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Smoking not only causes cancer. It can damage nearly every organ in the body. Learn more about the health effects of smoking tobacco here.
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About 2 out of 3 people with carcinoid tumors will have signs or symptoms that will lead to the diagnosis of the disease.
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May 31 is World No Tobacco Day, an annual awareness day sponsored by the World Health Organization (WHO) since 1987 to highlight the health risks associated with tobacco use and encourage governments to adopt effective policies to reduce smoking and other tobacco use.
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The day he had his heart attack was the last time Arthur Davis smoked a cigarette. He’d tried to quit several times before, but the heart attack was a wake-up call that Davis couldn’t ignore. He knew if he wanted to recover and stay healthy, he’d have to stop smoking.
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Exposure to diesel exhaust is widespread in the modern world. Exhaust from diesel engines brings a complex mixture of soot and gases to roadways, cities, farms, and other places.
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pancreatic cancer may cause certain signs and symptoms. Learn what to watch for here.
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Castleman disease may cause certain signs and symptoms. Learn what to watch for here.
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Centre for Tobacco Control in Africa (CTCA) Library Cataloguing-in Publication Data
Supporting African governments to build and sustain capacity for tobacco control
through technical, institutional and cross sector support.
Health Cost of Tobacco Use ...
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This third chapter in the American Cancer Society Cancer Control Blueprint describes what we know about risk factors for cancer. It provides strategies people can use to help avoid those risk factors. It also offers strategies that cities, states, and communities can use to help people avoid them. It's co-authored by staff researcher Susan Gapstur, PhD, MPH, senior vice president of Behavioral and Epidemiology Research.
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Paneeth Iyengar, MD, PhD, a radiation oncologist and researcher at UT Southwestern in Dallas explains cachexia, also known as wasting syndrome, and the research he's doing to help lung cancer patients with this serious problem.