Health
Looking to quit smoking? A visit to the pharmacy could save your life
Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death.
Mar 2, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New computer-based predictive tool more accurately forecasts outcomes for respiratory patients
Are electronic health records and computer calculations a better, more accurate way to predict clinical outcomes for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?
May 20, 2019
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Health
Study identifies predictors of psychiatric events during drug-assisted smoking cessation
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have identified a clear group of characteristics that predict heightened risk for experiencing increased anxiety or worsening of mood that interferes with ...
Feb 27, 2019
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Health
More people in recovery from substance use problems are quitting smoking than ever before
Smoking rates among people recovering from an alcohol or drug disorder are more than double that of the general population. But a study from the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Recovery Research Institute), that will ...
Jan 24, 2019
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Cardiology
Risk factors like smoking, high BP common among younger patients with repeat heart attacks
Heart attacks reoccurred more frequently in younger patients with several modifiable risk factors, including smoking and high blood pressure. Researchers on the new study, presented at the American College of Cardiology Asia ...
Dec 1, 2018
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Health
If you smoke, now is a very good time to quit
For former smokers it took more than 15 years for cardiovascular disease risk to return to the level of those who never smoked, according to preliminary research to be presented in Chicago at the American Heart Association's ...
Nov 5, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Women with non-small cell lung cancers live longer than men
Women diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLC) live longer than their male counterparts, according to results of a SWOG study presented by Loyola Medicine researcher Kathy Albain, MD, at the International Association ...
Oct 1, 2018
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Urologic CA predictors ID'd in women with microhematuria
(HealthDay)—Older age, history of smoking, and gross hematuria predict urologic cancer in women with microscopic hematuria, according to a study published in the February issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology.
Feb 7, 2017
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Immunology
Secondhand smoke causes longer hospitalization in infants with respiratory infections
More evidence has surfaced that supports the war on smoking, especially if smokers have an infant in their household. A study published today in the June issue of Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, the scientific journal ...
Jun 4, 2013
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Health
NIH expands safe infant sleep outreach effort
The U.S. national campaign to reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome has entered a new phase and will now encompass all sleep-related, sudden unexpected infant deaths, officials of the National Institutes of Health ...
Sep 13, 2012
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