According to the American Lung Association and the Complete Home Guide to Symptoms and Remedies from Johns Hopkins, lung cancer tops the list as the cause of most cancer deaths. Lung cancer surpassed even breast cancer deaths in women. Although 90...
Asbestos poisoning takes place when tiny asbestos particle fibers are inhaled and they lodge in the lung. There is often no immediate symptom that lets you know this has taken place. In fact, according to the Mayo Clinic, symptoms can take up to...
Lung cancer is often not diagnosed until it is too late to be cured. However, there are some signs and symptoms of lung cancer that can help doctors detect the disease early so that prompt treatment can be given. These signs and symptoms affect...
The potential health problems associated with cigarette smoke have become the target of public health campaigns in recent years as new research has come to light. In 2006 the U.S. Surgeon General reported on the widespread dangers of secondhand...
Although smoking cessation tops the National Cancer Institute's list of ways to avoid lung cancer, making changes in your diet can also protect your lung health. A European study published in a 2010 issue of "Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers &...
When it comes to habits that take their toll on the body, smoking quite possibly tops the list. Other than the fact that it raises your risk of developing lung cancer, it can also cause high blood pressure, emphysema, and cancer of the larynx,...
In the end cardiac arrest and brain death ends all our lives. However, how we get to that moment has changed greatly over the past century. In 1900 pneumonia, tuberculosis and diarrhea proved the leading causes of death. By 2000, this shifted to...
Tobacco use causes health problems that begin with simple throat irritation and high cholesterol, but may end in deadly disease. Beginning with the U.S. Surgeon General's 1964 announcement that smoking cigarettes causes lung cancer, the list of...
Smoking is both a physical and psychological addiction. The psychoactive drug nicotine causes the physical cravings. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), quitting smoking is as difficult as stopping heroin or cocaine...
The American Cancer Society (ACS) indicates that cigarette smoking is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States. It states that 23.7 percent of people 25 to 44 years old were current smokers in 2008. Cigarettes contain nicotine, the...
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are disease processes that are not contagious or transferable from one human to another. Random genetic abnormalities, heredity, lifestyle or environment can cause non-communicable diseases, such as cancer,...
Tobacco is a highly addictive substance. It is addictive both physically and psychologically. Many smokers break the physical addiction, only to succumb to the psychological lure of smoking. For many people, sheer willpower is not enough to ensure...
Being told that you suffer from an incurable form of cancer or a terminal disease can be quite devastating. Medications and treatments may not be able to completely remove affected tissue or reverse the progression of disease. Medical advancements...
Brain tumors can be divided into two major types: primary brain tumors and secondary brain tumors, also called metastatic brain tumors. Primary brain tumors start in the brain, while secondary brain tumors originate elsewhere in the body. The...
You may think it smells bad. You may shy away from someone who is smoking simply because you do not want to bear the smell. The scent of cigarette smoke is reason enough for some people to avoid it, but there is a bigger reason: Breathing in...
Of all the recommendations for a long and healthy life, not smoking is probably the one with the most scientific support. Lifestyle management can prevent you from slipping into a mental fog stereotypically associated with aging. When it comes to...
Radon is a natural, tasteless, colorless, radioactive gas that, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimated in a 2003, causes 21,000 cancer deaths every year. Radon is produced by the radioactive decay of traces of uranium which exist in...
The mental and physical health effects of cigarette smoking range from everyday aggravations to life-threatening emergencies. Many of these immediate and chronic health problems can arise from secondhand exposure among people who don't smoke....
The National Cancer Institute describes lung cancer as cancer that originates in the tissues of the lungs, typically in the cells that line the air passages. There are two different kinds of lung cancer: small cell lung cancer and non-small cell...
The American Cancer Society reports that lung cancer is the second most common cancer for both men and women. Approximately 219,000 new cases were projected in 2009. There are many types of lung cancer, but there are three main groups: non-small...
In addition to causing health problems for smokers, cigarette smoke has become recognized as an indoor pollutant that threatens the nonsmoking public. Children and fetuses prove especially vulnerable to the toxic effects of tobacco smoke, which...
Radon, a heavy gas that can cause lung cancer, develops naturally in the Earth's soil, the result of billions of years of radioactive decomposition. It presents a danger when it seeps into our homes and water supplies. It has been developing since...
The majority of adult smokers began a habit of cigarette smoking when they were young, setting themselves up for a lifetime of health problems and other ill effects. The advice to minors, "If you don't smoke, don't start," isn't just another way...
The American Cancer Society says radiation therapy uses high-energy beams or particles to damage cancer cells and cause them to die or fail to divide and grow. Radiation therapy is delivered by a machine outside the body or by placing radioactive...
Lung cancer is cancer that originates in the tissues of the lungs, typically in the cells that line the air passages, according to the National Cancer Institute. There are two types of lung cancer: non-small cell lung cancer and small cell lung...
A normal, healthy body detects and removes cancerous cells before they spread and cause disease. Mutations in genes that control normal cancer surveillance or that allow abnormal cells to evade it can increase a person's risk for developing...
Cancer and its treatment can wreak havoc on appetite and nutrient intake, just at a time when the body needs nutrients and calories most to maintain strength and health. Lung cancer develops in tissues of the lungs, and different types of...
