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Seeking A Quiet Place In A Nation Of Noise
By
Stateline
, Editorial Partner
Noise is “the new secondhand smoke” — both annoying and harmful to your health. As Europe quiets down, U.S. cities and states
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BUSINESS
Philip Morris Says It's 'Trying To Give Up Cigarettes' In 2018
By
Rebecca Shapiro
The tobacco company is pushing e-cigarettes instead, in what anti-smoking advocates are calling a "P.R. stunt."
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CRIME
Alleged Airplane Smoker Threatens To 'Kill Everybody On This F**king Plane'
By
Ed Mazza
The passenger claimed she needed to smoke for "the anxiety."
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HEALTHY LIVING
How Do We Explain Unexplained Infertility?
By
Janet Choi, MD
, Contributor
Janet M. Choi, M.D., is a board-certified reproductive endocri...
“Unexplained infertility.” It’s a maddening diagnosis. Infertility is defined as 12 months or more of natural conception
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HEALTHY LIVING
Big Tobacco Is Still In The Business Of Deceiving Americans
By
Sen. Richard Blumenthal
, Contributor
U.S. Senator from Connecticut
A new anti-smoking campaign is the result of a major lawsuit win, but it also shows how much power the tobacco companies still have.
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BLACK VOICES
African-Americans Can Smoke Out Lung Cancer
By
Cecelia Brewington, MD
, Contributor
Radiologist, Radiology Administrator and Professor of Radiology
Don’t Die From Lung Cancer. Get Screened And Stop Smoking. Lung cancer is the No. 1 cancer killer in African-Americans. Blacks
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WORLD NEWS
Company Gives Nonsmokers 6 Days Off For Forgoing Smoking Breaks
By
Nina Golgowski
The new perk is meant to compensate nonsmokers at the Japanese company for the time others spend taking the breaks.
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HEALTHY LIVING
We All Have To Die Of Something, So Why Bother Being Healthy?
By
Alessandro Demaio
, Contributor
Medical Doctor in Global Health, Harvard Fellow 2013-2015, Soc...
It’s 6:45 on a cold and rainy Tuesday morning. The alarm blares. As you begin to wake and wonder how it could possibly be
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HEALTHY LIVING
U.S. Hits Record High Obesity Rates
By
Susan Blumenthal, M.D.
, Contributor
Former U.S. Assistant Surgeon General
By Susan Blumenthal, M.D. and Rachel Gardner, B.A. Obesity rates in the United States are at an all-time high. In 2015-2016
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HEALTHY LIVING
Vaping Instead Of Smoking Could Prevent Millions Of Premature Deaths
By Dan Robitzski, LiveScience
E-cigarettes are still addictive, but they're not as harmful as tobacco cigarettes.
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HEALTHY LIVING
Taking Steps To Avoid Heart Attacks May Protect You From Dementia, Too
By
Mount Sinai Health System
, Contributor
Mount Sinai Health System
Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD Physician-in-Chief, The Mount Sinai Hospital Director of Mount Sinai Heart We all know someone—a
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HEALTHY LIVING
Why Are We Questioning Opiate Replacement Medications And Naltrexone For Opioid Dependence?
By
Jeffrey Foote
and
Carrie Wilkens
, Contributors
You wouldn't question someone using Nicorette to quit smoking.
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HEALTHY LIVING
Cigarettes Could Become Less Addictive Thanks To The FDA
By
Erin Schumaker
Reducing nicotine in cigarettes could be a public health win -- depending on how the reduction is implemented.
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POLITICS
Maine Gov. Paul LePage Threatens To Raise State Voting Age To 21
By
Sam Levine
"If 18-year-olds are too young and can’t make the right decision to buy cigarettes, then I don’t think they should be able to vote."
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HEALTHY LIVING
Heart Disease Risk In Middle Age Tied To Dementia Later
By Lisa Rapaport, Reuters
Healthy blood vessels in middle age may help protect against cognitive decline.
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HEALTHY LIVING
Lung Cancer: Saved By The Scan
By
Harold Wimmer
, Contributor
National President and CEO, American Lung Association
Fifteen years ago, the trajectory of lung cancer—the No. 1 cancer killer of both women and men—changed forever. The year
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