Lung Cancer Awareness Month: Five Common Misconceptions A Doctor Wants You to Know: November marked the start of Lung Cancer Awareness Month: over the last three months, there’s been an uplift of people turning to Google for lung cancer concerns, including a 60% increase in searches for ‘early symptoms lung cancer’ and a 49% increase […]
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Curtin University research has found quit support for smoking mothers should continue even after their first babies are born, given that many of those women will become pregnant again, and that quitting can substantially reduce the risk of future preterm births. The longitudinal study examined the records and histories across 23 years, of 63,540 Australian […]
E-cigarettes may be more effective in helping smokers quit than nicotine replacement therapies such as patches and gum, according to University of Queensland research. Lead author Dr Gary Chan from UQ’s National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research said there was increased global evidence to support the effectiveness of using e-cigarettes to assist smokers in quitting. “Our study found […]