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Smoking, being overweight, decreases brain function even in younger adults
Adults as young as 35 are susceptible to declines in brain function as a result of cardiovascular risk factors, like smoking or being overweight, a new study published in the journal Stroke revealed.
May 3, 2013
Fox News
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May 4, 2013 12:52
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Smoking 'Thins The Brain'
The researchers scanned the brains of 22 smokers and 21 non-smokers, using a technique called ‘magnetic resonance imaging’. In smokers the outer brain layer was thinner. The more heavily participants smoked, the thinner the particular area of brain was l
May 3, 2013
NewsFix (ca)
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May 4, 2013 12:07
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Dr. Judson Brewer: Should We Ban Smokers? Some Companies Are
Smoking is a diagnosable psychiatric disorder. It even has a code in our little book (The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, or DSM). This means that, similar to major depressive disorder, we psychiatrists recognize nicotine dependence as a psychiatric di
May 3, 2013
Huffington Post (blog)
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May 4, 2013 11:34
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Study: Quitting Smoking Could Curb Spine Pain, Age Doesn’t Matter
New research now demonstrates that smoking cessation has a causal relationship with improvements in pain in patients with spinal disorders and axial and radicular pain. What’s more, the study results were counter to the investigators’ hypothesis that olde
Apr 9, 2013
Pain Medicine News
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Apr 30, 2013 16:49
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[New York] BRODY: Banning Under 21 Smokers: Careful what you Wish For - A Boost for Black Markets & Big Pharma
smoking is self-medication of a peculiarly psychic kind. It is the signature smell of any psych ward where it is pervasive among depressives and schizophrenics ... Unlike the ban on smoking in restaurants or on airplanes, this has consequences – a new bla
Apr 30, 2013
Alan Brody Says / Thoughts from the New York Start-Up Maven, Marketer and Author.
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Apr 30, 2013 12:53
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Smoking-cessation drug linked to violence
Q: My husband's best friend, another soldier, started taking Chantix on Wednesday to quit smoking. Sometime Sunday evening or early Monday morning, he murdered a 17-year-old recruit and shot himself in the head afterward.
Apr 28, 2013
Seattle (WA) Times
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Apr 28, 2013 19:06
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Magnetic Brain Stimulation May Temporarily Dull Nicotine Craving
Noninvasive stimulation of an area of the brain linked to addiction seems to temporarily ease smokers' cravings for nicotine, a preliminary study finds. The technique, called transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), is already approved in the United Stat
Apr 26, 2013
HealthDay [HealthScout]
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Apr 28, 2013 18:56
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[Pennsylvania] Anti-Smoking Ads with Strong Arguments, Not Flashy Editing, Trigger Part of Brain That Changes Behavior, says Penn Study
Smokers who viewed 'strong' ads had less nicotine in urine a month later
Apr 23, 2013
University of Pennsylvania Health System
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Apr 26, 2013 06:21
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Depressive Symptoms Among Heavy Cigarette Smokers: The Influence of Daily Rate, Gender, and Race
These findings improve our understanding of tobacco’s influence on depressive symptom expression among heavy smokers, with implications for tailoring evidence-based tobacco treatments.
Apr 8, 2013
Nicotine and Tobacco Research
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Apr 24, 2013 23:09
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[Australia] Myth about quitting cigarettes goes up in smoke ($$)
BUTTING out could boost your mood. New beyondblue research shatters the myth that quitting cigarettes will push vulnerable people suffering from depression or mental health issues over the edge. The study of 800 people found those who gave up smoking we
Apr 19, 2013
The Australian (au)
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Apr 19, 2013 13:45