hard-to-treat, rare lung disease has found an unexpected solution in the form of a drug originally designed to prevent organ rejection in kidney transplant patients.
October 27, 2015 Vulnerable populations often miss cancer warning signs Some of society’s most vulnerable citizens are also most likely to overlook cancer warning signs, a new U.K. study suggests.
October 27, 2015 50 years of tobacco control extended lives of 8 million Americans, study claims A new study has concluded that the surgeon general’s report, along with various other tobacco control efforts, have significantly extended the lives of 8 million Americans – adding nearly 20 years to their life expectancy.
October 27, 2015 Lung cancer now top cancer killer for women in rich nations For the first time, lung cancer has passed breast cancer as the leading cause of cancer deaths for women in rich countries.
