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Early Teenage Smoking in Boys Linked to Health Risks in Future Children, Reveals University of Southampton Study

(IN BRIEF) A recent study conducted by researchers from the University of Southampton and the University of Bergen reveals that boys who smoke during their early teenage years are at risk of damaging the genes of their future children. The … Read the full press release

Professor Dame Margaret Whitehead of the University of Liverpool will lead an independent review into potential ethnic bias in the design and use of medical devices in the UK

(PRESS RELEASE) LIVERPOOL, 7-Feb-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — University of Liverpool, a public research university, has announced that its professor of public health Dame Margaret Whitehead will be leading a review into potential ethnic bias in the design and use of … Read the full press release

University of Dundee: Smoking and diabetes are leading risk factors for peripheral artery disease (PAD)

research also points to diabetes as cause of disease that can lead to limb amputation DUNDEE, 20-Sep-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Smoking and diabetes are the two leading risk factors for peripheral artery disease (PAD), a narrowing of the arteries which can … Read the full press release

67th Annual Conference of the Cardiological Society of India: smoking and physical inactivity in young adults in India has led to alarming rise in heart attacks

Chennai, India, 10-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — An increase in smoking and physical inactivity in young adults in India has led to an alarming rise in heart attacks, doctors warned today at the 67th Annual Conference of the Cardiological Society of … Read the full press release