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How Smoking Affects Your Chances of Pregnancy From About.com Guide to Fertility, Rachel Gurevich:'It's no secret that smoking is detrimental to your health; so it's probably no surprise that smoking can affect your fertility. Smoking has been linked to an increased risk for many cancers, heart disease, emphysema, and a number of other health problems. The toxins contained in cigarettes take their toll not only on your lungs, but on your entire body's health, including your reproductive system.' Related: Statistics About Smoking and Reproductive Health Smoking During Pregnancy - The Risks to Our Children Female Fertility and Smoking originally appeared on About.com Smoking Cessation on Sunday, October 18th, 2009 at 21:53:38.Permalink | Comment | Email this

There are a number of strong visual clues that can indicate someone may be suffering from a dementia such as Alzheimer's disease. Appearance, dress, personal hygeine may deteriorate. Visual clues are important but provides only one aspect of human behavior and presentation that may lead to diagnosis.

Victoria's police chief says a "staggering number" of police calls are mental-health related and his officers will have to pick up the pieces after recent cuts to mental-health services."There is no d...

Background: There is little information about influenza disease among the Cambodian population. To better understand the dynamics of influenza in Cambodia, the Cambodian National Influenza Center (NIC) was established in August 2006. To continuously monitor influenza activity, a hospital based sentinel surveillance system for ILI (influenza like illness), with a weekly reporting and sampling scheme, was established in five sites in 2006. In addition, hospital based surveillance of acute lower respiratory infection (ALRI) cases was established in two sites. Methods: The sentinel sites collect weekly epidemiological data on ILI patients fulfilling the case definition and take naso-pharyngeal specimens from a defined number of cases per week. The samples are tested in the Virology Unit at the Institut Pasteur in Phnom Penh. From each sample, viral RNA was extracted and amplified by a multiplex RT-PCR, simultaneously detecting the influenza A and influenza B virus. Influenza A viruses were

HospitalS were last night warned to prepare for a possible wave of very ill patients as it emerged young adults - particularly women - are dying in larger numbers from swine f