Barrel Chest

Barrel chest is a term used to describe the rounded, barrel shape of the chest that can occur in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD), such as emphysema.

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Smoking and Metabolism

The act of smoking increases a person's metabolic rate by forcing the heart to beat faster. When a cigarette is inhaled, the smoker's heart may beat 10 to 20 times more per minute for a period of time. This puts a lot of extra stress on the heart and plays a role in heart disease, the most common cause of smoking-related death.

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Craving Cigarettes at 3 Months

: I'm sorry to hear that you're feeling so badly, however, from what you're describing, everything you're

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David Magnus Corrects the Record Regarding AJOB

Over the past couple of weeks, a great deal of drama has played out regarding changes at the American Journal of Bioethics. While we appreciate all of the support we have received from our Editorial Board and much of the leadership in the field, a number of misleading or false claims have been made about which I feel obligated to respond.

1. It has been claimed that the Editorial offices of AJOB were relocated to Celltex. This is false. It is a matter of public record that the offices of the journal have been and continue to be based at 3030 Post Oak Blvd.
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Meet Our New Associate Editor, Kayhan Parsi, JD PhD

AJOB is proud to have Kayhan Parsi as our new Associate Editor. �Kayhan has worked with AJOB closely for the last three years serving as its Book Review Editor. We chose Kayhan, in part, because he knows AJOB well and because he is well connected to scholars throughout bioethics, particularly in the fields of medical professionalism, global health, and medical humanities. �We look forward to continuing our relationship with Kayhan here at AJOB for many years to come.

Kayhan Parsi, JD, PhD

Kayhan Parsi, JD, PhD is an Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director at the Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics and Health Policy, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine.� He also teaches in the medical school and serves on the ethics committee and ethics consultation service of Loyola.��He has published in a variety of areas and has interests in medical ethics education, professionalism and professional ethics, global health, media and bioethics, and the history of medicine and bioethics.� He co-edited�Healing as Vocation: A Medical Professionalism Primer�(Rowman and Littlefield, 2006).��He has been the book review editor for the American Journal of Bioethics since 2009.…

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AJOB?s July Issue Online Now with Free Content!

We are happy to share that AJOB’s July issue (a few weeks ahead of schedule) is now available online on bioethics.net and here. This month’s issue features�three Target Articles all of which are related to sex, gender, and reproduction. TThe topics addressed in the journal include gender testing for elite female athletes, the use of contraception as part of research studies in Catholic healthcare, and responsibility for rising cesarean rates.

This �”Olympics issue” features the article “Out of Bounds?…

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Just One Cigarette

When we quit smoking, most of us go through a fair amount of junkie thinking - the internal battle between our addiction and ourselves. Early on in smoking cessation, the dialogue can seem relentless. It's often persistant, annoying and exhausting! It is however, temporary, and the less attention you give to unhealthy thoughts of smoking, the better.

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What Else Can I Give Up?

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CDC Creates National Plan for Infertility. Comments?

Today the CDC’s Division on Reproductive Health announced a draft version of a white paper entitled “A National Public Health Action Plan for the Detection, Prevention, and Management of Infertility” is now available for comment.

First, the white paper seeks to define infertility as a major public health problem. Is it? I understand why CDC is arguing that it is, but really, compared to say HIV infection or influenza, does infertility really count?�The proposed plan addresses three elements of infertility for both men and women: its detection, prevention and management.…

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Alveoli

Alveoli are tiny, delicate air sacs deep within the lungs where the gas/blood exchange occurs. Oxygen from inhaled air passes through the walls of aveoli and enters the bloodstream while carbon dioxide passes out in the same way when air is exhaled.

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Head and Neck Cancer

Symptoms of oral and head and neck cancers include a lump or sore throat that does not heal, sore throat, and difficulty swallowing.

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Alveoli

Alveoli are tiny, delicate air sacs deep within the lungs where the gas/blood exchange occurs. Oxygen from inhaled air passes through the walls of aveoli and enters the bloodstream while carbon dioxide passes out in the same way when air is exhaled.

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In Memoriam: Fr. Kevin O?Rourke

From the Loyola University Chicago Neiswanger website:

Kevin O?Rourke, O.P., J.C.D., S.T.M., Dominican priest, canon lawyer, and health care ethicist died on Wednesday. �He is one of the seminal figures in Roman Catholic health care ethics in the United States. He is the author of numerous articles but his best-known publications are text books, especially a co-authored work (with Benedict Ashley, O.P.) published by Georgetown University Press,�Health Care Ethics: A Theological Analysis, fourth ed. (2007). He has been a leader in promoting respect for patients and their families to refuse unwanted and burdensome treatment at the end of life.…

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Am I at Risk for Lung Cancer?

