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Broccoli May Lower Lung Cancer Risk in Smokers
piggy submitted, created time 1 week 6 days (www.sciencedaily.com)
The cancer preventive properties of broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables appear to work specifically in smokers, according to data presented at the American Association for Cancer Research's Seventh Annual International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research.
Cruciferous vegetables have been shown to be protective in numerous studies, but this is the first comprehensive study that showed a protective benefit in smokers, specifically in former smokers, according to lead author Li Tang, Ph.D., a post-doctoral fellow at Roswell Park Cancer Institute 
Do light cigarettes deliver less nicotine to the brain than regular cigarettes?
sea-maid submitted, created time 2 months 4 days (esciencenews.com)
For decades now, cigarette makers have marketed so-called light cigarettes — which contain less nicotine than regular smokes — with the implication that they are less harmful to smokers' health. A new UCLA study shows, however, that they deliver nearly as much nicotine to the brain despite having a lower overall nicotine content.
Monoclonal antibodies come of age, and passive immunity treatments come around
sea-maid submitted, created time 2 months 1 week (www.nature.com)
Monoclonal antibodies, antibodies that are made from a single cell line and that bind to a specific part of a specific antigen, are much more precise than polyclonal antibodies, but they are more expensive and difficult to make. However, a new system of isolating antibodies from human patients has been used to create a library of immune proteins. So far, things seem to be going well. This could open the door for what researchers are calling "passive immunity
Where There's Smoke, There's (Genetic) Fire
jerry submitted, created time 4 months 1 week (sciencenow.sciencemag.org)
Peer pressure may push teens to start smoking, but their DNA keeps them hooked on the nicotine buzz into their adult years. So says a new study that finds that people with variations in particular genes are more likely to become addicted if they start smoking during early adolescence. The work may explain why some people find it harder to kick the habit and also underscores the importance of preventing children from smoking in the first place.
Happy thoughts may dampen cravings
sea-maid submitted, created time 4 months 3 weeks (www.newscientist.com)
Want to quit smoking? Next time the urge to light up strikes, think of snow-capped peaks instead of the fleeting pleasure of a white cigarette. That's the conclusion of a new brain study which shows that thinking happy thoughts could help dampen cravings.
Mauricio Delgado, a cognitive neuroscientist at Rutgers University in Newark, New Jersey, and his colleague Elizabeth Phelps of New York University measured the brain activity of 15 volunteers as they played a simple game.
The researchers told their subjects to associate blue cards with a real $4 payoff, and yellow cards with nothing
A Genetic Clue to Quitting Smoking
jerry submitted, created time 5 months 4 weeks (www.time.com)
A blood test may one day be able to predict how a smoker will respond to two popular methods of kicking the habit... Nicotine replacement, like gums and patches, wean the smoker off nicotine gradually, but Zyban, an antidepressant, works to fight nicotine cravings in the person's brain. Some people respond much better to one strategy or the other.
Drug taken to stop smoking is linked to traffic mishaps
sea-maid submitted, created time 6 months 1 week (www.latimes.com)
A surprising development: the drug that the man in this study had hoped would help turn him into a healthier person instead, he believes, caused an accident in which he could have been seriously hurt, even killed.
Quitting smoking is a pack behavior
sea-maid submitted, created time 6 months 1 week (blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com)
Smokers tend to quit in groups, according to a new study. One person who quits can have ripple effects across his or her entire social network, prompting others to kick the habit.
ADHD meds don't up kids' drug abuse risk
jane2007 submitted, created time 7 months 3 weeks (www.sciencenews.org)
Two new studies indicate that the stimulants do not increase children's risk of abusing cocaine, nicotine, and other drugs as adults.
First Common Genetic Clue to Lung Cancer
sumsung submitted, created time 7 months 4 weeks (sciencenow.sciencemag.org)
It's well known that cigarettes can cause lung cancer. A nd yet, some people smoke like a chimney their entire lives and never get the disease. Now a sweeping search for an explanation has yielded a clue: Three studies have found a marker in the same region of DNA that appears to raise the risk of lung cancer. But the researchers disagree on whether the gene involved directly causes lung cancer or does so by influencing how easily people get hooked on tobacco.
If pregnant women stop smoking, babies are happier
sumsung submitted, created time 8 months 2 weeks (www.reuters.com)
Mothers who stop smoking while pregnant tend to have cheerier, more adaptable babies, British researchers reported on Wednesday. Babies of women who continued to smoke while pregnant were notably grumpy, and the researchers believe that mothers who can muster the effort to kick the habit are also caring more for their babies in other ways.
Addicts found to defy easy fixes
sumsung submitted, created time 8 months 3 weeks (features.us.reuters.com)
Dr. Gabor Mate sees ghosts. They're not the paranormal kind but regular people afflicted by a condition that Mate says originates in the brain: addiction. In his book "In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts," Mate argues that addiction defies easy fixes and requires compassion ahead of judgment or punishment. Mate, who works in Vancouver's notorious Downtown Eastside, said in an interview he aimed to show his patients have turned to drugs and alcohol to set right an imbalance in their brain chemistry that often stems from a life of neglect and abuse.
Drug eases cravings in stressed alcoholics
sumsung submitted, created time 9 months 2 weeks (www.nature.com)
Researchers have found a drug that reduces responses to stress in some recovering alcoholics, and eases their cravings to have a drink.The results, published online today in Science, were obtained from a small clinical study of 50 recovering alcoholics, all of whom reported high levels of anxiety at the start of the study. The 25 randomly selected to be given the drug reported fewer cravings than those assigned to receive a placebo, and they had a lessened response to stressful situations.
Drug addiction genes identified
sumsung submitted, created time 10 months 2 weeks (ca.reuters.com)
Scientists in China have identified about 400 genes that appear to make some people more easily addicted to drugs, opening the way for more effective therapies and addiction control.
Study shows smoking accelerates men's hair loss
Eric wu submitted, created time 1 year 1 week (www.reuters.com)
While Asian men generally have less trouble than Caucasians with the most common form of hereditary male baldness, smoking cigarettes may erase that edge, researchers said on Monday.
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