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Air toxins, asthma and lung cancer in East County: What's the connection?
Antioch Herald Air quality, optimal health and community growth are major concerns for residents of Contra Costa County. Equally important is the fact that business and industry are vital to economic development and sustainability. However, from time to time … |
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Basic cancer research at Creighton yields promising results for diagnosing …
News-Medical.net What started as basic cancer research at Creighton University has yielded promising results for diagnosing and treating asthma – and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) agrees, investing nearly $1.5 million in Creighton to find out more. In a … |
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Secondhand smoke in bars, restaurants increases asthma, cancer risk
Medical Xpress The results were published in the journal Tobacco Control in a paper titled, "Assessment of risk for asthma initiation and cancer and heart disease deaths among patrons and servers due to secondhand smoke exposure in restaurants and bars.". |
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Residents fear cancer, asthma risks from Metrolink train emissions
Los Angeles Times Diesel emissions have been linked to cancer, asthma and other respiratory illnesses, especially in neighborhoods near major transportation corridors that are heavily traveled by trains and trucks. "We need to give the communities the answers they … |
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New asthma test can also detect lung cancer
Mirror.co.uk A simple breath test used to monitor asthma can detect lung cancer, doctors trying out the device have found. Medics stumbled across the early-warning sign during trials in Bangladesh where they spotted two patients with early stages of the killer disease. |
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The Bakersfield walk for air supports those suffering from asthma, lung cancer …
KERO-TV 23 BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – The American Lung Association in California's fight for air walk was held today Saturday April 13 at Yuktus park. The walk was held to raise funds in support of the fight for healthy lungs and clean air. The walk supports those … MAKING APARTMENTS AND CONDOS SMOKE-FREE |
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Daily Commute Traffic Linked To Asthma, Anxiety, And Now Cancer
Firedoglake There is no shortage of critiques of the suburbs. The most popular suburban critiques typically are cultural and revolve around disgust with Eisenhower era superficiality and antipathy towards white flight. There have even been some recent … |
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Researchers to target work-related asthma and cancer
HealthCanal.com Professor Fritschi, Head of the Epidemiology Group at WAIMR, said work-related asthma and cancer were ideal candidates for prevention, with clear opportunities for policy action. However, the limited data available on how many people were at risk of … |
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Hay fever, asthma slightly reduced risk for death from colorectal cancer
Healio Also assessed were 174,917 patients in the CPS-II Nutrition Cohort subgroup, which was conducted from 1992 to 2007. All participants were aged 30 years and older upon enrollment, and the presence of hay fever and/or asthma was self-reported at baseline … |
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Hay Fever and Asthma as Markers of Atopic Immune Response and Risk of Colorectal Cancer in Three Large Cohort Studies.
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2013 Mar 19;
Authors: Jacobs EJ, Gapstur SM, Newton CC, Turner MC, Campbell PT
Abstract
BACKGROUND: In a previous analysis of 12 cancers in the Cancer Prevention Study II (CPS-II) cohort including follow-up from 1982-2000, having both hay fever and asthma was associated with lower colorectal cancer mortality. The combination of these allergic conditions may be a marker for allergy-related immune responses that could inhibit colorectal carcinogenesis.METHODS: We examined the association of having both hay fever and asthma with colorectal cancer mortality among 1,023,191 participants in CPS-I, followed from 1959-1972, and 1,102,092 participants in CPS-II, now followed from 1982-2008. We also examined associations with colorectal cancer incidence among 174,917 participants in the CPS-II Nutrition Cohort, a subgroup of CPS-II followed from 1992-2007. During the follow-up, there were 5,644 colorectal cancer deaths in CPS-I, 13,558 colorectal cancer deaths in CPS-II, and 3,365 incident colorectal cancer cases in the CPS-II Nutrition Cohort. Cox proportional hazards regression was used to calculate multivariable-adjusted relative risks (RR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI).RESULTS: RRs for colorectal cancer mortality associated with having both asthma and hay fever, compared with neither condition, were 0.90 (95% CI, 0.74-1.09) in CPS-I, 0.79 (95% CI, 0.69-0.91) in CPS-II, and 0.83 (95% CI, 0.74-0.92) when results from both cohorts were combined in a meta-analysis. The corresponding RR for colorectal cancer incidence in the CPS-II Nutrition Cohort was 0.90 (95% CI, 0.71-1.14).CONCLUSION: These results support an association between having both hay fever and asthma and modestly lower colorectal cancer mortality.Impact: Research examining other potential markers of allergy-related immune response in relation to colorectal cancer is warranted. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev; 22(4); 1-9. ©2013 AACR.
PMID: 23513040 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher]
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