Smokers Cost Taxpayers $10 Billion
at 3:48 pm on Tuesday, 22 April 2008
Smokers Cost Taxpayers $10 Billion
If all Medicaid beneficiaries quit smoking, taxpayers would be $10 billion richer.
Scientists Link Chromatin Changes with Alcohol Withdrawal Anxiety
Changes to genetic material in the brain may help induce the anxiety that is characteristic of alcohol withdrawal, according to a new study conducted in rats and supported by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Psychedelic Healing? [Scientific American Mind]
Mind-altering psychedelics are back–but this time they are being explored in labs for their therapeutic applications rather than being used illegally. Studies are looking at these hallucinogens to treat a number of otherwise intractable psychiatric disorders, including chronic depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and drug or alcohol dependency.
The past 15 years have seen a quiet resurgence of psychedelic drug research as scientists have come to recognize the long-underappreciated potential of these drugs. In the past few years, a growing number of studies using human volunteers have begun to explore the possible therapeutic benefits of drugs such as LSD, psilocybin, DMT, MDMA, ibogaine and ketamine.
Do Occupational Exposures Increase the Risk of Death from Systemic Autoimmune Disease?
at 3:48 pm on Saturday, 19 April 2008
Do Occupational Exposures Increase the Risk of Death from Systemic Autoimmune Disease?
Both genetic and environmental exposures, to varying degrees, are felt to contribute to the risk and severity of systemic autoimmune diseases (e.g. rheumatoid arthritis (RA), lupus, etc…). While some clear cut evidence for environmental exposures in certain autoimmune diseases exists, such as cigarette smoking in RA and specific chemical exposures in scleroderma-like syndromes, general links to occupational exposures has been difficult to establish. This is partially due to difficulties in tracking and quantifying specific exposures within complex frameworks, particularly when exposure likely precedes onset of disease by years or even decades. Here, Gold et al (Arthritis Rheum 2007; 56:3189) explore the association of occupation and risk of mortality from a variety of systemic autoimmune diseases.
Woods rehabs after surgery on left knee
Tiger Woods had arthroscopic surgery on his left knee Tuesday and will miss at least four weeks of the PGA Tour. He plans to …
D.C. Plan Could Aid Uninsured
A D.C. Council member will propose a sweeping plan next week to mandate health-care coverage for all District residents by offering a city-subsidized program for the uninsured that would be funded through new taxes on health companies and cigarettes.
Smoke Pot, Get Lead Poisoning?
at 3:49 pm on Friday, 18 April 2008
Smoke Pot, Get Lead Poisoning?
A new study reveals that smoking marijuana could lead to lead poisoning. Doctors in Germany have linked a mysterious outbreak of lead intoxication to contaminated street supplies of marijuana.
Studies Find Genetic Link to Smoking
at 3:49 pm on Thursday, 17 April 2008
Studies Find Genetic Link to Smoking
Scientists say they have pinpointed a genetic link that makes people more likely to become hooked on tobacco.
Scientists Link Chromatin Changes with Alcohol Withdrawal Anxiety
Changes to genetic material in the brain may help induce the anxiety that is characteristic of alcohol withdrawal, according to a new study conducted in rats and supported by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Stat Bite: Medicaid Coverage of Tobacco-Dependence Treatments
No More Free Smokes in California
at 3:51 pm on Wednesday, 16 April 2008
No More Free Smokes in California
Governor signs law outlawing free samples and other cigarette giveaways.
Researchers Define Mechanism of Methamphetamine Addiction
Title: Researchers Define Mechanism of Methamphetamine Addiction
Category: Health News
Created: 4/10/2008 2:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 4/10/2008
Best Movies of 2006
Thank You for Smoking, Letters from Iwo Jima, The Queen, and United 93 are on my Top 10 of the best movies released in 2006. The best movies of 2006 include The Departed, Casino Royale, and Dead Girl.
Smoking, drinking imperil lymphoma survival
at 3:49 pm on Tuesday, 15 April 2008
Smoking, drinking imperil lymphoma survival
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Smoking and moderate-to-high alcohol consumption negatively affect the survival of people with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, dubbed NHL, a European study shows.
U.N.: Smoking could kill 1 billion by 2100
Tobacco use killed 100 million people worldwide in the 20th century and could kill one billion people in the 21st unless governments act now to dramatically reduce it, the World Health Organization said in a report.
States Challenge R.J. Reynolds Cigarette Ads
at 3:51 pm on Monday, 14 April 2008
States Challenge R.J. Reynolds Cigarette Ads
Cartoon characters promote smoking to young people.
DisplayLink USB to DVI adapter
DisplayLink USB to DVI adapter This accessory makes adding an extra monitor a breeze, but its onboard video support isn’t quite up to snuff. 119
Scientists Find Cancer Culprits in Cigarette Smoke
After 35 Plus Years We Did It!
at 3:48 pm on Sunday, 13 April 2008
After 35 Plus Years We Did It!
I spent this past Thanksgiving in the hospital with bacterial pneumonia. The good news is that I was there long enough and I was sick enough to finally quit smoking….
FDA One Step Closer To Regulating Tobacco
at 3:48 pm on Saturday, 12 April 2008
FDA One Step Closer To Regulating Tobacco
Congress moved a step closer to handing the Food and Drug Administration broad new authority to regulate tobacco products, despite concerns voiced by many lawmakers that the agency cannot handle its current workload.
Hairspray (2007)
at 3:48 pm on Friday, 11 April 2008
Hairspray (2007)
Hairspray (2007) - Read a movie review for parents of the New Line Cinema film Hairspray, starring Nikki Blonsky, John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer, Amanda Bynes, Christopher Walken, Zac Efron, and Queen Latifah. Hairspray is rated PG, for language, some suggestive content and momentary teen smoking.