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Windpipe transplant breakthrough
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:28:49 -0000
Surgeons in Spain claim a major breakthrough by giving a woman a new windpipe with tissue grown from her own stem cells.
Technology to eradicate malaria
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:40:01 -0000
Emerging technologies could boost supplies of essential plant-based drugs to combat malaria, says a report.
Lung disease diagnosis confusion
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:46:30 -0000
Most GPs have difficulty differentiating chronic severe lung disease from asthma, a UK survey finds.
CNN.com - Health
Woman given windpipe created in laboratory
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:13:07 -0500
Medical experts hailed a "milestone in medicine" Wednesday as they announced the successful transplant of a human windpipe engineered with the patient's own stem cells.
U.S. opens FDA office in China after scares
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:18:40 -0500
The first foreign office of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration opened Wednesday in Beijing after an influx of contaminated Chinese food and drug imports to the United States.
Healthy Thanksgiving tips, market to table
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:58:28 -0500
Thanksgiving marks the beginning of a season where eating is central to the festivities. While it's also the season of indulgence, it's easy to plan a holiday meal that's delicious and healthful. Whether you're serving two or 20, these guidelines will help make sure your big dinner is a success. Follow our tips for making smart choices at the market, in the kitchen, and at the table.
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Windpipe transplant breakthrough
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:28:49 -0000
Surgeons in Spain claim a major breakthrough by giving a woman a new windpipe with tissue grown from her own stem cells.
Technology to eradicate malaria
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:40:01 -0000
Emerging technologies could boost supplies of essential plant-based drugs to combat malaria, says a report.
Lung disease diagnosis confusion
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:46:30 -0000
Most GPs have difficulty differentiating chronic severe lung disease from asthma, a UK survey finds.
CNN.com - Health
Woman given windpipe created in laboratory
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:13:07 -0500
Medical experts hailed a "milestone in medicine" Wednesday as they announced the successful transplant of a human windpipe engineered with the patient's own stem cells.
U.S. opens FDA office in China after scares
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:18:40 -0500
The first foreign office of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration opened Wednesday in Beijing after an influx of contaminated Chinese food and drug imports to the United States.
Healthy Thanksgiving tips, market to table
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:58:28 -0500
Thanksgiving marks the beginning of a season where eating is central to the festivities. While it's also the season of indulgence, it's easy to plan a holiday meal that's delicious and healthful. Whether you're serving two or 20, these guidelines will help make sure your big dinner is a success. Follow our tips for making smart choices at the market, in the kitchen, and at the table.
Sites:
A Capsule History of Tobacco: Tobacco History TimelineTobacco War: Inside the California Battles: Complete, online book by Glantz and Birnbach provides over 30 years of experience gained in tobacco control in California.
A Chronology of Tobacco in the Civilized World: Outline of tobacco and tobacco industry history shows trends.
Brief Use of Tobacco Use and Abuse: An account of the development of the use of the drug in the western world.
Cigarettes and the 1964 Report of the Surgeon General's Advisory Committee: From the 1972 Consumers Union report on licit and illicit drugs.
Dry Drunk: Exploration of the culture of tobacco in Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries. From the New York Public Library, and based on an exhibit held there in 1997.
George Seldes on Tobacco: The scientific studies on the health effects of tobacco go back to 1938, but few papers were running stories about it: their leading advertisers were the tobacco companies. George Seldes (1890-1995) was an exception; a set of his tobacco stories from 1940 to 1950 is reprinted here.
History Net- The History of Tobacco: Reprinting of the Tobacco Timeline.
History of Tobacco Regulation: From the Schaffer Library of Drug Policy; covers the 1600s through the mid 1970s.
History Today: Smoking Gun: Matthew Hilton examines the mystique surrounding tobacco, the history of tobacco industry, government and consumer actions on smoking in the UK.
Interview with Richard Peto: Richard Peto was one of the first to realize that tobacco products were killing their customers; interview covers the discovery, public health and public policy, and the sheer size of tobacco death.
John Rolfe: Information on the life of Virginia tobacco founder John Rolfe.
RCP Report - 40 Fatal Years: A Review of the 40 years since the publication of the 1962 Report of the Royal College of Physicians on Smoking and Health (UK). The original publication is presented along with some analysis on what happened since.
Scientist's Story Hurt Tobacco Industry: Daily news section of the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Nevada's largest newspaper.
smoking and Disease: The Tobacco Industry's Earliest Responses: Chapter from a book on the Brown and Williamson papers documents how the tobacco industry responded in the 1950s and 1960s to the emerging medical evidence about the product.
The Anti-Tobacco Campaign of the Nazis: Report about anti-tobacco public health program in Germany from 1933-45, supported by Nazi medical and military leaders as part of their concern for racial and bodily purity.
The Cigarette Papers: The Cigarette Papers is a website that showcases the shocking disparity between the tobacco industry's private knowledge and their public statements over the past 50 years.
The Price of Coffins: Specious Arguments by Eeminent Doctors against the Dangers of Tobacco: Letter to the British medical Journal reviews some tobacco, medical, and public policy history: good evidence showed that smoking causes lung cancer; the media's response to this information was initially resistant; specious arguments were used to detract from the real issue, which confused the g...
The Quiet Victory of the Cigarette Lobby: Article originally published in 1965 in the Atlantic Monthly looks at the tobacco industry's power in Congress.
The Tobacco Epidemic: Historical Lessons: Essay surveys the history and effects of tobacco use.
The Tobacco Wars: Colorful web site provides a capsule history of tobacco, from 1492 to 1988. Where did the tobacco industry as we know it come from, and when and how did the existence of tobacco turn into the selling and promotion of tobacco? This site has answers.
The truth is, anti-smoking ads work: Everything for People Concerned About Smoking.
Tobacco Ads of the 1940s and 1950s: A growing collection of pre-1960's print tobacco marketing.
Tobacco and Health: Journal article explores deception on a grand scale: the history of tobacco and smoking before and after the emergence of the modern tobacco industry.
Tobacco History: Collection of links to histories.
Tobacco Lawyers and the Case For Cover-up Reform: Column on legal affairs reviews history of tobacco industry and its lawyers.
Tobacco War: Inside the California Battles: Book on the California tobacco history from the 1970s on. book information, reviews, ordering information.
Tobacco's Big Lie: Former President and Nobel Prize winner Jimmy Carter surveys tobacco history, and concludes that the tobacco industry cannot be trusted.
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