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 VitaBeat Health News - January 8, 2009
| A new survey from Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) and Cancer Research UK reveals the majority of people in England and Wales support a complete ban on smoking in the workplace. The survey found 73% of the 1,000 respondents say a ban should be applied without exception. | | Researchers indicate women with ovarian cancer complain of symptoms up to one year before diagnosis, but doctors do not order the proper tests for the fast-growing tumor until much later. In Monday's issue of the journal Cancer | | The Denver coroner's office performs an autopsy on the body of 23-year-old Thomas Herrion, the 49ers offensive lineman who collapsed Saturday in the Niners' locker room following the team's preseason game. He was subsequently rushed to the hospital, where he was later pronounced dead. | | The so-called "piano man," who was found in April wandering a beach in Sheppey, England, has been released from the hospital after his condition improves. Monday newspaper reports indicate the man finally broke his five-month silence, saying he was German and flew home. | | Simple observations in places like public bars or restaurants can suggest that women in general feel the effects of alcohol faster than men. But while most people argue that it is all about the difference of sizes between the two sexes, studies suggest it has more to do with body composition. According to a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine, it found that in women levels of gastric alcohol dehydrogenase, a compound that breaks down alcohol, are on average nearly half what they are in men. It also found that the amount of alcohol metabolized after its first passage through a woman's liver and stomach is 23 percent of what it is in men. | |
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