Passive Smoke Lowers Kids' Test Scores
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TUESDAY, Jan. 4 (HealthDayNews) -- Even small amounts of secondhand smoke can sabotage a child's performance on reading, math, reasoning and logic tests, a new study finds.
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Kicking the tobacco habit, even young, does not always reset harmful cancer-related genes that have been switched on or off by smoking in the first place, according to a study to be published Thursday.
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Children in smoggy areas have retarded lung development which puts them at risk of diseases, say researchers.
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According to recent research, published in the journal Tobacco Control, Scientists have found a gene mutation that slows the body&#39;s ability to remove nicotine.
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By Arias, Donya C  The percentage of U.S. children living in counties that do not meet air quality standards for fine particulate matter declined from 1999 to 2004, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
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Given the wealth of evidence that smoking damages your health, you would have to be stupid not to kick the habit. Now a study suggests this could be a self-fulfilling prophecy, because smoking reduces your IQ.
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Teenagers who smoke, or whose pregnant mother smoked, are at risk of hearing problems, a study claims.
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Children whose mothers were exposed to several widely available solvents during pregnancy score lower on language and behavior tests than children whose mothers were not exposed to solvents during pregnancy, according to a study published in the Oct.
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Five-year-old children who snore or have sleep apnea -- the more serious disorder in which breathing stops intermittently while they sleep-- score worse on tests of memory and intelligence than unaffected kids, investigators report.
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Children regularly exposed to passive smoke are up to three times more likely to get lung cancer, researchers say.
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A dose of vitamin C may give a quick boost to the poorer-than-average blood circulation seen in healthy young smokers, a Japanese study suggests.
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NEW YORK  - Young children who were exposed to cigarette smoke as babies may be more likely to suffer certain allergies, a new study suggests.
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WEDNESDAY, Aug. 29 (HealthDay News) -- School and church social activities may help reduce smoking among disadvantaged children, a new study reports.
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NEW YORK  - The high risk of smoking among young people with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is not reduced by treatment with the antidepressant bupropion, according to a report in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. However, stimulants do seem to cut the likelihood of smoking.
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Long-term exposure to air pollution adversely affects lung function in teenagers, results of The Children's Health Study indicate.
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DENVER - A new study by National Jewish Hospital is taking the breath away from some researchers. Doctors say smog does not make children&#39;s asthma worse.
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Research published in the international medical journal Addiction showed that moderate exercise reduced the intensity of smokers' nicotine withdrawal symptoms