tuberculosis

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Cigarette smoking appears to be a risk factor for tuberculosis infection, according to findings from review of the literature and pooled analysis of studies.Kirk R Smith,of the University of California,Berkeley,and colloeagues searched eight databases for relevant articles on the topic and identified 24 that met their inclusion criteria. Taken together, the data point to a marked increased the relative risk of TB infection and disease among current and former smokers compared with nonsmokers.

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On several occasions (for example, here, here, and here) since I started this blog on New Year’s Day 2006, I’ve commented on the extent to which our modern mores and attitudes are dependent on technology. It’s my thought, and one shared by not a few other scientists, that many of the customs that we now defend or assault on moral, ethical, or legal grounds originally arose as pragmatic human responses to health or disease issues.

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