Smoking Cessation - Biotech, Pharma and Life Science Channel
Because of the addictive properties of components of cigarettes, giving up the habit of smoking is often very hard. It is often required however for health reasons.
There is a lot of publicity of support groups for quitting smoking, and cigarette alternatives such as nicotine patches and gum.
Because of the large numbers of people who smoke, and the detrimental effects this has on your health, smoking cessation is a big part of public education programs.
PubMed Articles
Despite its increasing popularity, little is known about the health effects of waterpipe smoking (WPS), particularly on the cardiovascular system. To investigate the role of WPS as a risk factor for v...
Exposure to Tobacco Retail Outlets and Smoking Initiation among New York City Adolescents.
This study was designed to estimate the relationship between exposure to tobacco retail outlets and smoking initiation in a racially diverse urban setting. Using data from the 2011 NYC Youth Risk Beha...
Consumption of alcohol and risk of cancer among men: a 30 year cohort study in Lithuania.
Studies have indicated hazardous consumption of large quantities of alcohol among adults in Lithuania. We assessed the associations of alcohol consumption at baseline with cancer incidence among men i...
Competing risk bias to explain the inverse relationship between smoking and malignant melanoma.
The relationship between smoking and melanoma remains unclear. Among the different results is the paradoxical finding that smoking was shown to be inversely associated with the risk of malignant melan...
Maternal smoking during pregnancy and daughters' risk of gestational diabetes and obesity.
AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: The primary aim of the study was to investigate the risk of developing gestational diabetes in women who were exposed to tobacco smoke in utero. Secondary aims were to assess the risk...
Longitudinal Associations Between Smoking and Depressive Symptoms Among Adolescent Girls.
Adolescence is an important period for initiation of smoking and manifestation of depression, which are often comorbid. Researchers have examined associations between depressive symptoms and smoking t...
Reduced Serum Selenium Concentration in Miscarriage Incidence of Indonesian Subjects.
Selenium is an essential nutrient for human health, and maternal selenium concentration has been reported to be associated with pregnancy outcome. To further investigate the possible role of selenium...
Socioeconomic inequalities in current daily smoking in five Turkish regions.
OBJECTIVES: To assess whether socioeconomic inequalities in smoking in five regions across in Turkey have the same pattern as observed in southern Europe. METHODS: Cross-sectional data of the World He...
Lung cancer chemoprevention: current status and future prospects.
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death worldwide, making it an attractive disease for chemoprevention. Although avoidance of tobacco use and smoking cessation will have the greatest impact o...
Genetic variation in a genomic region on chromosome 15q25.1, which encodes the alpha5, alpha3, and beta4 subunits of the cholinergic nicotinic receptor genes, confers risk to smoking and nicotine depe...
News Articles
Parents Underestimate Influence Over Teens' Substance Abuse: Survey
FRIDAY, May 24 (HealthDay News) -- About one in five parents think they have little control over whether their teens take up smoking, drinking or illicit drug use, a new U.S. government survey finds....
The warning images Brussels proposes to include on tobacco packages in order to reduce consumption do not make the desired impact on smokers because they only find some of them really unpleasant. So,...
Five Dental Tips for Teenagers from Family Tree Dental Group
The Austin dentists and Round Rock dentists at Family Tree Dental Group have compiled five oral healthcare suggestions specifically for teens. Austin, Texas (PRWEB) May 23, 2013 Teenagers care about...
Barium distributions in teeth reveal early-life dietary transitions in primates
Early-life dietary transitions reflect fundamental aspects of primate evolution and are important determinants of health in contemporary human populations. Weaning is critical to developmental and rep...
Medical Centers in Sioux Falls, Fargo, Bismarck Honored Sioux Falls, SD/Fargo, ND/Bismarck, ND (PRWEB) May 22, 2013 The American Heart Association has recognized three Sanford Health medical centers...
Arizona Teens Combat Tobacco Use With Community Pledges and 'No-smoking' Art
PHOENIX, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Arizona teens have united this month in the global fight to end tobacco use. As members of the statewide anti-tobacco youth coalition STAND (Students Taking a New...
ARAMARK Named Best Employer for Healthy Lifestyles
PHILADELPHIA, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ARAMARK today received a Platinum Award from the National Business Group on Health as they recognized the 2013 Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles. Th...
Cancer not a wake up call for survivors
The post-treatment behaviour of cancer survivors is not necessarily going to see them give up smoking, cut down on alcohol or exercise more often, according to new research published in the British Jo...
Campaign encourages smokers to "Talk With Your Doctor" for help quitting
WASHINGTON, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Because a doctor's advice and assistance more than doubles the odds that a smoker will quit successfully, the Centers for Disease Control and...
Voxiva Enhances Text4baby, Nation's Largest Mobile Health Program
WASHINGTON, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Voxiva, Inc.(SM), a leading innovator in mobile health programs, announced today that text4baby(SM), a service which provides pregnant women and new moms...
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Companies
Aradigm Corporation and Grifols S.A.
