Stop-smoking pill varenicline to be offered by the UK's NHS
For the first time since 2021, a pill used to help people quit smoking—varenicline—will again be available from the NHS.
Nov 19, 2024
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Organic Chemicals: News and Research on Nitroso Compounds
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Modeling diabetes in minipigs for more accurate testing of potential cell therapies
Since the discovery of human iPS cells, a principal goal for researchers worldwide has been to use them for various medical applications, including cell therapy. Among different human diseases, type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) ...
Oct 22, 2024
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Gut microbes implicated in bladder cancer
At any given time, over 10 trillion microbes call our guts their home. From breaking down nutrients in our food to strengthening our immunity against pathogens, these microbes play an essential role in how we interact with ...
Jul 31, 2024
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Plant-sourced nitrate proves positive to human health
New research from Edith Cowan University (ECU) has found that nitrate from plant sources is associated with a lower risk of mortality while nitrate from other sources such as animal-based foods, processed meat and tap water, ...
Jun 25, 2024
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Cancer genome research analyzes molecular evolution of tumors after chemical exposure
Cancer genomes are the result of diverse mutation processes that have often accumulated over decades. Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and the Universities of Cambridge and Edinburgh have analyzed ...
Jun 13, 2024
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Withdrawal of stop-smoking pill could lead to thousands of avoidable deaths
The disruption to the supply of a prescription medicine that helps people stop smoking may have led to thousands fewer people quitting each year in England, which will lead to avoidable deaths in future, suggests a new study ...
Apr 30, 2024
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Vaping now more common than smoking among young people—and the risks go beyond lung and brain damage
Vaping is now more common than cigarette smoking among young people, according to a new report coordinated by the University of Glasgow and commissioned by the World Health Organization.
Apr 25, 2024
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Ranitidine study finds no elevated risk of cancer... despite finding elevated cancer rates
Research led by Seng Chan You, MD, at the Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea, has investigated the risk of cancer associated with use of the drug ranitidine compared to other histamine-2 receptor antagonists (H2RAs) ...
Cancer-causing compounds found in everyday food: EU agency
Cancer-causing chemical compounds called nitrosamines have been detected in a range of everyday foods and could pose a health risk to consumers, the European Food Safety Agency warned on Tuesday.
Mar 28, 2023
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Long-term exposure to nitrates in drinking water may be a risk factor for prostate cancer
The nitrate ingested over the course of a person's adult lifetime through the consumption of tap water and bottled water could be a risk factor for prostate cancer, particularly in the case of aggressive tumors and in younger ...
Mar 8, 2023
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