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Role of respondents' education as a mediator and moderator in the association between childhood socio-economic status and later health and wellbeing
Conclusions: Childhood financial conditions have a unique direct effect on a wide range of health and wellbeing measures. These findings apply to both men and women. Generally, parental education has an indirect effect on later health, but mothers' education may also have a long-term direct effect on later health.
Source: BioMed Central - November 18, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Mashhood Ahmed SheikhBirgit AbelsenJan Abel Olsen Source Type: research

A potential role of ECG-Gated CT for the diagnosis of pulmonary vein thrombus; an illustrative case report
The presence of tumor thrombus in patients with lung cancer confers a risk of stroke and other end organ ischemic events. This case highlights a potential role for ECG-Gated Computed Tomography (ECG-CT) in the diagnosis of this pathologic process. In this case pulmonary vein thrombus was definitively identified by an ECG-CT following discordant results between Computed Tomography (CT) and Transthoracic Echocardiogram (TTE). In addition, this case demonstrates how management decisions are affected by physician accessibility to and familiarity with specific imaging tests.
Source: Clinical Imaging - November 21, 2014 Category: Radiology Authors: Michael A. Winkler, Paul von Herrmann, Ryan H. Penticuff, Palak M. Majmudar, Benjamin R. Plaisance, Stephen B. Hobbs Tags: Case Report Source Type: research

"Pictures Don't Lie, Seeing Is Believing": Exploring Attitudes to the Introduction of Pictorial Warnings on Cigarette Packs in Ghana
Conclusions: Warning labels combining pictures and text have the potential to reduce smoking uptake, increase quit attempts, and reduce smoking appeal among smokers and nonsmokers in Ghana. Measures to prevent single stick sales, or to promote health messages to purchasers of single sticks, are required.
Source: Nicotine and Tobacco Research - November 24, 2014 Category: Addiction Authors: Singh, A., Owusu-Dabo, E., Britton, J., Munafo, M. R., Jones, L. L. Tags: Original Investigation Source Type: research

Correlation between use of simvastatin and lovastatin and female lung cancer risk: a nationwide case–control study
ConclusionsSimvastatin use at a DDD of more than 150 is correlated with an approximately 20% reduction in the risk of lung cancer in women.
Source: International Journal of Clinical Practice - November 25, 2014 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: T.‐Y. Yang, W.‐M. Lin, C.‐L. Lin, F.‐C. Sung, C.‐H. Kao Tags: Original Paper Source Type: research

Correlation between use of simvastatin and lovastatin and female lung cancer risk: a nationwide case-control study.
CONCLUSIONS: Simvastatin use at a DDD of more than 150 is correlated with an approximately 20% reduction in the risk of lung cancer in women. PMID: 25421876 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Clinical Lung Cancer - November 25, 2014 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Yang TY, Lin WM, Lin CL, Sung FC, Kao CH Tags: Int J Clin Pract Source Type: research

Abstract A12: Cancer communication in African American churches
Conclusion: Cancer was a frequent topic for disease-focused messages in African-American churches. In addition, three of the five most frequent disease topics matched the leading causes of death in the African-American community. The match was not as close in regards to leading causes of cancer death. Breast and prostate cancer information was frequently found; however, despite the high rates of mortality associated with lung cancer, colorectal cancer, and leukemia/lymphoma, information on these cancers was present much less frequently. No pancreatic cancer messages were found. Disease related information was seen that inc...
Source: Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention - November 13, 2014 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Harmon, B. E., Chastain, E., Chock, M., Wirth, M., Hebert, J. R. Tags: Cancer Communications: Poster Presentations - Proffered Abstracts Source Type: research

Relationship between knowledge about the harms of smoking and smoking status in the 2010 Global Adult Tobacco China Survey
Conclusions Compared with those who have never smoked and those who have ceased smoking, current smokers in China are more likely to believe that low-tar cigarettes are less harmful than regular cigarettes.
Source: Tobacco Control - December 11, 2014 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Cheng, H. G., McBride, O., Phillips, M. R. Tags: Open access Research paper Source Type: research

Assessment of public awareness on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Slovenia
ConclusionsPublic awareness and knowledge about COPD is low and COPD is not considered as relevant public health problem. Strategies to inform and educate Slovenian public about COPD are urgently needed.
Source: European Respiratory Journal - December 23, 2014 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Farkas, J., Lainscak, M. Tags: 1.6 General Practice and Primary Care Source Type: research