Aradigm is an emerging specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of drugs delivered by inhalation for the prevention and treatment of sever...
Each of ENT and Allergy Associatesâ 36 clinical locations provides access to a full complement of services, including General Adult and Pediatric ENT, Voice and Swallowing, F...
Embera NeuroTherapeutics, Inc.
Embera NeuroTherapeutics, Inc. is a development stage pharmaceutical company focused on treating a broad range of addictions and obesity where the major clinical challenge is a li...
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation
Through charitable grant making, the Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation LLC, an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, promotes Anthemâ...
Founded in 1998, 22nd Century Limited, LLC (22nd Century) is a plant biotechnology company whose proprietary technology allows for the level of nicotine (and other nicotinic alkal...
Through charitable grant making, the Empire BlueCross Foundation (and the Empire BlueCross BlueShield Foundation), trade names of the Anthem Blue Cross Foundation L.L.C., independ...
The WellPoint Foundation is the philanthropic arm of WellPoint, Inc. and through charitable contributions and programs, the Foundation promotes the inherent commitment of WellPoin...
Our lead product is a vaccine currently called HI-164OV. It works by controlling bacterial colonisation of airways damaged by inhaled toxins. It has been developed to treat patients with Chronic O...
Aradigm is an emerging specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of a portfolio of drugs delivered by inhalation for the treatment of sever...
ENT and Allergy Associates LLP
Each of ENT and Allergy Associatesâ 36 clinical locations provides access to a full complement of services, including General Adult and Pediatric ENT, Voice and Swallowing, F...
Clinical Trials
cSBI-M for Young Military Personnel
The goal of this project is to test the efficacy of a computer-facilitated Screening and Brief Intervention system adapted for Military use (cSBI-M) in reducing substance use among 18- to...
A Pilot Study of the Neural Correlates of Treatment Effect on Nicotine Craving
The purpose of this study is to gather pilot data to determine feasibility of and guide the development of a larger clinical trial investigating the effects of topiramate as an adjunct to...
Janssen - Glucose Regulation/Risp/Olanz
Abnormalities in peripheral glucose regulation and type 2 diabetes can occur more commonly in individuals with schizophrenia than in healthy subjects or in other psychiatric conditions. A...
Several studies have shown that persons with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have poor general health and a higher risk of heart attack and bone loss (osteoporosis) compared to the gene...
Protecting the 'Hood Against Tobacco
Among all racial/ethnic groups, African Americans have the greatest risk of becoming ill or dying from tobacco-related diseases. Because of this disproportionate disease burden, it is part...
Selenium Supplementation in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Patients
Does an oral selenium supplement increase blood levels of antioxidants in patients with established, smoking-related lung disease? Members of our study group recently discovered that elev...
Bone Density and Serum Testosterone in Male Methadone Maintained Patients
This is a pilot study designed to answer the question " Do men who are receiving methadone maintenance therapy have lower spinal bone densities compared with age-matched controls who are n...
In this randomised, cross-over, controlled study, a total of 84 subjects will be included: 12 healthy non-smoking volunteers; 12 current smokers; 30 patients with mild steroid-naïve asthm...
Biomarkers of iNOS Activity in COPD, Asthma, Healthy Control
This pilot study will measure the baseline levels and the intra- and inter-subject variability of exhaled (alveolar and bronchial) and nasal NO in smoking subjects with mild and moderate C...
Researching the Youth Smoking Experience
The primary hypothesis of this pilot study is that dependence can be prevented in adolescents who smoke, but who are not yet dependent. With this study, we seek to develop and test the fe...
Videos
What is the Single Best Thing You Can Do to Quit Smoking?
Follow Dr. Mike for new videos! http://twitter.com/docmikeevans Dr. Mike Evans is founder of the Health Design Lab at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, an...
Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions
Freezing Reaction, Cataleptic
An induced response to threatening stimuli characterized by the cessation of body movements, except for those that are involved with BREATHING, and the maintenance of an immobile POSTURE.
Sinus Arrest, Cardiac
The omission of atrial activation that is caused by transient cessation of impulse generation at the SINOATRIAL NODE. It is characterized by a prolonged pause without P wave in an ELECTROCARDIOGRAM. Sinus arrest has been associated with sleep apnea (REM SLEEP-RELATED SINUS ARREST).
Primary Ovarian Insufficiency
Cessation of ovarian function after MENARCHE but before the age of 40, without or with OVARIAN FOLLICLE depletion. It is characterized by the presence of OLIGOMENORRHEA or AMENORRHEA, elevated GONADOTROPINS, and low ESTRADIOL levels. It is a state of female HYPERGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM. Etiologies include genetic defects, autoimmune processes, chemotherapy, radiation, and infections.
Smoking
Inhaling and exhaling the smoke of tobacco or something similar to tobacco.
Substance Withdrawal Syndrome
Physiological and psychological symptoms associated with withdrawal from the use of a drug after prolonged administration or habituation. The concept includes withdrawal from smoking or drinking, as well as withdrawal from an administered drug.
