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Waterpipe Smoking in Colleges Could Become Public Health Problem

May 14, 2008 08:46 PM PDT

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, May 14 (HealthDay News) -- The increasing use of waterpipes, or hookahs, by U.S. college students could become a serious public health problem, according to a Virginia Commonwealth University study. Full Story

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  • Waterpipe Smoking in Colleges Could Become Public Health Problem

    May 14, 2008 08:46 PM PDT, HealthDay

    HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, May 14 (HealthDay News) -- The increasing use of waterpipes, or hookahs, by U.S. college students could become a serious public health problem, according to a Virginia Commonwealth University study.

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  • Health Tip: Can You Quit Smoking Without Weight Gain?

    May 13, 2008 08:47 PM PDT, HealthDay

    HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Weight gain doesn't have to be a side effect of quitting smoking if you follow a few simple methods to keep you both slim and healthy.

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  • Women Who Quit Smoking Lower Heart Risks Quickly

    May 13, 2008 08:46 PM PDT, HealthDay

    HealthDay - TUESDAY, May 6 (HealthDay News) -- New research shows that women who quit smoking have a 47 percent lower risk of dying from coronary heart disease within five years of extinguishing their last cigarette.

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  • More than 2 million U.S. youths depressed: study

    May 13, 2008 10:45 AM PDT, Reuters
    More than 2 million U.S. youths depressed: study

    Reuters - More than 2 million U.S. teenagers have suffered a serious bout of depression in the past year, including nearly 13 percent of girls, according to a federal government survey released on Tuesday.

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  • Families make case for vaccine link to autism

    May 12, 2008 06:02 PM PDT, Associated Press
    Families make case for vaccine link to autism

    AP - Parents claiming that childhood vaccines cause autism should not be rewarded by the courts when the scientific community has already rejected any link, government lawyers argued Monday on the first day of a hearing in federal court.

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  • Hookah smoking popular with the college crowd

    May 12, 2008 12:43 PM PDT, Reuters
    Hookah smoking popular with the college crowd

    Reuters - A sizable percentage of college students have tried smoking waterpipes, often under the false impression that they offer a "safer" way to smoke, a new study suggests.

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  • Health Tip: Signs of Depression

    May 9, 2008 08:46 PM PDT, HealthDay

    HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- About 15 of every 100 adults suffer from depression, according to AARP.

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  • Training Student Leaders Cuts Peers' Smoking Rates

    May 9, 2008 08:46 PM PDT, HealthDay

    HealthDay - FRIDAY, May 9 (HealthDay News) -- Training influential students to spread anti-smoking messages in their everyday conversations with peers helps reduce smoking rates, according to a U.K. study.

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  • Peer pressure, the new weapon against teen smoking

    May 9, 2008 04:05 PM PDT, AFP
    Peer pressure, the new weapon against teen smoking

    AFP - Enrolling an influential student to convey an anti-smoking message to schoolmates is a valuable way of getting youngsters to say no to cigarettes, a British study suggests.

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  • Bladder trouble tied to depression, anxiety

    May 9, 2008 12:44 PM PDT, Reuters

    Reuters - Women who suffer from "dysfunctional voiding" -- like having to urinate often and having difficulty voiding -- experience a greater degree of depression and anxiety compared to women without these symptoms, research suggests.

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