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| Health Highlights: March 9, 2010 (HealthDay) |
| HealthDay - Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: |
| Brazil's Silva quits smoking after 50 years (AP) |
| AP - Brazil's president said Tuesday that he kicked the smoking habit he had for 50 years after a recent health scare sent his blood pressure soaring. |
| Philip Morris to sue Norway over tobacco display ban (AFP) |
| AFP - Global tobacco giant Philip Morris said Tuesday it planned to take the Norwegian state to court in an attempt to overturn a law in the Scandinavian country banning the display of cigarettes in stores. |
| Smoking tied to lung cancer in women with HIV (Reuters) |
| Reuters - Women infected with HIV or at risk of becoming infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, appear more likely to develop lung cancer than women in the general population, possibly because they are much more likely to smoke cigarettes, study findings hint. |
| GE plans new American export: outdoor smoking ban (Reuters) |
| Reuters - General Electric Co is known for exporting American products like washing machines and jet engines, and the biggest U.S. conglomerate is getting ready to ship out another American trend - the outdoor smoking ban. |
| GE plans new American export -- outdoor smoking ban (Reuters) |
| Reuters - General Electric Co is known for exporting American products like washing machines and jet engines, and the biggest U.S. conglomerate is getting ready to ship out another American trend -- the outdoor smoking ban. |
| Cigarette smoking may raise prostate cancer risk (Reuters) |
| Reuters - Cigarette smoking may increase a man's risk for developing and dying from prostate cancer, pooled data from 24 studies involving 21,600 men with the disease indicates. |
| Health Highlights: March 2, 2010 (HealthDay) |
| HealthDay - Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: |
| Secondhand smoke damages arteries in teens: study (Reuters) |
| Reuters - Children as young as 13 who have evidence of secondhand smoke in their blood also have visibly thicker arteries, Finnish researchers reported on Tuesday. |
| Shanghai declares indoor smoking ban ahead of Expo (AP) |
| AP - Restaurants and office buildings in China's commercial capital Shanghai are scrambling to set up nonsmoking areas as the city bans lighting up in indoor public spaces ahead of the World Expo. |
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