Earlier and worse strokes tied to heavy drinking
Researchers report that people drinking three or more alcoholic drinks per day are at a significantly greater risk of intracerebral hemorrhage (a type of stroke caused by bleeding… read more.
Researchers report that people drinking three or more alcoholic drinks per day are at a significantly greater risk of intracerebral hemorrhage (a type of stroke caused by bleeding… read more.
Efforts to promote safer opioid prescribing in Canada appear to be having an effect, as new research in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) https://www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.250670 shows a decrease in opioid dispensing between 2018 and… read more.
In ongoing efforts to pinpoint the best evidence-based ways to quit smoking, a University of Massachusetts Amherst public health researcher has turned her attention to a tobacco-free product… read more.
The most reliable predictor of an ex-smoker’s relapse isn’t strong urges to smoke or low confidence in the ability to stay off tobacco – it’s weariness with the… read more.
The spread of illegally manufactured fentanyl has driven overdose deaths to unprecedented levels in the United States and Canada. It has also changed the production function for drug… read more.
They were the first generation of Americans to grow up with ultra-processed foods all around them – products typically loaded with extra fat, salt, sugar and flavorings. They… read more.
In an analysis by race, sex, age, and geography, alcohol-induced death rates in 2024 are nearly double those in 1999, with a sharp increase at the onset of the… read more.
Researchers from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and Mass General Brigham found that integrating an automated smoking cessation intervention for parents into pediatric primary care demonstrated increased treatment… read more.
A study in Health Economics reveals that comprehensive state bans on flavored e-cigarettes may reduce vaping among young adults, but they can also lead to increased use of traditional cigarettes…. read more.
Americans who drink heavily are more than twice as likely to develop significant liver disease compared to 20 years ago, according to a new Keck Medicine of USC study published today… read more.
Findings from a randomized controlled trial suggest that vaporized nicotine products (vapes) are more effective than nicotine replacement therapies for smoking cessation in a low socioeconomic status population…. read more.
A new study by investigators from Mass General Brigham showed that teens and young adults who took varenicline—an FDA-approved, twice-daily smoking cessation pill for adults—are more than three times as… read more.
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