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Released: 31-Jul-2019 12:05 PM EDT
Dangers of E-Cigarette Usage and the Vaping Trend
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

Vaping and e-cigarettes have quickly become popular among teens today, but Michigan Medicine pulmonary expert, Wassim Walid Labaki, M.D., warns that vaping won’t mitigate risks to your health, and could be responsible for creating them.

26-Jul-2019 1:05 PM EDT
Should Polycystic Kidney Disease Patients Be Screened for Brain Aneurysms?
American Society of Nephrology (ASN)

• Brain aneurysms were detected by pre-symptomatic screening in 9% of patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, more frequently in those with a history of hypertension and smoking. • Very few patients experienced aneurysmal ruptures, but the overall rupture rate was approximately 5 times higher than in the general population.

Released: 30-Jul-2019 1:05 PM EDT
Teens falling victim to the Juul effect
UW Medicine

"We were seeing a real drop-off in youth smoking, but now we're seeing an increase," says Dr. Beth Ebel, a UW Medicine pediatrician and researcher with the Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center. Among teens as young as middle-school age, vaping with products that have nicotine "predisposes you to cigarette smoking later on." Nicotine, once derived from tobacco plants to kill insects, works by altering the nervous system. "We've used it, refined it, concentrated it, and now we have a pure form of one of the most addictive substances known," Ebel says in downloadable video soundbites (2:22).

Released: 17-Jul-2019 4:05 PM EDT
E-Cigarette’s & Vaping: A Tool to Quit Smoking or Growing Danger for Youth?
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

While cigarette use for high school students is at an all-time low (8%), 21% of students in the United States report using e-cigarettes in the past month; the highest level to date. The use of e-cigarettes--or electronic cigarettes often called vaping--has increased tremendously for young people over the past few years, making health care professionals and parents question its potential harm on health. This is unfortunate considering the hope that e-cigarettes could represent a less-harmful alternative to traditional cigarettes for current adult smokers. Michael Steinberg, MD, MPH, at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, discusses the potential risks of e-cigarettes for teenagers, as well as the benefits for adults undergoing smoking cessation in a video produced by the medical school.

     
Released: 17-Jul-2019 6:00 AM EDT
Marijuana use may not make parents more ‘chill’
Ohio State University

Sorry, marijuana moms and dads: Using pot may not make you a more relaxed parent, at least when it comes to how you discipline your children. A study of California parents found that current marijuana users administered more discipline techniques of all kinds to their children on average.

Released: 12-Jul-2019 12:05 PM EDT
Seeing greenery linked to less intense and frequent cravings
University of Plymouth

Being able to see green spaces from your home is associated with reduced cravings for alcohol, cigarettes and harmful foods, new research has shown.

   
11-Jul-2019 11:00 AM EDT
Fewer than half of U.S. adults exposed to court-ordered anti-smoking advertisements
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

The tobacco industry’s court-ordered anti-smoking advertisements reached just 40.6% of U.S. adults and 50.5% of current smokers in 2018, according to new research from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

11-Jul-2019 8:30 AM EDT
New E-Cigarette Laws Could Drive Some Users to Smoke More Cigarettes
Duke Health

Efforts by the FDA and some cities to limit the availability and appeal of e-cigarettes to young users could drive some existing users to smoke more tobacco cigarettes to get their fix, according to new research from Duke Health.

   
Released: 9-Jul-2019 12:05 PM EDT
New CT scan analysis predicts respiratory illness and death in COPD
University of Alabama at Birmingham

CT scans of the lungs of smokers with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease — when analyzed by a mathematical function called airway fractal dimension — can estimate increased risk of death for a group of people who are not otherwise identified as high-risk by conventional tests.

Released: 26-Jun-2019 8:45 AM EDT
New Patient Resource from NCCN Helps People with Bladder Cancer Make Informed Treatment Decisions
National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®)

New NCCN Guidelines for Patients: Bladder Cancer explains the lengthy surveillance process that follows active treatment for the sixth most-common cancer in the United States.

Released: 26-Jun-2019 12:00 AM EDT
From Simple Tools to High-Level Buy-In, How Doctors Can Help Cancer Patients Quit Tobacco
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

A simple set of decision-support tools combined with institutional buy-in can help increase the number of cancer patients who engage in treatment to help them quit tobacco, data from researchers in the Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania show.

18-Jun-2019 6:05 PM EDT
Two different cannabis compounds make a difference in how much alcohol someone drinks
Research Society on Alcoholism

Alcohol and cannabis are commonly used together, and their co-use has public health implications. A preliminary study looked at the effects of two cannabinoids – delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), and cannabidiol (CBD) – on drinking and craving. The study found that higher levels of THC are associated with greater co-use of alcohol, whereas CBD-based products may be associated with lower levels of alcohol co-use. These results and others will be shared at the 42nd annual scientific meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism (RSA) in Minneapolis June 22-26.

     
18-Jun-2019 5:05 AM EDT
Marijuana and alcohol: recreational users drink more, medicinal users drink less
Research Society on Alcoholism

There is a lack of agreement about the relationship between marijuana and alcohol use. Does marijuana use increase or decrease alcohol consumption? Research based on interviews with users of both marijuana and alcohol reveals that recreational users tend to drink more alcohol, and medicinal users drink less alcohol, on marijuana-use days. These results and others will be shared at the 42nd annual scientific meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism (RSA) in Minneapolis June 22-26.

     
Released: 24-Jun-2019 6:05 AM EDT
Small shops, heavy advertisers less likely to ID for tobacco
Ohio State University

“Our findings suggest that certain types of stores — tobacco shops, convenience stores and those with a lot of tobacco advertising — are more likely to sell tobacco to a young person without checking his or her ID."

   
Released: 21-Jun-2019 12:55 PM EDT
Low Rates of Tobacco Dependence Treatment in Patients Hospitalized with Substance Use Disorders
Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott

Tobacco dependence is very common in patients hospitalized with substance use disorders (SUDs) – but most don't receive recommended treatment for tobacco dependence while in the hospital, reports a study in the Journal of Addiction Medicine, the official journal of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM). The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.

17-Jun-2019 10:05 AM EDT
Embargoed AJPH research: Marijuana use increases, nutrition labeling, barbershop HIV intervention
American Public Health Association (APHA)

In this issue, find new public health research on marijuana use in high school students, nutrition labeling and a barbershop HIV intervention

17-Jun-2019 10:05 AM EDT
Collegiate Affirmative Action Bans Linked to Increase in Smoking among Minority High School Students
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

College affirmative action bans may adversely affect the health of underrepresented minority high school students, according to the results of a new study from researchers at Penn Medicine. Between 1996 and 2013, nine U.S. states banned consideration of race and ethnicity in college admissions. A new study in PLOS Medicine shows that the action bans had unanticipated effects, specifically resulting in increased rates of smoking among minority high school students

17-Jun-2019 12:05 PM EDT
Study: Marijuana use increases, shifts away from illegal market
University of Washington

A new article published by researchers from University of Puget Sound and University of Washington reports that, based on analysis of public wastewater samples in at least one Western Washington population center.

Released: 17-Jun-2019 12:05 PM EDT
Five Tips for Improving Men’s Health
Beth Israel Lahey Health

James Heckman, MD, Assistant Medical Director of Healthcare Associates at BIDMC and Aria Olumi, MD, Chief of Urologic Surgery at BIDMC, share tips for improving men's health.

Released: 17-Jun-2019 10:05 AM EDT
Study underscores role of menthol cigarettes in smoking cessation
University at Buffalo

Researchers cite Big Tobacco's marketing stronghold on African American smokers among reasons why this group is 12% less likely to quit.



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