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Cigarette smoking and other tobacco use impose a huge and growing public health burden globally. Currently … in tobacco tax, dissemination of information about health risks from smoking, restrictions on smoking in public places …
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Stopping smoking is the most important action that all smokers can take to improve their current and future health …. Current smoking cessation treatments produce only modest long-term abstinence rates, and so new cessation methods are required … making a quit attempt and stopping smoking. Results from randomized, placebo-controlled trials in smokers who were not …
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Tobacco use will kill as many as 1 billion people in the 21st century unless its use is curtailed. Smoking cessation is … associated with several health and personal benefits; however, smoking cessation is difficult because of the highly addictive … nature of nicotine. Successful smoking cessation strategies can generally be divided into two groups: nicotine replacement …
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global Internet use continues to grow, Internet-based smoking cessation programs are a promising strategy for reaching … advantages and disadvantages of this type of forum, the likely effectiveness in achieving smoking cessation, and the impact on … clinical and cost outcomes are discussed. The primary advantage of Internet-based smoking cessation initiatives is their …
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Hypertension and diabetes mellitus are significant and independent risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Antihypertensive therapy reduces cerebrovascular and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in patients with hypertension. Tight blood pressure (BP) control [target diastolic BP (DBP)...
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The increasing speed at which new knowledge is generated and disseminated means that we have to learn knew ways of handling this information. Instead of trying to remember information in case we need it at a later date, we need to develop the skills of finding, appraising and using information...
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There is now conclusive evidence to support the widely prescribed application of disease management programs in heart failure care. These strategies result in significant improvement in many barometers of care, including admission rates, prescription of disease modifying therapy, and improved...
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The absence of government regulation in the US has left pharmaceutical companies free to set their own prices based on a number of market considerations. Historically, these have included not only ingredient, research and development costs, but also advertising, the drug's marginal...
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Patients with health insurance do not make the most cost conscious healthcare decisions since they bear only a fraction of the total cost of medical care. Managed care advocates point to financial incentives as a way to reduce wasteful resource use. However, physicians with managed care...
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The poor efficacy and tolerability of conventional antipsychotic treatment in schizophrenia, together with discovery of the
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