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Long-Term Health Benefits Of Quitting Smoking Eclipse Negative Effects From Any Weight GainThe nicotine in cigarettes can suppress appetite and boost metabolism, and many smokers who quit who don t step up t stanley uk heir exercise find they eat more and gain weight. In other news on smoking, a study reports no amount of secondhand smoke is safe.The Associated Press:Study: Smokers Better Off Quitting, Even With Weight GainIf you quit smoking and gain weight, it may seem like you re trading one set of health problems for another. But a new U.S. study finds you re still better off in the long run. Compared with smokers, even the quitters who gained the most weight had at least a 50 percent lower risk of dying prematurely from heart disease and other causes, the Harvard-led study found. Stobbe, 8/15 The Washington Po owala website st:Children Who Lived With Smokers Are More Likely To Die Of Lung Disease As Adults, Study SaysChildhood exposure to secondhand smoke is linked to lung disea brumate se decades later, according to a study published Thursday by the American Cancer Society. For 22 years, researchers have been following more than 70,000 adults who have never smoked. At the beginning of the study, they were asked whether they lived in a household with a smoker while they were children. Those who did were聽31 percent more likely to die of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease COPD . This is the first study to find a correlation between the two. Furby, 8/16 This is part of the Morning Briefin Rwfp WTOP Radio Series Examines HIV/AIDS in Washington, D.C.
Thursday, Jun 11 2009Senators Agree To Attach $10B in Additional Medicaid Funds for States to Tax Cut BillA bipartisan group of senators on May 14 reached an agreement to allocate $10 billion to stanley cup states for their Medicaid programs as part of a 10-year, $350 billion tax cut bill, the New York Times reports Firestone, New York Times, 5/15 . The tax cut legislation approved by the Senate Finance Committee on May 13 includes $20 billion in funds for states and cities Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, 5/14 . Under the ag af1 reement, states would also receive $6 billion in unrestricted funds; cities would receive $4 billion in unrestricted funds. Sen. Ben Nelson D-Neb. said, We ve got states removing kids from the health care rolls, and seniors worried that they ll lose their nursing homes. This assistance will go a long way to resolving those problems New York Times, 5/15 . The Senate will likely pass the tax cut bill today, but the legislation faces difficult negotiations wi yeezy th House members, the Washington Post reports Weisman, Washington Post, 5/15 . The House version of the tax cut bill, passed earlier this month, does not include funds for states Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, 5/9 . The provision of additional funds for states has provoked little interest from House Republicans, the Times reports. House Ways and Means Committee Chair Rep. Bill Thomas R-Calif. said last week that states are responsible for their financial problems because of profligate s
Long-Term Health Benefits Of Quitting Smoking Eclipse Negative Effects From Any Weight GainThe nicotine in cigarettes can suppress appetite and boost metabolism, and many smokers who quit who don t step up t stanley uk heir exercise find they eat more and gain weight. In other news on smoking, a study reports no amount of secondhand smoke is safe.The Associated Press:Study: Smokers Better Off Quitting, Even With Weight GainIf you quit smoking and gain weight, it may seem like you re trading one set of health problems for another. But a new U.S. study finds you re still better off in the long run. Compared with smokers, even the quitters who gained the most weight had at least a 50 percent lower risk of dying prematurely from heart disease and other causes, the Harvard-led study found. Stobbe, 8/15 The Washington Po owala website st:Children Who Lived With Smokers Are More Likely To Die Of Lung Disease As Adults, Study SaysChildhood exposure to secondhand smoke is linked to lung disea brumate se decades later, according to a study published Thursday by the American Cancer Society. For 22 years, researchers have been following more than 70,000 adults who have never smoked. At the beginning of the study, they were asked whether they lived in a household with a smoker while they were children. Those who did were聽31 percent more likely to die of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease COPD . This is the first study to find a correlation between the two. Furby, 8/16 This is part of the Morning Briefin Rwfp WTOP Radio Series Examines HIV/AIDS in Washington, D.C.
Thursday, Jun 11 2009Senators Agree To Attach $10B in Additional Medicaid Funds for States to Tax Cut BillA bipartisan group of senators on May 14 reached an agreement to allocate $10 billion to stanley cup states for their Medicaid programs as part of a 10-year, $350 billion tax cut bill, the New York Times reports Firestone, New York Times, 5/15 . The tax cut legislation approved by the Senate Finance Committee on May 13 includes $20 billion in funds for states and cities Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, 5/14 . Under the ag af1 reement, states would also receive $6 billion in unrestricted funds; cities would receive $4 billion in unrestricted funds. Sen. Ben Nelson D-Neb. said, We ve got states removing kids from the health care rolls, and seniors worried that they ll lose their nursing homes. This assistance will go a long way to resolving those problems New York Times, 5/15 . The Senate will likely pass the tax cut bill today, but the legislation faces difficult negotiations wi yeezy th House members, the Washington Post reports Weisman, Washington Post, 5/15 . The House version of the tax cut bill, passed earlier this month, does not include funds for states Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, 5/9 . The provision of additional funds for states has provoked little interest from House Republicans, the Times reports. House Ways and Means Committee Chair Rep. Bill Thomas R-Calif. said last week that states are responsible for their financial problems because of profligate s