In The News: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

ABP Live

Smoking is a major risk factor for osteoporosis and risk of fracture, and men tend to smoke more than women, increasing their risk for osteoporosis, which has traditionally been thought of as a women's disease. 

Presse Text

Male smokers break bones disproportionately and are more likely to develop osteoporosis, which causes bones to become porous and break easily.

UPI

You can add more risk of broken bones to the long list of health harms that smoking poses to men.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Federal and local public health agencies are recommending wearing a mask in public indoor settings now that Clark County has once again reached high community levels of COVID-19.

HealthDay

You can add more risk of broken bones to the long list of health harms that smoking poses to men.

News-Medical.net

A UNLV research team analyzed nearly 30,000 broken bone cases reported over the past three decades in 27 research publications and found that smoking increases the risk of breaking a bone by as much as 37%.

Prensa Latina

A new study from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) has revealed that male smokers – who, demographically, are more likely than women to light up - are also placing themselves at a significantly increased risk exposed to a higher risk of osteoporosis, bone fractures, and early death.

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Women are more than four times more likely than men to develop osteoporosis, but a new meta-analysis by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, has found men who smoke are closing that gap.

IatroNet

New research from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, has revealed that male smokers are at increased risk for osteoporosis, fractures and premature death.

Health Chosun

Male smokers are more likely to develop osteoporosis and fractures than nonsmokers because of weakened bones, a study found.

Newsweek

Monkeypox has now been found in 12 U.S. states as part of an outbreak that has seen over 700 confirmed cases worldwide.

Vox

Verizon didn’t keep up with requirements meant to stop the spread of a dangerous bacteria.