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1: Int J Neurosci. 2007 May;117(5):571-8.
Cabioglu MT,
Ergene N,
Tan U.
Department of Physiology, Selcuk University. Faculty of Meram Medical, Konya. Turkey.
Acupuncture is applied, especially in treatment of pain, hemiplegia, obesity, and psychological illnesses including addiction. Recently, ear and body acupuncture have been frequently used in the treatment of smoking. An increase in levels of endorphin, enkephalin, epinephrine, norepinephrine, serotonin, and dopamine in the central nervous system and plasma has been reported as the most important mechanism of acupuncture. That is, acupuncture application may increase the levels of endorphin, enkephalin, epinephrine, norepinephrine, serotonin, and dopamine in the central nervous system and plasma. The authors think that acupuncture application provides the patients with deterioration in the taste of smoking, decrease in desire of smoking, and the obstruction of psychological symptoms that appear as a result of smoking cessation. Because of these effects it is presumed that acupuncture application may be used as an important method for smoking cessation treatment.
PMID: 17464775 [PubMed - in process]
1: Med Clin (Barc). 2007 Apr 21;128(15):565-8.
[Article in Spanish]
Gullon Blanco JA,
Suarez Toste I,
Lecuona Fernandez M,
Galindo Morales R,
Fernandez Alvarez R,
Rubinos Cuadrado G,
Medina Gonzalvez A,
Gonzalez Martin IJ.
Servicio de Neumologia. Hospital Universitario de Canarias. La Laguna. Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Espana. jose993@separ.es.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: To analyze if cigarette smoking delays the sputum smear conversion in pulmonary tuberculosis. PATIENTS AND METHOD: Ninety eight patients were diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis. Patients were all not immunosuppressed, infected by human immunodeficiecy virus (HIV) or drug resistant. Sixty four of them were smokers with a pack-year index (standard deviation) of 33.69 (23.12). Delayed sputum smear conversion (DC) was considered when 2 positive sputum culture results were obtained in the second month of anti-tuberculous treatment and was associated with the following variables in 2 groups: a) total group (in which all the patients were included): age, sex, smoking habits, risk factors (alcohol consumption, diabetes mellitus, immunosuppression, drug addicion, malnutrition), time with symptoms, radiologic presentation and bacterial load, and b) smokers: age, sex, risk factors, time with symptoms, radiologic presentation, bacterial load and pack-year index. For the statistical analysis, chi2 test, Student t test and logistic regression model were used, considering the dependant variable DC. RESULTS: In the total group, 17 patients (17.3%) had DC, 16 of them had a history of smoking and in the univariate analysis it was associated with: alcohol consumption, time with symptoms, radiologic presentation as bilateral cavitary infiltrates and smoking habits. The logistic regression analysis showed an association with smoking habits (odds ratio = 9.8; p = 0.03) and bilateral cavitary infiltrates (odds ratio = 3.61; p = 0.02). In the group of smokers, DC was associated in the univariate analysis with the female sex. CONCLUSIONS: Smoking habits delay sputum conversion in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis not associated with HIV and non-resistant bacilli. According to these results it is necessary to assist smoking cessation in patients who are receiving antituberculous treatment.
PMID: 17462193 [PubMed - in process]
1: Yonsei Med J. 2007 Apr 30;48(2):192-200.
Odongua N,
Chae YM,
Kim MR,
Yun JE,
Jee SH.
Department of Health Promotion and Education, Graduate School of Public Health, Yonsei University, 134 Sinchon-dong, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 120-752, Korea. jsunha@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr.
Purpose: Cervical cancer is a major women's health problem in the world today. The purpose of this study was to estimate the incidence and mortality rates and to investigate risk factors for cervical cancer in Korean women. Materials and Methods: Reproductive factors, cigarette smoking, as well as the risk of incidence and death from cervical cancer were examined in a 12-year prospective cohort study of 475,398 Korean women aged 30 to 95 years who received health insurance from the National Health Insurance Corporation and who had a medical evaluation in 1992. Relative risks (RR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated using the Cox proportional hazards model after adjusting for age, body mass index, cigarette smoking, alcohol use, menarche, parity, and Papanicolaou test status. Results: This study showed that the RR of death due to cervical cancer among current smokers was two times higher compared with non- smokers (RR=2.00; 95% CI, 1.23-2.91). In addition, the RR of death due to cervical cancer among all women who smoked >/= 10 cigarettes/day was 2.4 times higher than the RR among women that had never smoked. More interestingly, those who had never been screened by Papanicolaou smears had twice the risk of death due to cervical cancer (RR =2.00; 95% CI, 1.37-1.81). Conclusion: Our prospective study concluded that current smokers had an increased risk of death due to cervical cancer. We suggest that the target age group for cervical cancer screening tests be reconsidered and should begin as early as possible.
PMID: 17461516 [PubMed - in process]
1: Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2007 Apr;98(4):329-36. Links
Armentia A,
Bartolome B,
Puyo M,
Paredes C,
Calderon S,
Asensio T,
del Villar V.
Seccion de Alergia del Hospital Universitario Rio Hortega, Valladolid, Spain. aliciaarmentia@terra.es
BACKGROUND: Skin testing and sera measurements have verified the existence of tobacco specific IgE. However, the few published studies on this matter report conflicting results concerning their clinical significance. OBJECTIVE: To verify if a specific clinical allergenic response against tobacco might be possible in allergenic and nonallergenic bronchial diseases. METHODS: We performed a cross-sectional observational case-control analysis on 180 patients with asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and bronchial carcinoma and controls who were randomly chosen. Skin prick tests and serum specific IgE to tobacco and related allergens, bronchial challenge with cigarettes and tobacco extract, patch tests with tobacco and nicotine, sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis immunoblotting, and Enzyme AllergoSorbent Test (EAST) inhibition were performed. RESULTS: Twenty-eight patients had positive tobacco skin prick test results. The association among positive skin prick test results, IgE, and bronchial challenge was strong (P < .001). Tobacco sensitivity was higher in patients with pollen asthma than in patients with COPD and carcinoma and negative in patients with intrinsic asthma and controls. A positive bronchial challenge result was related to the length of habit (P < .001) and the tobacco index in patients who had stopped smoking (P < .001). Delayed bronchial and patch response was more common in patients with COPD (P < .001). Tobacco IgE response (EAST) was related to sensitivity to Lolium perenne (rye grass) pollen (P < .001) but not to other vegetables that belong to the Solanaceae family. EAST inhibition showed cross-reactivity between tobacco and Lolium pollen. CONCLUSIONS: Tobacco may be responsible for a specific IgE response. Patients with pollen asthma were those with more positive responses to tobacco due to cross-reactivity between Lolium and tobacco allergens.
PMID: 17458428 [PubMed - in process]
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