Health
Put these foods on your grocery list for better vision
Nutrition is important for your whole body, including those two small organs through which you look at the world.
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Addiction
Researchers document how surge of cheap, flavored cigars targets young consumers
As the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) prepares to issue a final rule prohibiting flavored cigars, a report issued today by the Rutgers Institute for Nicotine and Tobacco Studies (INTS) and the Campaign for Tobacco-Free ...
Oct 5, 2023
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Diabetes
Metabolic signature can help predict which smokers will develop type 2 diabetes
New research being presented at this year's Annual Meeting of The European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Hamburg (2–6 Oct) finds that cigarette smoking increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes ...
Oct 3, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
New research identifies genetic links between schizophrenia and cardiovascular disease risk factors
New research finds that people with schizophrenia have a genetic propensity to smoking and a reduced genetic risk of obesity. The study, published in The American Journal of Psychiatry, revealed genetic overlap between schizophrenia ...
Sep 27, 2023
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Risk of premature birth from smoking while pregnant more than double previous estimates
Cambridge researchers have found that women who smoke during pregnancy are 2.6 times more likely to give birth prematurely compared to non-smokers—more than double the previous estimate.
Sep 27, 2023
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Health
Study finds link to unclean cooking fuels and developmental delays in children
Just about everyone knows that cigarette smoke is bad for babies. Should cooking fuels like natural gas, propane and wood be viewed similarly when used indoors?
Sep 26, 2023
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Cardiology
Patients who quit smoking after percutaneous coronary intervention do as well as non-smokers, unless they smoked heavily
Patients who quit smoking after undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for narrowed arteries have similar outcomes as non-smokers during four years of follow-up after the procedure, according to a large study ...
Sep 26, 2023
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Addiction
Should retailers pay more to sell tobacco?
New research into the impact of tobacco retailer licensing fees on tobacco availability has prompted public health experts to call on all Australian Governments to adopt a higher minimum standard of licensing regulation nationally ...
Sep 22, 2023
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Addiction
Population study finds no sign that e-cigarettes are a gateway into smoking
The most comprehensive study to date investigating whether e-cigarettes are a gateway into or out of smoking finds that, at the population level, there is no sign that e-cigarettes and other alternative nicotine delivery ...
Sep 21, 2023
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Neuroscience
Researchers discover potential treatment for nicotine dependence
New research from the University of Missouri School of Medicine suggests there may be another way to treat cigarette cravings. Researchers found that theta-burst transcranial magnetic stimulation (TBS)—strong, rapidly fluctuating ...
Sep 20, 2023
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