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Smoking and older age are two major risk factors for acquiring cancer :Stu
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Georgia [US], August 7 (ANI): According to a new big study undertaken by researchers at the American Cancer Society, smoking and older age are the two most important risk factors associated with a relative and absolute five-year likelihood of developing any cancer (ACS).
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Study reveals older age and smoking most crucial risk factors for acquirin
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Georgia [US], August 4 (ANI): The two most significant risk factors linked to a relative and absolute five-year chance of acquiring any cancer are older age and smoking, according to a recent major study conducted by scientists at the American Cancer Society (ACS).
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Study reveals fewer people tried to quit smoking during COVID-19 pandemic
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Georgia [US], August 2 (ANI): According to a recent study conducted by the American Cancer Society (ACS), fewer adults tried to quit smoking in the United States after the onset of COVID-19 and the trend continued for over a year.
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SC dismisses plea seeking to increase smoking age to 21
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 22 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea seeking direction for removing designated smoking zones from commercial places and airports, increasing the age of smoking, banning the sale of cigarettes near educational institutions, healthcare institutions and
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Genetic architecture underlying alcohol and tobacco dependence revealed by
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
North Carolina [US], July 20 (ANI): Have you ever questioned why some people can smoke cigarettes for a year before quitting simply, but others develop a lifelong addiction? Why are some people unable to stop consuming alcohol while others can do without it? A person's hereditary propensity
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Do you know lifestyle may be more important than age in determining dement
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 15 (ANI): A recent Baycrest research found that adults without dementia risk factors like smoking, diabetes, or hearing loss had brain health compared to those who are 10 to 20 years younger than them. The research discovered that only one dementia risk factor can age a
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Mahua Moitra issues clarification on Kaali row, says never backed any film
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 6 (ANI): Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra on Tuesday issued a clarification on her earlier statements about Kali and said that she has "never backed any film or poster or mentioned the word smoking".
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Pakistan govt puts expensive cigarette brands in lower tax slab
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 5 (ANI): Pakistan government has quietly increased the threshold for higher duties on expensive cigarette brands to keep smoking affordable in the country.
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FIRs filed in Uttar Pradesh, Delhi against 'Kaali' filmmaker
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh)/New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Police has lodged an FIR against director Leena Manimekalai for deliberately hurting religious sentiments by tweeting a poster of her new documentary film 'Kaali', where a woman dressed as the Goddess is shown smoking a c
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Oral sex can cause throat cancer? Here's what you need to know
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): A bizarre yet groundbreaking development has now been found in the research for throat cancer. The main risk factors for developing throat cancer had majorly been smoking and alcohol. But research in recent years has established that throat cancer has a cl
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Director Leena Manimekalai courts controversy with poster of her 'Kaali' f
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): A poster for a documentary directed by filmmaker Leena Manimekalai has drawn flak on social media for hurting religious sentiments with the depiction of Goddess Kali.
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Environmental factors like 'Air Pollution' highly predict risk of death
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 25 (ANI): Environmental factors such as air pollution, along with other parameters like high blood pressure, diabetes and smoking are highly predictive of people's chances of dying, especially from heart attack and stroke, according to a new study.
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