Richard Doll

An epidemiologist, Doll was the first to actually prove that cigarettes caused cancer, heart attacks and emphysema. Such had been suspected for decades, but Doll's studies showed that, on average, smokers die 10 years sooner than non-smokers. A smoker himself, Doll quit smoking two-thirds of the way through his study, and his conclusions were published in the British Medical Journal in 1950. A follow-up study in 1954 was so conclusive that Britain's Health Minister declared it "established that there is a relationship between smoking and cancer of the lung." (Press accounts noted that nearly everyone present at the announcement was smoking.) Doll later went on to found Britain's blood bank, showed aspirin can help prevent heart disease, warned of the harmful effects of asbestos and atomic radiation, promoted fluoride in water to prevent tooth decay, warned that ultraviolet light promotes skin cancer more than people think, and studied the effects of cholesterol. Dr. William Richard Shaboe Doll taught at several British medical schools and was knighted in 1971. He died July 24 at age 92. From This is True for 24 July 2005 Suggestions for further reading: It Takes a Genome (Free Book for a Limited Time): How a Clash Between Our Gen... by Greg Gibson Amazon Price: Customer Review: The first chapter of this book, The Adolescent Genome, is printed at the end of The Root of Thought and has such a similar pretentious-and-at-the-same-time-informal style that it might have been written by the same author. The odd and often imprecis...   The Truth About Obamacare by Sally C. Pipes Amazon Price: $11.53 Customer Review: This is a great eye-opening book. It explains a lot about what is coming in Obamacare. It details the Canadian and British universal health care plans that are even as we speak imploding on themselves and points out that this is the path that we ha...   Epidemiology: with STUDENT CONSULT Online Access (Gordis, Epidemiology) by Leon Gordis MD MPH DrPH Amazon Price: $45.99 Customer Review: Currently a student and receiving notifications that package has been delivered however, it has NOT been delivered. Giving 12 hours to receive book before filing a claim (I have already waited 12 hours after receiving "Delivered" notification as it ...   Nutrition: Concepts and Controversies by Frances Sizer, Ellie Whitney Amazon Price: $106.80 Customer Review: Another book purchased for my daughter who needed it for a nutrition class at the "local" state college. She has really enjoyed this book. It is well written and balanced in its comments on various topics that can be controversial for some. One pa...   Health Behavior and Health Education: Theory, Research, and Practice Amazon Price: $63.92 Customer Review: the book was sent to me with different characteristics than those described in the ads. it's very bad. I'm not satisfied.   Newsfeed display by CaRP

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