Posts Tagged ‘Medicine’

30
Jan

Alternatively Speaking: Giving up gracefully – Jerusalem Post

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Alternatively Speaking: Giving up gracefully
Jerusalem Post
By NATALIE MARX 01/30/2012 17:27 Alternative medicine enthusiast Natalie Marx answers your questions: What homeopathic remedies can help to quit smoking? By Thinkstock/Imagebank Overcoming the addictions associated with cigarette smoking can be ...

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15
Dec

Dr. Daniel Seidman: The Best Medicine to Quit Smoking

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Most smokers who want to quit smoking don't realize that if they combine two forms of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT), their chances for success are vastly increased. In fact, a combined NRT approach is the best of the medical options available for helping them.

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14
Dec

Quitting smoking helps mental well-being: study

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A new study from researchers at the University of Wisconsin, published online by the journal Annals of Behavioral Medicine, indicates that smokers who successfully quit smoking find themselves feeling happier and most satisfied with life one or three years later than someone who has kept smoking.

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30
Nov

Some Current Smokers Benefit From Smoking Cessation Interventions

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According to two investigations published in the Nov. 28 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals, smoking cessation intervention programs as well as nicotine replacement therapy are connected with positive outcomes among individuals who currently smoke. In one of the reports the researchers state: "Despite advances in clinical care and policy, rates of smoking ...

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28
Nov

Quit Smoking Interventions Work For Some Smokers

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The use of smoking cessation intervention programs and nicotine replacement therapy can be effective for some current smokers, researchers from the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, and the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis reported in two separate articles in Archives of Internal Medicine. As background information to the first article, the authors wrote: "Despite advances in ...

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28
Nov

Stop-smoking programs show success in helping smokers quit

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Getting smokers to quit can be tough, but two studies reporting success with smoking-cessation programs released Monday in the journal Archives of Internal Medicine offer some hope.

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15
Nov

Want to quit smoking? Free help offered

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MADISON - Thursday is the Great American Smokeout, and Wisconsin residents may call 1-800-QUIT-NOW for free coaching and medicine from the Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line to help them quit smoking or chewing tobacco. The Quit Line provides free coaching and also ships a two-week starter kit with booklets and medications at no charge.

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8
Nov

Want to Save $3,300 Per Year? Quit Smoking

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American smoking rate down from 42 percent to 20.8 percent but needs to go lower says Loyola University Health System integrative medicine physician. At $7 to $9 a pack for cigarettes, annual smoking budgets can run from $2500 to more than $3300, not including doctor visits and lost days from work due to poor health.Nov. 17 is Great American Smokeout and that one day of abstinance can help kick ...

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A study by the American Journal of Preventive Medicine suggests that e-cigarettes may hold promise as a smoking cessation method.Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) October 19, 2011 Square, the maker of disposable electronic cigarettes, has heard from many customers that Square 82 e-cigs have helped them quit smoking. This trend was recently confirmed by an American Journal of Preventive Medicine abstract ...

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15
Oct

Free quit smoking class

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Norwalk Hospital is offering a free smoking cessation program beginning Oct. 13 at 6 p.m. in the third floor respiratory classroom in the section of pulmonary medicine at the hospital. The program consists of seven sessions, all to be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. The program employs multiple techniques in assisting smokers interested in quitting. Information on nicotine replacement therapy ...

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