Do you worry about getting lung cancer? Most smokers do. If you've recently quit smoking and you're concerned about what the years of smoking have done to your lungs, consider this: by quitting, you've lowered your risk of getting a wide variety of smoking-related illnesses, including lung cancer.

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Gay's Cancer Journal - Part 2

Gaylene is diagnosed with small cell lung cancer and it has spread to her lymph nodes and thyroid.

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Are Criminal Background Checks for Doctors Justified?

It is hard to determine which is more concerning: the fact that state medical boards are now doing background checks on their physicians or that prior experience suggests that they have to in order to protect public safety.

According to American Medical News, 2/3rds of state medical boards are now conducting criminal background checks on their members. The goal? Physicians with a criminal record can “be�denied a license, have restrictions placed on their practice or face no repercussions, depending on the will of the board in a particular state.”

Furthermore, AAMC has suggested since 2006 that all medical school applicants have criminal background checks and now 102 or 137 run those checks as part of the admissions process.…

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Six Month Benefits

What are the improvements you can expect to see when you quit smoking? Look at this list of benefits forum member, EB has noticed at 6 months.

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Chris' Quit Story

From your About.com Guide to Smoking Cessation, Terry Martin: Christine Rowley was the Guide here at

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Why Fat Cannot Make You Unfit to Parent

An eight-year-old Cleveland Heights, Ohio boy has been taken away from his parents by Child Protective Services. An unfortunate, but routine occurrence in the world of CPS–but this time the case has an usual cause—this third grader weighs more than 200 pounds and in the judgement of some Cuyahoga County officials his parents are the cause of his abuse to his health and well-being.

But as the Cleveland Plain Dealer asked this week, “Is Obesity Cause Enough To Take Kids From Parents?” My answer is absolutely no.…

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Rosa's Quit Smoking Story

Cigarette advertising was banned from broadcasting, but not from billboards and magazines. Joe Camel was a post television marketing tool and a survey of kindergartners showed that a large percentage of them could recognize Joe Camel. Cigarette smoking began to be banned in most public and indoor places.

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Gingrich on IVF: Bad for Families, Bad for Bioethics

Scientists, reproductive specialists and andrologists had better prepare. If Newt Gingrich has his way (and wins the Presidency), he will have a whole new world in store for science and medicine.

Newt has revived the embryo debate in Republican politics, giving bioethicists a “walk-on role” as Michael Cook explains it. How successful he will be on keeping it on the radar is another issue altogether. It is just as likely that Newt may have just been pandering to the audience at the Exciting Idlewild Baptist Church in Florida, trying to secure votes that clearly were not enough to win the Florida Primary.…

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Tar in Cigarettes

Tar is the term used to describe the toxic chemicals found in cigarettes. Cigarette filters were first added to cigarettes in the 1950s when it was reported that the tar in cigarettes was associated with an increased risk of lung cancer.

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Waiting for the SCOTUS decision on Obamacare? Read AJOB.

As the nation waits on pins and needles for SCOTUS’ decision regarding Obamacare, take a few minutes to bone up on the ethics of healthcare reform and governance with AJOB’s Special Issue on healthcare reform. Published July 2011, this issue contains two key articles, Rationing Just Health Care by Lawrence Schneiderman, and Jennifer Prah Ruger’s Shared Health Governance.

Want to know more about the ethical issues related to healthcare reform and Obamacare? Visit bioethics.net to read more than 200 news stories, articles, and events relating to health reform�today.…

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TSNAs

TSNAs are known to be some of the most potent carcinogens present in smokeless tobacco, snuff and tobacco smoke.

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Oral Cancer Personal Story

From your Guide to About.com Smoking Cessation, Terry Martin: I feel fortunate to have met and helped

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Water

When we quit smoking, water eases several of the discomforts associated with nicotine withdrawal, and helps flush residual nicotine out of the body.

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Smoking and Metabolism

The act of smoking increases a person's metabolic rate by forcing the heart to beat faster. When a cigarette is inhaled, the smoker's heart may beat 10 to 20 times more per minute for a period of time. This puts a lot of extra stress on the heart and plays a role in heart disease, the most common cause of smoking-related death.

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10 Tips for Nicotine Withdrawal

Symptoms of nicotine withdrawal can and do include just about every discomfort you can think of. Most people will experience some of these nicotine withdrawal symptoms, but rarely all of them. And, in general, the pains associated with nicotine withdrawal are short-lived.

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V2 Cigs Fan of the Week: Randy?s Story

First I want to thank V2 Cigs for helping me change my life. I have smoked for 34 years and I have tried everything to quit, patches, pills, gum etc. I think I tried it all. I had a stroke that paralyzed one side of my body, then heart bypass surgery after a heart attack [...]

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