Great American Smokeout Takes Place Nov. 17 PRESSRELEASE PUBLISHED 11/05/2011 – 10:41 A.M. AKST JUNEAU and KLAWOCK, Nov. 4, 2011 — Every third Thursday in November, tobacco users are encouraged to make a plan and set a date to quit for life, or pledge to be smoke-free for 24 hours as a part of the […]
Steven H. Feinsilver, MD, Director, Center for Sleep Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine MOUNT SINAI-Generally, it is always easier to stay up an hour later than to go to sleep an hour earlier, so most people have relatively little problem setting the clocks back in the Fall. This is because our basic circadian rhythm […]
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Nov. 2, 2011 – The poor safety profile of the smoking-cessation drug varenicline (Chantix™) makes it unsuitable for first-line use, according to a study published in the Nov. 2 edition of the journalPLoS One, an online publication of the Public Library of Science.
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinicresearchers have discovered why measles, perhaps the most contagious viral disease in the world, spreads so quickly. The virus emerges in the trachea of its host, provoking a cough that fills the air with particles ready to infect the next host. The findings may also help in the fight against ovarian, […]