http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. France insisted Friday on restricting the prescription of newer-generation birth control pills even as Europe's medicines watchdog declared there was no evidence to merit a health warning. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-france-odds-european-medicines-agency.html Medications Fri, 11 Jan 2013 06:23:07 EST news277107782 (Medical Xpress)—Health warning labels have adorned cigarette packages since 1966, when they first appeared in the United States. And in the decades since, they have spread steadily around the world – in many instances, becoming more strongly worded, more prominently placed and more graphic over time. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-internal-tobacco-company-documents-reveal.html Addiction Mon, 19 Nov 2012 07:21:16 EST news272532064 Health warning labels (HWLs) on cigarette packages that use pictures to show the health consequences of smoking are effective in reaching adult smokers, according to the results of a new study published in the December issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Although previous studies have demonstrated that HWLs with pictorial imagery are more effective than HWLs with only text in increasing knowledge about smoking dangers and promoting the benefits of quitting, this new research shows which kind of pictures appears to work best among adult smokers in the U.S., including smokers from disadvantaged groups where smoking rates are highest. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-pictures-effective-cigarette.html Health Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:00:01 EST news271955896 In a first of its kind study in the U.S., researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have shown that the addition of graphic warning labels on cigarette packaging can improve smokers' recall of the warning and health risks associated with smoking. The new findings are published online-first in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-graphic-smokers-recall-health.html Addiction Fri, 15 Jun 2012 00:00:03 EST news258913549 (Medical Xpress) -- They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but its worth might just be measurable in terms of lives, according to research by a University of South Carolina public health professor. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-graphic-images-smokers-attention.html Health Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:37:28 EST news243682634 Australia's world-first plan for plain packaging on cigarettes has been delayed, giving tobacco firms extra time to prepare, the government said Wednesday, with the first sales now due in December 2012. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-plain-packet-cigarettes-australia.html Health Wed, 02 Nov 2011 05:35:24 EST news239430917 British police arrested a man on Friday after anti-psychotic and epilepsy drugs were placed in packets of the painkiller Nurofen Plus, Scotland Yard said. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-held-britain-contamination-painkillers.html Medications Fri, 23 Sep 2011 17:33:48 EST news236018014 Removing branding and wrapping cigarettes in plain packaging helps remove the appeal of smoking according to new a Cancer Research UK-funded study published in Tobacco Control. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-plain-packaging-cigarettes-appeal.html Health Fri, 09 Sep 2011 07:07:28 EST news234770834 Australia's major alcohol brands on Tuesday launched voluntary health warnings on their labels targeting children, pregnant women and excessive boozing in a country famed for its binge-drinking culture. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-warning-free-booze-australia.html Health Tue, 12 Jul 2011 05:33:18 EST news229667540