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See All >> Messages include industry-sponsored communications and special communications from MDLinx1 Effects of a persistent binge drinking pattern of alcohol consumption in young people: a follow-up study using event-related potentials Alcohol and Alcoholism , May 23, 2013 Clinical Article
2 Current smoking is associated with a poor visual acuity improvement after intravitreal ranibizumab therapy in patients with exudative age-related macular degeneration Full Text Journal of Korean Medical Science, May 23, 2013 Review Article
3 Elk1 transcription factor linked to dysregulated striatal mu opioid receptor signaling network and oprm1 polymorphism in human heroin abusers Biological Psychiatry, May 23, 2013 Clinical Article
4 Enhanced smoking cue salience associated with depression severity in nicotine-dependent individuals: a preliminary fMRI study International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, May 23, 2013 Clinical Article
5 Breath alcohol estimation training: behavioral effects and predictors of success Alcohol and Alcoholism , May 23, 2013 Clinical Article
6 Effect of varenicline on individual nicotine withdrawal symptoms: a combined analysis of eight randomized, placebo-controlled trials Nicotine & Tobacco Research, May 23, 2013 Clinical Article
7 Explaining long-term outcomes among drug dependent mothers treated in women-only versus mixed-gender programs Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, May 23, 2013 Clinical Article
8 After all - It doesnt kill you to quit smoking: An explorative analysis of the blog in a smoking cessation intervention Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, May 23, 2013 Review Article
9 Assessing the invariance of smoking-related self-efficacy, beliefs, and intention among high school current smokers Substance Use & Misuse, May 23, 2013 Clinical Article
10 Synergistic interaction between alcoholism and polypharmacy on the risk of falls in the elderly Full Text International Journal of Gerontology, May 23, 2013 Clinical Article
11 Chrna5-a3-b4 genetic variants alter nicotine intake and interact with tobacco use to influence body weight in alaska-native tobacco users Addiction, May 22, 2013 Clinical Article
12 A longitudinal study of drinking and depression as predictors of insomnia in alcohol-dependent individuals Substance Use & Misuse, May 22, 2013 Clinical Article
13 Alcohol consumption and self-reported (SF12) physical and mental health among working aged-men in a typical Russian city: A cross sectional study Addiction, May 22, 2013 Clinical Article
14 Comparative performance of biomarkers of alcohol consumption in a population sample of working-aged men in russia: the izhevsk family study Addiction, May 22, 2013 Clinical Article
15 Alcohol-related biases in selective attention and action tendency make distinct contributions to dysregulated drinking behaviour Addiction, May 22, 2013 Clinical Article
16 Drinking motives moderate the impact of predrinking on heavy drinking on a given evening and related adverse consequences - An event-level study Addiction, May 22, 2013 Clinical Article
17 Prevalence of hepatitis c virus infection in alcoholic patients: cohort study and systematic review Alcohol and Alcoholism , May 22, 2013 Clinical Article
18 Tobacco use by sexual identity among young adults in the united states Nicotine & Tobacco Research, May 22, 2013 Clinical Article
19 Alcohol use and alcohol-use disorders among older adults in India: a literature review Aging and Mental Health, May 22, 2013 Clinical Article
20 Fetal growth restriction and maternal smoking in the Macedonian Roma population: a causality dilemma Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics, May 22, 2013 Review 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.
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