Posts Tagged ‘Medical Center’

4
Feb

Bristol Regional incorporates a doll to teach effects of smoking – TriCities.com

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Bristol Regional incorporates a doll to teach effects of smoking
TriCities.com
Bristol Regiona Medical Center is using a doll to show effects of smoking to pregnant women. (more) A local hospital is coming up with a more visual way to encourage pregnant mothers to quit smoking. She is named Smokey Sue.

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29
Jun

Registration ongoing for HMC stop-smoking course

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Henry Medical Center (HMC) is registering participants for the latest installment of a program designed to help people quit smoking.

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Attend a free hour-long workshop for smokers followed by a short Q & A session. Led by a Mayo Clinic-trained specialist, each clinic will feature an ex-smoker who quit with the help of a treatment option and support.The program will be held at Get Quit Clinic on March 3 from noon until 6 p.m. at Oconee Medical Center conference room, 298 Memorial Drive, Seneca.This meeting is open to everyone ...

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Smoking is now banned in and around the University of Miami's Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine. UM opted to convert not only the building and medical center, but also the outside facilities into a smoke-free environment. "I think it makes sense banning smoking from the medical center, a place that is supposed to promote healthy behavior," said Gabriel Hernandez, a senior biology major at the ...

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12
Oct

HMC training schedule announced (Huron Daily Tribune)

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Huron Medical Center (HMC) has released their October-December training schedule. Upcoming classes include First Aid, Bloodborne Pathogens, Quit Smoking, CPR-HeartSaver AED, Diabetes Self Management, Childbirth Education and Babysitter Training. Following is the schedule.

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20
Aug

Seeking New Smoking Cessation Target (Medical News Today)

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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a scientist at the Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center a $275,000 grant to study a rare brain receptor that may be a new smoking cessation target.

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