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Patients with severe back pain who quit smoking report less pain than patients who continue to smoke
ScienceDaily (Dec. 5, 2012) For years, research has shown a link between smoking and an increased risk for low back pain, intervertebral (spine) disc disease, and inferior patient outcomes following surgery
Preterm birth may be prevented with a few proven treatments, experts say
ScienceDaily (Nov. 15, 2012) Lowering preterm birth rates by an average of 5 percent across 39 high-resource countries, including the United States, by 2015 would prevent prematurity for 58,000 babies a year, a group of international experts said on November 15
Sugar boosts self-control
ScienceDaily (Nov. 7, 2012) To boost self-control, gargle sugar water. According to a study co-authored by University of Georgia professor of psychology Leonard Martin published Oct.
Stroke survivors who smoke raise risk of more strokes, heart attack, death
ScienceDaily (Oct. 25, 2012) Stroke survivors who smoke put themselves at a greater risk of additional strokes, heart attack or death than those who never smoked, according to new research in the American Heart Association’s journal Stroke
Team support for cessation in the workplace helped motivate cigarette smokers to quit
ScienceDaily (Oct. 18, 2012) When smoking co-workers in the same team are placed on a cessation program, providing financial incentives to the team collectively in return for success of the smokers in the cessation program helped the smokers to quit smoking and remain abstinent for 12 months, according to data presented at the 11th Annual AACR International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research, held in Anaheim, Calif., Oct. 16-19, 2012.
Team support for cessation in the workplace helped motivate cigarette smokers to quit
ScienceDaily (Oct. 18, 2012) When smoking co-workers in the same team are placed on a cessation program, providing financial incentives to the team collectively in return for success of the smokers in the cessation program helped the smokers to quit smoking and remain abstinent for 12 months, according to data presented at the 11th Annual AACR International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research, held in Anaheim, Calif., Oct. 16-19, 2012.
Value of combined approach to quitting smoking confirmed
ScienceDaily (Oct. 18, 2012) Smokers who try to quit would be more successful if they combined medication or nicotine-replacement therapy with behavioral counseling, finds a new review in The Cochrane Library.
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