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World No Tobacco Day helps people consider quitting, research says
Today is the 25th anniversary of World No Tobacco Day, one of many days set aside to focus awareness on an issue or a cause. But this one is more than just a publicity ploy, researchers say. Researchers from the Informatics Program at Children's Hospital...
Tags: Substance Abuse, Health Organizations, Chemicals, Genes and Chromosomes, Health and Safety at School
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Joel Kinnaman gets outside himself for 'The Killing' on AMC
Detective Stephen Holder is a twitchy mess. As played by Joel Kinnaman on the AMC crime drama"The Killing," he's pale, skinny as a waif, all dark circles and nervous energy — you could catch something just from looking at him. On the show, now in...
Tags: Movies, Romance (genre), The Killing (movie), Entertainment, The Killing (tv program)
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Smoking prevention efforts get short shrift from states, CDC says
Every day, about 3,800 American kids try a cigarette for the first time. A thousand of them will grow up to to have a daily smoking habit, and nearly 300 will wind up dead due to a smoking-related disease. Those statistics would be depressing under...
Tags: Tobacco Products, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health, Polio, Disease Prevention
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It's time to serve up some big incentives to curb obesity
Americans eat too damn much. And we all pay a rising cost for this gluttony in the form of higher insurance premiums and lost productivity.
A study last year by the Society of Actuaries calculated the total economic cost of an overweight and obese...Tags: Weight, Documentary (genre), HBO (tv network), Heart Disease, Diseases and Illnesses
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Gabapentin may ease symptoms of marijuana withdrawal
Need help getting the marijuana monkey off your back? The widely prescribed anticonvulsant drug gabapentin might be just the ticket, if preliminary clinical trials at the Scripps Research Institute are confirmed. A 12-week trial in 50 marijuana users...
Tags: Substance Abuse, Neurontin (drug), Trials, Symptoms, National Institutes of Health
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Another kind of 'hunger games'
As a woman on Day 31 of a diet, I am finally part of the greater calorie/carb-counting dialogue. No more standing fat and jolly in the checkout line selecting my candy. Now I face the magazine rack with its promise that I can lose 30 pounds in 20...
Tags: Weight, Tobacco Addiction, Diets and Dieting, Health, Health Treatments
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Vaclav Havel dies at 75; Czech leader of '89 'Velvet Revolution'
Vaclav Havel, the former dissident playwright who led Czechoslovakia's 1989 "Velvet Revolution" against communism and then served as his country's president, died Sunday. He was 75.
Havel, a former chain smoker with chronic respiratory problems, had been...Tags: Prague (Czech Republic), Entertainment Events, Human Body, Diseases and Illnesses, Human Body
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Free clinic puts emphasis on prevention
Mary Bruitt saw the sign that read "Want to quit smoking?" and walked up to the table.
She had been smoking for more than 30 years and had tried to stop before. But now, Bruitt said she was determined to give up the daily pack of cigarettes. "I got my...Tags: Dermatologists, Heart Attack, Health and Medical Professionals, Medical Specialization, Healthy Diet
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Obama in 'excellent health' -- and tobacco-free
Much as he complains about his gray hair and job stress, President Obama seems to be getting healthier as his term grinds along.
Obama's physician reported Monday that the president is in "excellent health."
His cholesterol count is down, his lungs...Tags: Republican Party, Cancer, Heart Disease, WebMD Corporation, Barack Obama
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Safety of dissolvable tobacco products disputed
Tobacco company rep David Howard waxes enthusiastic when he talks about a new product his employer, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., has developed: a pellet of finely cured tobacco, binders and flavoring that dissolves in the mouth in 10 minutes.
Under test...Tags: Education, Companies and Corporations, Jeff Merkley, Food and Drug Administration, Science and Technology
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