KALISPELL, Mont. — One of the whistleblowers responsible for bringing down the major tobacco companies in the 90s is hitting five Montana cities in five days. Dr. Victor DeNoble worked for the largest tobacco supplier in the United States. DeNoble was allowed to break his sworn silence to the tobacco companies in 1994 telling congress the companies were lying about how lethal their products actually are. “ The seven executives, for the f ... Jump to full article >>

A vaccine that stops cholesterol causing damage to arteries could slash heart disease by two-thirds. The experimental jab, which is being pioneered by scientists at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, works by stopping the body’s own defence system from over-reacting to excess levels of cholesterol in the blood. It is this over-reaction that leads to the lining of blood vessels becoming inflamed to the point where a clot forms, triggering ... Jump to full article >>

A cost-effective new approach to ill health prevention is set to release the untapped potential of the whole NHS workforce – not just doctors and nurses – to improve people’s health. We’re missing a trick in the fight against the tsunami of preventable illness that is threatening to overwhelm our health and social care services. The scale of the problem is highlighted in the Marmot Review[ http://www.ucl.ac.uk/gheg/marmot ... Jump to full article >>

Smoking has long been known to damage lungs and cause heart disease. But it could also lower your IQ, research has found. Young people who smoke regularly are likely to have markedly lower intelligence levels than those who do not smoke, and, according to the study of 20,000 young adults, the heavier the smoker, the lower the IQ. Those who smoke a pack or more of cigarettes a day averaged an IQ seven and a half points lower than that of those wh ... Jump to full article >>

Are you ambitious and highly competitive, a corporate high-flyer who values achievement and status, and for whom perfection comes as standard? Would others describe you as workaholic, possessing a quick temper, and impatient to the point of being hostile to your colleagues? If so, you may have what psychologists call a Type A personality. While this can be great for business – such attributes have no doubt propelled you to the top of your game ... Jump to full article >>

Britain’s filthy air kills 50,000 people a year – more than obesity, passive smoking or traffic accidents, a damning report by MPs has said. Ministers have been rebuked for failing to tackle the lethal problem, risking millions of pounds in fines for failing to meet EU quality standards. MPs on the Environmental Audit Committee warned that climate-change targets were even exacerbating air pollution. The Government has encouraged people t ... Jump to full article >>

A new study has found that teenagers who are exposed to second-hand tobacco smoke are more likely to have changes to their blood vessels that could lead to heart disease later in life. Researcher Katariina Kallio of the University of Turku in Finland says her study on teenagers extends previous research, which found cardiovascular damage in grown-ups who breathed in other peoples’ smoke. “We know previously that in adults there is th ... Jump to full article >>

Do you have a sunny outlook on life? If so, you have one more reason to be happy: You may be at less risk for heart disease. People with a joyful, positive, and enthusiastic disposition—what psychologists call “positive affect”—are less likely than their gloomier peers to have a heart attack, a new study has found. “This is the first study, to our knowledge, that has shown that clinically assessed positive emotions are protective of a ... Jump to full article >>

A new study offers yet more proof that smoking is a major risk factor for death from heart disease and cancer. Researchers followed 12,152 American and European male and female smokers, formers smokers and nonsmokers for three years. During that time, current smokers were 4.16 times more likely to die of cancer, 2.26 times more likely to die of heart disease and 2.58 times more likely to die from any cause than were former or nonsmokers. Current ... Jump to full article >>

Watching too much television can make you feel a bit brain-dead. According to a new study, it might also take years off your life. The more time you spend watching TV, the greater your risk of dying at an earlier age—especially from heart disease, researchers found. The study followed 8,800 adults with no history of heart disease for more than six years. Compared to those who watched less than two hours of TV per day, people who watched four h ... Jump to full article >>