Smoking, blood pressure and cholesterol rob men 10 years of life - study

Middle-aged male smokers with high blood pressure and high cholesterol content, live 10 years less healthy peers

This conclusion was staff at Oxford University (UK), examined the results of observations over 19 thousands of civil servants. The experiment began in the years 1967-1970, when subjects were in 40-69 years, and ended after 38 years.

At the beginning of the study, all participants were measured height, weight, blood pressure, cholesterol and glucose levels, as well as tested in lung function.

In addition, subjects completed questionnaires that reported their medical history, smoking habits, type of employment and marital status. Of all participants 42% were smokers, 39% had high blood pressure, while 51% found a high content of cholesterol in the blood,

By 2005, nearly 40 years, died on 13,501 guinea. Men who at baseline smoked, suffered from hypertension and had high cholesterol, lived an average of 74 years, while average life expectancy of healthy participants reached 83 years.

According to scientists, the period life expectancy for men declined due to the fact that three of the above risk factors contributed to the development of cardiovascular system. Thus, if the 50-year-old man refuses to cigarettes and take steps to lower blood pressure and cholesterol levels, he has every chance to live almost 10 years longer.

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Smoking pregnant women facing infant asthma

Smoking pregnant women leads to severe neonatal disease, especially bronchial asthma

This conclusion is contained in the report of Turkish doctors, published today, Anatolian Agency.

At the recent European Congress in Vienna, pulmonologists were given many years of research data. They suggest that the risk of the birth of the baby with a serious violation of the lung increased six-fold if the expectant mother not to give up smoking at such a crucial period for her. It is reported by AMI-TASS

The agency also notes that because of the bad habits of the mother the infant and strongly lose weight. It also adversely affects his overall health. In particular, it was found that babies of smoking mothers by an average of 210-215 grams weigh less than nonsmokers.

Confirmation of this disturbing trend revealed by careful observations have become doctors in 1996-2008 of approximately 3500 newborns who were diagnosed with asthma in the postpartum period

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