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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.
Fox News
added 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
NewsFix (ca)
added 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
Huffington Post (blog)
added 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
Pain Medicine News
added 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
Alan Brody Says / Thoughts from the New York Start-Up Maven, Marketer and Author.
added 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.
Seattle (WA) Times
added 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
HealthDay [HealthScout]
added 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
University of Pennsylvania Health System
added 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.
Nicotine and Tobacco Research
added 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
The Australian (au)
added Apr 19, 2013 13:45
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