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Cleaner Air Lengthens Lives
According to a recent study cleaner air can lengthen our life expectancy by as much as three years. Researchers studied particulate mattter in the air in 51 US cities. They analysed death and population data. They considered smoking rates, education level, income, migration and even demograhics. The Result: They found that the cities with the […]
Contagious Virus In Children More Widespread
February 25, 2009
A recent report shows that researchers need to put more emphasis on a vaccine for the respiratory sunctial virus ( RSV). RSV is a virus they predicted would affect 2.1 million children under the age of 5. Over a four year period the virus was responsible ( in 3 US counties ) for: 18 % of emergency […]
Money May Be Incentive To Quit
February 23, 2009
If you are thinking of quitting or if you know of someone who wants to quit, this may be of interest. According to a recent study money may help. Read More
Aids On The Rise In China
February 19, 2009
According to a Xinhua report AIDS is on the rise, 6,897 people died in the nine months ending September 2008. It was the number 1 infectious disease killer in 2008, followed by TB, rabies and hepatitis. In 2005 it was the third. According to the report the increase may be because of improved reporting of HIV/AIDS, […]
Community Health Centers-
February 4, 2009
A new study in the USA finds that Community Health Centers (CHC) can reduce the number of unnecessary emergency room visits. More than 2 million emergency room visits in 117 counties in Georgia were studied from 2003-2005. They compared visit rates among uninsured patients in 93 counties with no CHC’s, with those in 24 counties […]
Premature Birth Linked To Autism
February 4, 2009
According to a report released last week , children of premature birth are 2-3 times as likely to demonstrate characteristics of autism than normal births. Researchers followed 988 US children born at least 3 months prematurely. At age 2 the children were evaluated using a specific screening method- a checklist of about 28 behaviours. Result: […]
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- A review of the pharmacologic options for the treatment of alcohol dependenceThe chronic and excessive use of alcohol adversely affects the healthcare system, work productivity, and familial and social relationships. Alcohol misuse accounts for 85,000 deaths per year in the United States, and the overall financial costs related to alcohol dependence are more than $100 billion annually. The reduction of alcohol misuse can be measured […]
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- A review of nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic therapies for smoking cessationThis article provides information about pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic treatments that are used to help people stop smoking, including the use of varenicline.read more
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- FDA panel seeks tighter controls on hydrocodone-containing products January 28, 2013
- A review of the pharmacologic options for the treatment of alcohol dependence December 13, 2012
- Varenicline: An oral partial nicotine agonist for smoking cessation December 12, 2012
- A review of nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic therapies for smoking cessation December 12, 2012
- Genetic targets help alcohol addiction, study finds December 11, 2012
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February 28, 2009
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