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Tobacco responsible for one in five of all deaths from heart disease
Every year, 1.9 million people die from tobacco-induced heart disease, according to a new brief released today by the World Health Organization, World Heart Federation and the...
1 day ago - News Medical - 2 articles
Op-Ed: Is Cannabis as Safe as You Think?
Is marijuana as safe as the public thinks? Is it safer than alcohol or tobacco? As more states expand their marijuana programs for both medical and recreational purposes, more...
1 day ago - MedPageToday
Tobacco dependence treatment is critical to excellence in health care delivery
A UCLA-led report published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association Internal Medicine exposes what the authors call a weakness in the high-profile "Best...
2 days ago - News Medical
Substance use disorder increases risk for COVID-19, complications
Data from more than 73 million patients' anonymized EHRs revealed that those with a substance use disorder have an increased risk for COVID-19 and related complications...
3 days ago - Healio - 4 articles
COVID Adds Risk for People With Addiction Disorders
People with a recent addiction disorder diagnosis were more likely than others to develop COVID-19, and the connection was strongest among those with opioid and tobacco use...
6 days ago - Web MD
Bisexual, gay, lesbian individuals at high risk for substance use, psychiatric disorders
Bisexual, gay and lesbian individuals were more likely to have alcohol or tobacco use disorder and a comorbid psychiatric disorder, according to results of a survey study...
6 days ago - Healio - 2 articles
Labeling e-cigarette emissions as 'chemicals' or 'aerosols' increases the perceived risk of exposure
A new study led by Dr. Matthew Rossheim at the George Mason University College of Health and Human Services provides important findings on how labeling of secondhand emissions...
7 days ago - News Medical - 2 articles
Cleaning Toxic Tobacco Smoke Residues on Household Surfaces is Strenuous
Toxic chemical residues of tobacco smoke on dust tosses challenges on cleaning household surfaces.
8 days ago - Medindia Health
Tobacco smoking linked to worse outcomes for bladder cancer patients after surgery
Patients treated for bladder cancer with a surgery known as radical cystectomy have worse outcomes if they are smokers, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis by...
8 days ago - News Medical
Age at Diagnosis, Tobacco Use, Male Sex Linked With Increased Cancer Risks in Lupus
Study Authors: Sasha Bernatsky, Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman, et al. Target Audience and Goal Statement: Oncologists, pulmonologists, rheumatologists, primary care physicians The...
8 days ago - MedPageToday - 2 articles
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On Monday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis unveiled new legislation that would strengthen punishments against rioters, looters and other violent demonstrators. The bill, known as the...
Test and Trace gets worse AGAIN: Just 1.8% taking home tests get Covid-19...
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Investigating the efficacy of TCM extraction methods to deliver drug-like...
In this study, researchers from Australia and China investigated whether the extraction methods used in Traditional Chinese Medicine are capable of delivering molecules with...
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US trial of Oxford University's Covid-19 vaccine STILL on hold waiting on...
Doctors restarted the trials in the UK on Saturday, September 12, five days after a side effect was investigated. But regulators in the US have not followed almost two weeks later.