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New rules coming on coal dust exposure
Louisville :: KY :: USA | 1 day ago
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New regulations to reduce miners� exposure to coal dust will be proposed within a couple of weeks, according to the nation�s top mine regulator. Joseph Main, the new head of the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration, said he has long believed...
Tags: coal dust, Louisville, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Safety engineering, Dust, Mining, Lung cancer, Occupational safety and health, Pulmonology, Industrial hygiene, Disaster Accident, Environment, Coalworker's pneumoconiosis, Coal mining, Occupational diseases, Coal
Catoctin's miracle man
Frederick :: MD :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility In many ways, it's a miracle Nesbitt is even alive, let alone playing football as a starting defensive back for the unbeaten Cougars. Nesbitt, an optimistic 18-year old with a easy smile, leads a normal, active lifestyle with only one lung. He was born...
Tags: Matthew Nesbitt, Guy Nesbitt, Catoctin, Doug Williams, Frederick, Lung cancer, Pulmonology, allnews
Particles from car brakes can harm your lungs
Bern :: Switzerland | 1 day ago
Credibility Mechanics Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser and Peter Gehr from the University of Bern and Michael Riediker from the Institute for Work and Health, Lausanne, worked with a team of researchers to study such effects. "Brake wear contributes up to 20 percent of...
Tags: Switzerland, Bern, Railway brake, Reactive oxygen species, Oxidative stress, Brakes, Brake pad, Brake, Environment, Health Medical Pharma, Lung cancer
Restaurants, bars skeptical about going smoke-free
Beirut :: Lebanon | 1 day ago
Credibility Partial smoking bans in Lebanon have had some success but are undermined by lack of enforcement and wide acceptance of public smoking, a study by the American University of Beirut (AUB) has found. Researchers at the university’s Department of Health Behavior...
Tags: Lebanon, smoke ban, AUB, Health Ministry, free policy, tobacco control, Beirut, Habits, Smoking ban, Passive smoking, Lung cancer, Tobacco smoking, Tobacco, Smoking, Public health, Health Medical Pharma
Smoking rates in isles decrease significantly
Honolulu :: HI :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility Hawaii's smoking rate has declined dramatically since 2000 and the American Cancer Society hopes to continue that trend as the 34th Great American Smokeout is observed today. The state's smoking rate of 15.4 percent of adults is the fifth lowest in the...
Tags: Hawaii Tobacco Quitline, American Cancer Society Research, smoke rate, Milton Hirata, quitting smoke, schools students, life expectancy, lung cancer, cancer deaths, Maui Tobacco-Free Partnership, Honolulu, Great American Smokeout, Passive smoking, Cigarette, Prevalence of tobacco consumption, Tobacco, Smoking, Smoking cessation, Health Medical Pharma
Instant Editorial: It's never too late to quit smoking
Fort Myers :: FL :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking Act of 2009,� to fight tobacco smuggling and ensure cig taxes are collected. However, the U.S. adult smoking rate has risen for the first time in 15 years, according to the Centers for Disease Control. It�s likely due...
Tags: Fort Myers, Great American Smokeout, Lung cancer, Passive smoking, Tobacco, Smoking, Cigarette, Health Medical Pharma
Students urged to live tobacco free
Ashland :: KY :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility When four classes of fourth- and sixth-graders at Charles Russell Elementary School taking part in the Tobacco Free Academy were asked how many live in a home where someone smokes or uses tobaccom only about 50 percent of hands went up. Organizers gasped....
Tags: Tobacco Free Academy, Todd Kranpitz, Jonathan Litteral, Ashland, Lung cancer, Smoke, Cigar, Tobacco, Smoking, Cigarette
Two different life stories, one common disease
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility On a recent morning, Randy Zisook ingested a barrage of pain and anti-nausea medicines, steroids and chemotherapy pills, choked down some rank iodine and drove to the hospital for CT scans checking the progression of his terminal lung cancer . It's been...
Tags: lung cancers, Jessica Neal, Randy Zisook, American Lung Association, Chicago, Pulmonology, Health effects of tobacco, Cancer, Breast cancer, Lung cancer screening, Tobacco, Oncology, Lung cancer, Health Medical Pharma
Being a quitter: Its easier said than done
Aurora :: CO :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility Today, thousands of people will put down cigarettes and pick up patches in an effort to quit smoking during the American Cancer Society's 34th Great American Smokeout...Cigarette smoking accounts for about 443,000 premature deaths � including 49,400 in...
Tags: smoking, smoke, health, cigarettes, free, tobacco, Aurora, Smoking cessation, Great American Smokeout, Lung cancer, Quitline, Health effects of tobacco, Habits, Health Medical Pharma, Tobacco smoking, Cigarette, Nicotine
Errors with X-rays led to delays in lung cancer diagnosis
Dublin :: Ireland | 2 days ago
Credibility Errors with X-rays led to delays in lung cancer diagnosis Published Date: 19 November 2009 THE diagnosis of two patients with lung cancer was delayed after mistakes in checking X-rays, a report found yesterday. Overall, a "critical incident review"...
Tags: lung cancer, Ireland, Dublin
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