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Tag Archives: smoking
What are the lung cancer screening recommendations?
What are the lung cancer screening recommendations? Recently the ACCP (The American College of Chest Physicians) published their new lung cancer screening guidelines. Who should get an ANNUAL lung cancer screening? Adults aged 55 to 77 years of age who … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, General Medicine- Adults, lung conditions, nicotine, Uncategorized
Tagged cancer, Dr. Greenberg, Dr. Leslie Greenberg, Family Doctor, family physician, family practice, low dose CT scan, lung cancer, Reno family doctor, smoking, University of Nevada, University of Nevada Family Medicine Residency Program, University of Nevada Reno Family medicine Residency program, University of Nevada Reno School of Medicine, University of Nevada School of Medicine
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Should you as an ex-smoker have a CT scan to rule out lung cancer?
Should you as an ex-smoker have a CT scan to rule out lung cancer? This is a great question. A few years ago the National Lung Screening Trial found a reduction in disease-specific and all-cause mortality with lung cancer screening. … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, General Medicine- Adults, Uncategorized
Tagged cancer, Dr. Greenberg, Dr. Leslie Greenberg, Family Doctor, Family Medicine, family physician, low-dose CT, lung cancer, Reno physician, smoking
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Want to live longer? Here are easy things to incorporate
Many of these are common-sense suggestions… with research behind them. 1. Get a colonoscopy. This is suggested for everyone at age 50, unless you have a family history or GI symptoms necessitating one sooner. The worst part, by far, is drinking … Continue reading
Posted in General Medicine- Adults, Uncategorized
Tagged Dr. Leslie Greenberg, exercise, Family Doctor, Family Medicine, family physician, family practice, how to live longer, kansas, smoking, wichita
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Salina, Kansas hospital putting some teeth into non-smoking rule
Hospitals have had no smoking in the hospital rules for years. (This is in humorous contrast to when my father was smoking in the physician lounge in the 1960s.) A Salina, Kansas hospital has a way to get patient to … Continue reading
Posted in General Medicine- Adults, nicotine, Uncategorized
Tagged against medical advice, AMA, Andover, Dr. Greenberg, Dr. Leslie Greenberg, Family Doctor, Family Medicine, family physician, family practice, kansas, smoking, smoking in the hospital, wichita
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More maternal guilt. . .
If you smoke and are considering a pregnancy, stop smoking! There is evidence emerging that smoking during pregnancy (and how many cigarettes smoked per day) is correlated with developmental outcomes after the children are born. The children of smokers were … Continue reading
Posted in General Medicine- Adults, nicotine, Obstetrics, Pediatrics, Uncategorized
Tagged Andover, behavior problems, Dr. Greenberg, Dr. Leslie Greenberg, Family Doctor, Family Medicine, family physician, family practice, kansas, prenatal smoking, smoking, wichita
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Four lifestyle changes decrease death risk by 80%!
Johns Hopkins study ( of over 6200 patients) found that four lifestyle chances reduce the chance of death from ALL CAUSES by 80 % over an eight-year period over those with none of the healthy behaviors. Drum roll please……. Mediterranean … Continue reading
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Tagged Andover, Dr. Greenberg, Dr. Leslie Greenberg, Family Doctor, Family Medicine, family physician, family practice, kansas, mediterranean diet, smoking, wichita
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Want to start smoking again after a stroke?
Patients who started smoking again after an ischemic (not-enough-blood-getting-to-the-brain) stroke raise their risk of dying by nearly threefold within one year. The risk of dying increases the sooner the smoking relapse occurs. Patients who start smoking within 10 days of … Continue reading
Posted in Brain, General Medicine- Adults, Uncategorized
Tagged Andover, Dr. Greenberg, Dr. Leslie Greenberg, Family Doctor, Family Medicine, family physician, family practice, ischemic stroke, kansas, smoking, stroke, tobacco, wichita
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E-cigarettes?
E- cigarettes and tobacco lozenges are purported as a way to stop smoking. But, the Institute of Medicine would like you to rethink that. There is too little known about whether they actually pose less risk than do traditional tobacco … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, General Medicine- Adults, nicotine, Uncategorized
Tagged Andover, Dr. Greenberg, Dr. Leslie Greenberg, e-cigarette, Family Doctor, Family Medicine, family physician, family practice, kansas, nicotine, smoking, smoking cessation, wichita
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Need another reason to stop smoking?
There is a strong connection between smoking and getting bladder cancer. The researchers can’t go as far as to say that smoking CAUSES bladder cancer. But, they do state that smoking accounts for 50% of the “population-attributable risk” for bladder … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, nicotine, Uncategorized
Tagged bladder cancer, blood in urine, Dr. Leslie Greenberg, family physician, kansas, smoking, tobacco, wichita
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Cigarette packaging is getting a dose of reality. . .
Cigarette packaging will be more graphic, starting September 2012. Manufacturers will be required to devote 1/2 of the front and back of every cigarette package to photos and written warnings about the dangers of tobacco. There are nine photos showing … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, General Medicine- Adults, nicotine, Pediatrics, smoking, Uncategorized
Tagged Andover, cancer, Family Doctor, Family Medicine, family physician, family practice, kansas, nicotine, smoking, smoking cessation, wichita
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