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NEJM -- Passive Smoking and the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease -- A Meta-Analysis of Epidemiologic Studies (Popularity:  )
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/340/12/920
Review of the scientific literature finds that passive smoking is consistently associated with an increased risk of heart disease across ...
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Acute Effects of Passive Smoking on the Coronary Circulation in Healthy Young Adults (Popularity: )
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/short/286/4/436
Recent research shows that even brief exposure to secondhand smoke affects heart health.
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Secondhand Smoke as a Cause of Atherosclerotic Disease (Popularity: )
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/short/279/2/157
Article in a medical journal summarizes the research findings that secondhand smoke causes heart disease that may be irreversible.
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Unfavorable Effects of Passive Smoking on Aortic Function (Popularity: )
http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/128/6/426
Report in Annals of Internal Medicine. Research directly measured effects of secondhand smoke on blood vessels.
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Secondhand smoke and schaemic heart disease: an evaluation of the evidence (Popularity: )
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/abstract/315/7114/973?ijkey=zdKc.10Ii15r6
Analysis of 19 epidemiological studies shows that people who have never smoked have 30% greater risk of ischaemic heart disease ...
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Environmental tobacco smoke exposure and ischaemic heart disease: an evaluation of the evidence (Popularity: )
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/315/7114/973
Article from the British Medical Journal.
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Online NewsHour: Second Hand Smoke (Popularity: )
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/health/may97/smoking_5-20.html
Interview with researcher on effect of secondhand smoke on heart health.
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Health Effects of Secondhand Smoke: Heart Disease (Popularity: )
http://www.ocat.org/healtheffects/heartdisease.html
Describes the effect of secondhand smoke on circulation and the heart, and provides a bibliography of relevant research.
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Secondhand Smoke and Heart Attacks (Popularity: )
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/abstract/bmj.38055.715683.55v1
Research finds that exposure to secondhand smoke increases incidence of heart attacks.
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Secondhand Smoke Shortens Life (Popularity: )
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,8122-1063685,00.html
One of the largest studies on secondhand smoke ever done finds that people who lived with a smoker die sooner ...
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Secondhand Smoke Breaks Down Blood Vessel (Popularity: )
http://www.pslgroup.com/dg/7e57a.htm
Research results: After spending only 30 minutes in a smoke-filled room, participants in a study had losses in their blood ...
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Passive smoking and risk of stroke seems a solid connection (Popularity: )
http://tc.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/9/1/112#resp1
Letter to scientific journal on biomarkers, exposure measurement, confounds, and the evidence connecting secondhand smoke to stroke.
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Passive Smoke From Spouse Increases a Smoking Woman's Stroke Risk (Popularity: )
http://www.buffalo.edu/reporter/vol34/vol34n15/articles/PassiveSmoke.html
Women already at risk of having a stroke because they smoke cigarettes increase their stroke risk three-fold if they live ...
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Passive Smoking Increases the Risk of Acute Stroke (Popularity: )
http://tc.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/abstract/8/2/156?ijkey=s5i8mmfH77IGE
Population-based case-control study of residents of Auckland, New Zealand findsa significantly increased risk of stroke in both men and women.
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Secondhand Smoke Raises Stroke Risk, Study Says (Popularity: )
http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=smok&date=19990818
Seattle Times article summarizes recent research that estimates secondhand smoke raises stroke risk by 85%.
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Health Effects of Secondhand Smoke: Stroke (Popularity: )
http://www.ocat.org/healtheffects/stroke.html
Provides a bibliography of relevant research.
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Cognitive Effects of Nicotine (Popularity: )
http://nootropics.com/nicotine/
Report on studies of nicotine and other nicotinic agonists on improving performance on attention and memory tasks, as well as ...
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Nicotine Metabolite Shows Promise for Improving Memory, Protecting Brain Cells (Popularity: )
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2003-11/mcog-nms110703.php
Report that a nicotine metabolite may improve memory and protect brain cells from diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. The ...
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Nicotine Studied as Treatment for Brain Disorders (Popularity: )
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2003/11/12/nicotine_studied_as_treatment_for_brain_disorders/
News article in Boston Globe about research indicating that nicotine seems to diminish mental impairment stemming from stress or an ...
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Will Nicotine Help Slow Memory Loss? (Popularity: )
http://www.uvm.edu/news/?Page=News&storyID=4192
A study led by Paul Newhouse, M.D., at the University of Vermont will examine nicotine's effect on mild cognitive impairment.
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