Cigarette Smoking Linked to Worse Outcomes in Bladder Cancer Patients

Posted in Others Support group on Tue, 05 Feb 2019

In patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer, smoking cigarettes was associated with poor response to cisplatin-based chemotherapy, found new study published in BJU International. ...Read More

More People in Recovery of Substance Use Disorders Are Quitting Smoking Sooner

Posted in Others Support group on Tue, 05 Feb 2019

The rate of smoking among people recovering from alcohol or any drug disorder is more than double to that of the general population. But later it was found that those entering recovery in the past 10 ...

Smoking Could Put African-Americans At Higher Risk Of Peripheral Artery Disease

Posted in General Support group on Tue, 05 Feb 2019

African- Americans could be at an increased risk of Peripheral artery disease because of smoking, finds a new study. The results of this study are published in the JAHA: Journal of the American Heart ...

Targeting Stress Reduction in Smoking Cessation Strategies may be More Successful in Women

Posted in Smoking And Tobacco Support group on Tue, 05 Feb 2019

Gender matters when it comes to smoking cessation. A new study finds that women smoke more in response to stress and environmental triggers as their smoking patterns could be expected to differ more t...

Lengthening Duration of Intervention Helps Cancer Patients Quit Smoking

Posted in Smoking And Cancer Support group on Tue, 05 Feb 2019

Counseling sessions and smoking cessation medication varenicline (e.g., Chantix) for 24 weeks rather than routine 12 weeks helped cancer patients kick off the habit of smoking. They have better succes...

Smoking E-Cigarettes Could Damage The First Line Of Defense Of Lungs

Posted in General Support group on Tue, 05 Feb 2019

Chemical flavorings agents used in e-cigarettes could damage cilia, the lining of the lung helpful in keeping the airway clean. The results of this study are published in the...Read More

New Tool Identifies Patients with COPD who are at High Risk of Death, Serious Complications

Posted in Respiratory Diseases Support group on Thu, 31 Jan 2019

New tool can now help identify patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who are at high risk of serious complications and even death, reveals a new study. The findings of the study a...

Pulmonary Rehabilitation: COPD Patients Don’t Visit Them Even If the Cost is Covered

Posted in General Support group on Thu, 31 Jan 2019

Only 1.9 percent of patients suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or COPDWere found to visit pulmonary rehabilitation centers after hospitalization and that too within six months, find...

Never Smoking Obese Older Women More Likely to Develop COPD

Posted in Obesity Support group on Thu, 31 Jan 2019

Obesity is strongly linked to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in never-smokers, reports a new study. The findings of the study are published in the Journal of ObesityRead More

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Beneficial for COPD Patients with Anxiety

Posted in Respiratory Diseases Support group on Thu, 31 Jan 2019

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) given by nurses in the respiratory unit is cost-effective and decreases the symptoms of anxiety in patients suffering from a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (C...