| Budesonide Sprays Can Be Regarded As Safe For Pregnancy |
| Women can usually keep using the same asthma drugs they were using before they got pregnant. Budesonide sprays are the best studied and can be regarded as safe. More trials of other essential medicines are necessary however. According to the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG), more data from trials could reassure women who worry about the safety of their drugs during pregnancy.
12/04/2008
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| First Global Protein Screen Of Fetal Cord Blood Identifies Biomarkers In Mothers Who Smoke; Establishes Model For Other Toxins |
| Despite the well-known dangers of first- and secondhand smoke, an estimated ten percent of pregnant women in the U.S. are smokers. Exposure of a developing baby to harmful cigarette byproducts from mothers who smoke affects an estimated 420,000 newborns each year and poses a significant health care burden.
12/04/2008
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| Queen's Speech Response: Clarity Still Needed On Legislative Measures To Protect Children From Tobacco, UK |
| Responding to the Queen's speech today, ASH welcomed the promise of legislation to improve public health but expressed disappointment that the detail of the measures to protect children by tackling smoking have not yet been made clear. Overall ASH is optimistic that measures to further curb tobacco marketing will be included in the new health bill and that the government will resist pressures from business to weaken or stop the implementation of these policies.
12/04/2008
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| Side Effects Warning About Varenicline (Champix) - National Prescribing Service Limited, Australia |
| The National Prescribing Service Limited (NPS) advises people taking the quit-smoking drug varenicline (marketed in Australia as Champix) to speak to their GP or pharmacist or contact Medicines Line if they are concerned about possible side effects.
12/04/2008
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| Surprising Results On Smoking Research Hispanic Versus White Female Smokers |
| The nation's first scientific study on the relationship between smoking and respiratory disease among Hispanic versus non-Hispanic white (NHW) women revealed that NHW women smokers were at greater risk of developing airflow obstruction and diminished lung function than Hispanic women who smoke - a surprising finding given that many diseases more adversely affect ethnic minorities. Smoking-related respiratory diseases are a major cause of death among all women.
12/04/2008
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| Some Progress But Government Has Missed Opportunities In Queen's Speech, British Medical Asociation |
| Measures to tackle smoking-related illness outlined in today's (Wednesday 3 December, 2008) Queen's Speech are positive but lack detail, the BMA says. It also expresses concerns that proposals for an NHS constitution, while welcome in principle, could be used to reinforce the increasing commercialisation of healthcare in England, and will not protect the NHS from being used as a political football.
12/03/2008
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| BERR Must Not Be Allowed To Derail Measures To Protect Children From Tobacco, UK |
| Following the Government's public consultation on the future of tobacco control which closed on 8 September, it was expected that a number of new measures to protect children from tobacco would be included in the Queen's speech on Wednesday, 3rd December.
12/02/2008
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| Exposure To Second-Hand Smoke Reduced, American Journal Of Preventive Medicine |
| As the connection between second-hand smoke and coronary heart disease (CHD) became clearer and legislation was passed to reduce such passive smoking, exposures have been reduced. In an article published in the January 2009 issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, researchers from the University of California, San Francisco, Partners Healthcare, Boston and Columbia University have recalibrated the CHD Policy Model to better predict future trends in CHD.
12/02/2008
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