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See All >> Messages include industry-sponsored communications and special communications from MDLinx181 An analysis of the economic impact of smoking cessation in Europe Full Text BMC Public Health, April 26, 2013 Review Article
182 Conduct Disorder and Initiation of Substance Use: A Prospective Longitudinal Study Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, April 26, 2013 Clinical Article
183 Brief Smoking Cessation Intervention: A Prospective Trial in the Urology Setting The Journal of Urology, April 26, 2013 Clinical Article
184 Conditioned Contribution of Peripheral Cocaine Actions to Cocaine Reward and Cocaine-Seeking Neuropsychopharmacology, April 26, 2013 Clinical Article
185 A comparison of smoking behaviour characteristics between Caucasian smokers in United Kingdom and Malay smokers in Malaysia Preventive Medicine, April 26, 2013 Clinical Article
186 CO Exposure and Puff Topography are Associated With Lebanese Waterpipe Dependence Scale Score Nicotine & Tobacco Research, April 26, 2013 Clinical Article
187 Training workshops positively impact beliefs about contingency management in a nationwide dissemination effort Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, April 26, 2013 Clinical Article
188 Prescription Opioid Abuse in the United Kingdom British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, April 26, 2013 Clinical Article
189 HIV infection among new synthetic drug abusers: a pilot study in Beijing Full Text Chinese Medical Journal, April 26, 2013 Clinical Article
190 Enforcement following 0.08% BAC law change: Sex-specific consequences of changing arrest practices? Addictive Behaviours, April 26, 2013 Clinical Article
191 The plasma levels of the cytokines in opium-addicts and the effects of opium on the cytokines secretion by their lymphocytes Immunology Letters, April 26, 2013 Clinical Article
192 Cigarette Smoking and Clopidogrel Interaction Current Cardiology Reports, April 25, 2013 Review Article
193 Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke and risk of antenatal depression: application of latent variable modeling Archives of Women's Mental Health, April 25, 2013 Clinical Article
194 Is methoxydine a new rapid acting antidepressant for the treatment of depression in alcoholics? Medical Hypotheses, April 25, 2013 Clinical Article
195 The role of cancer information seeking behavior in developing and disseminating effective smoking cessation strategies: A comparison of current smokers, former smokers, and never smokers Journal of Communication in Healthcare, April 25, 2013 Clinical Article
196 A Role for Hypocretin/Orexin Receptor-1 in Cue-Induced Reinstatement of Nicotine-Seeking Behavior Neuropsychopharmacology, April 25, 2013 Clinical Article
197 Associations Between Multivitamin Supplement Use and Alcohol Consumption Before Pregnancy: Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, 2004 to 2008 Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, April 24, 2013 Clinical Article
198 Striatal modulation of BDNF expression using microRNA124a-expressing lentiviral vectors impairs ethanol-induced conditioned-place preference and voluntary alcohol consumption European Journal of Neuroscience, April 24, 2013 Clinical Article
199 A cross-country comparison of tobacco consumption among youths from selected South-Asian countries Full Text BMC Public Health, April 24, 2013 Review Article
200 AUDIT-C Scores as a Scaled Marker of Mean Daily Drinking, Alcohol Use Disorder Severity, and Probability of Alcohol Dependence in a U.S. General Population Sample of Drinkers Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, April 24, 2013 Clinical Article
Researchers at Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health conducted a study involving 96,008 women in the Nurse’s Health Study II with 18 years of follow up, which demonstrated a strikingly strong association with non-fatal cardiovascular disease. There were 2463 participants with psoriasis and 1,709,069 person-years of follow up. There were 713 cases of non-fatal cardiovascular disease (HR=1.55). The HRs for myocardial infarction and stroke were 1.70 and 1.45, respectively. For women with psoriatic arthritis, the HR was 3.47. For women < 40 years of age and psoriasis > 9 years, the HRs were 3.26 and 3.09, respectively.
Read the article summaryAs reported in the British Journal of Dermatology, two cytokine genes (IL-2RA and TNF/LTA) which have been implicated in autoimmune diseases are associated with severe alopecia areata. The study involved 768 patients with alopecia areata and 658 controls, and 26 cytokine genes were genotyped.
Read the article summaryAs reported in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology and based on participants in the Nurses’ Health Study, Women’s Health Study, Health Professionals’ Follow-up Study, and Physicians’ Health Study II, total testosterone (RR = 0.62) and SHBG levels (RR = 0.65), and the estradiol:testosterone ratio (RR = 2.63) are associated with colorectal cancer risk in men. An inverse association exists between the estradiol:testosterone ratio (RR = 0.43) and colorectal cancer risk in women.
Read the article summary1 Metabolic Effects of Chronic Cannabis Smoking Diabetes Care, March 27, 2013
2 Diets of drinkers on drinking and nondrinking days: NHANES 2003-2008 American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, March 29, 2013 Review Article
3 Smoking-related disease risk, area deprivation and health behaviours Journal of Public Health, April 19, 2013
4 Effect of Paroxetine on Physiological Response to Stress and Smoking Psychosomatic Medicine, March 21, 2013
5 Effectiveness of an intensive E-mail based intervention in smoking cessation (TABATIC study): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial BMC Public Health, April 19, 2013 Free full text
6 Is serving in the armed forces associated with tobacco or cannabis initiation? A study of onset sequences before and after joining the French armed forces Addictive Behaviours, April 19, 2013
7 Cigarette Price-Minimization Strategies by U.S. Smokers American Journal of Preventive Medicine, April 19, 2013
8 Dating Violence Among Urban, Minority, Middle School Youth and Associated Sexual Risk Behaviors and Substance Use Journal of School Health, April 19, 2013
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Prevalence of Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking Among Population Aged 15 Years or Older, Vietnam, 2010
Preventing Chronic Disease, April 19, 2013
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10 U.S. Alcohol Affordability and Real Tax Rates, 1950-2011 American Journal of Preventive Medicine, April 19, 2013 Review Article
11 Depression and smoking: a 5-year prospective study of patients with major depressive disorder Depression and Anxiety, April 22, 2013
12 Motivations to quit cannabis use in an adult non-treatment sample: Are they related to relapse? Addictive Behaviours, April 19, 2013
13 Contribution of psychiatric illness and substance abuse to 30-day readmission risk Journal of Hospital Medicine, April 19, 2013
14 An updated algorithm for choosing among smoking cessation treatments Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, March 21, 2013 Review Article
15 Alcohol Mixed with Energy Drinks: Are There Associated Negative Consequences beyond Hazardous Drinking in College Students? Addictive Behaviours, April 19, 2013
16 Depressive Symptoms Among Heavy Cigarette Smokers: The Influence of Daily Rate, Gender, and Race Nicotine & Tobacco Research, April 10, 2013
17 Smoking Cessation and the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes Predicted from Established Risk Scores: Results of the Cardiovascular Risk Assessment among Smokers in Primary Care in Europe (CV-ASPIRE) Study BMC Public Health, April 19, 2013 Free full text Review Article
18 Is methoxydine a new rapid acting antidepressant for the treatment of depression in alcoholics? Medical Hypotheses, April 25, 2013
19 Self-Affirmation, Intentions and Alcohol Consumption in Students: A Randomized Exploratory Trial Alcohol and Alcoholism , April 1, 2013
20 Training general practitioners in remote Western Australia in a method of screening and brief intervention for harmful alcohol use: A pilot study Australian Journal of Rural Health, April 19, 2013
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