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Note to women smokers: Quit smoking (www.feministing.com) TMC

This is a stark reminder: women smokers lose 14.5 years off their life span. I'm going to disclose a little, shameful secret: I'm a smoker. Well, not your average pack-of-cigarettes-a-day smoker,... More

Tags: smoking,women,quit,tmc,cancer

Submitted 6 days ago by cdoherty on Healthcare | 0 Comments |

Burn pit at Balad raises health concerns (www.militarytimes.com)

An open-air “burn pit” at the largest U.S. base in Iraq may have exposed tens of thousands of troops, contractors and Iraqis to cancer-causing dioxins, poisons such as arsenic and carbon monoxide,... More

Tags: balad,iraq,iraq war,dioxins,cancer,carbon minoxide,hazardous waste,arsenic,health,us forces

Submitted about 1 month ago by robertharding on OurTroops | 0 Comments |

Obama Rolls Out Cancer Policy as Kerry Rebuts Palin (www.washingtonindependent.com) TMC

Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign unveiled a new plank of its health-care policy on Friday. They outlined a plan to fight cancer, double funding for cancer research to $5 billion a year, protect cancer... More

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Submitted 2 months ago by SpencerKent on Healthcare | 0 Comments |

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