Becoming healthier may motivate your partner to join in
Conclusion This cohort study has found that individuals with unhealthy behaviours such as smoking, being inactive or being overweight are most likely to change these behaviours if their unhealthy partner also changes these behaviours. Having a partner who has consistently healthy behaviours was also associated with a greater likelihood of change in smoking and activity compared to a consistently unhealthy partner, but less so than having a partner who changed behaviour. There were some limitations to the study, including that: The study took into account some confounders, such as age and some health conditions, but oth...
Source: NHS News Feed - January 20, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Lifestyle/exercise Food/diet Source Type: news

A potential role of ECG-gated CT for the diagnosis of pulmonary vein thrombus: an illustrative case report
The presence of tumor thrombus in patients with lung cancer confers a risk of stroke and other end-organ ischemic events. This case highlights a potential role for electrocardiogram (ECG)-gated computed tomography (CT) in the diagnosis of this pathologic process. In this case, pulmonary vein thrombus was definitively identified by an ECG-CT following discordant results between CT and transthoracic echocardiogram. In addition, this case demonstrates how management decisions are affected by physician accessibility to and familiarity with specific imaging tests.
Source: Clinical Imaging - November 21, 2014 Category: Radiology Authors: Michael A. Winkler, Paul von Herrmann, Ryan H. Penticuff, Palak M. Majmudar, Benjamin R. Plaisance, Stephen B. Hobbs, Michael A. Brooks Tags: Case Report Source Type: research

Vital signs: disparities in nonsmokers' exposure to secondhand smoke - United States, 1999-2012.
Abstract Exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) from burning tobacco products causes sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), respiratory infections, ear infections, and asthma attacks in infants and children, and coronary heart disease, stroke, and lung cancer in adult nonsmokers. No risk-free level of SHS exposure exists. SHS exposure causes more than 41,000 deaths among nonsmoking adults and 400 deaths in infants each year, and approximately $5.6 billion annually in lost productivity. Although population exposure to SHS has declined over the past 2 decades, many nonsmokers remain exposed to SHS in workplaces, public pl...
Source: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkl... - February 6, 2015 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Homa DM, Neff LJ, King BA, Caraballo RS, Bunnell RE, Babb SD, Garrett BE, Sosnoff CS, Wang L Tags: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep Source Type: research

Smoking Causes More Kinds Of Deaths Than We Ever Thought
Breast cancer, prostate cancer, and even routine infections. A new report ties these and other maladies to smoking and says an additional 60,000 to 120,000 deaths each year in the United States are probably due to tobacco use. The study by the American Cancer Society and several universities, published in Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine, looks beyond lung cancer, heart disease and other conditions already tied to smoking, and the 480,000 U.S. deaths attributed to them each year. "Smokers die, on average, more than a decade before nonsmokers," and in the U.S., smoking accounts for one of every five deaths, Dr. ...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - February 12, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news

Smoking's Death Toll May Be Higher Than Anyone Knew
Tobacco's link to lung cancer, stroke and heart attack is well-known. But smokers are also more likely to die from kidney failure, infections and breast cancer, a revised tally suggests.» E-Mail This
Source: NPR Health and Science - February 12, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Richard Harris Source Type: news

Lung cancer CT screening is cost-effective but implementation matters
Commentary on: Black WC, Gareen IF, Soneji SS, et al.; National Lung Screening Trial Research Team. Cost-effectiveness of CT screening in the National Lung Screening Trial. N Engl J Med 2014;37:1793–802. Context The National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) revealed a 20% reduction in lung cancer mortality from three annual low-dose CT screening scans compared with chest radiographs in high-risk individuals.1 Since up to 10 million individuals in the USA may qualify for annual CT screening, policymakers have legitimately questioned whether the benefits of lung cancer screening justify the potential high costs of large-sca...
Source: Evidence-Based Medicine - March 17, 2015 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Goulart, B. Tags: Smoking and tobacco, Health policy, Epidemiologic studies, Stroke, Screening (oncology), Radiology, Clinical diagnostic tests, Radiology (diagnostics), Screening (epidemiology), Health economics, Health service research, Health education, Screening (publi Source Type: research

Acute Response of Right Ventricular Function to Iloprost Inhalations in Patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Preliminary Evaluation 
with Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Background and objective Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a progressive disorder characterized by abnormally elevated blood pressure of the pulmonary circulation. Without treatment, PAH progresses rapidly to right ventricular (RV) failure and even death. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMRI) has been an accurate and reproducible tool to assessment of RV morphology and function, which are important factors in the prognosis of patients with PAH. The aim of this study is to investigate acute RV response to inhalation of aerosolized iloprost in patients with PAH using CMRI. Method From March 2012 to March 2014, 48 ...
Source: Chinese Journal of Lung Cancer - March 20, 2015 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research