Archive for September, 2008
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
Brand Name: Zyban
Chemical Name: bupropion hydrochloride
How It Works
Bupropion is a pill you take to reduce your craving for tobacco. The way it does this is not entirely known. Bupropion does not contain nicotine and does not help you quit smoking in the same way that nicotine replacement therapy does.
Doctors also ...
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Monday, September 15th, 2008
Medical journals are full of articles describing the effects of oxidative stress on coronary heart disease. Why should we care about oxidative stress? What is it, anyway?
During metabolism - the process of converting food to energy - the body is constantly forming chemically reactive substances called free radicals. Free radicals damage ...
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Wednesday, September 10th, 2008
Study Uses Hand-Held Computers With Quitting Tips
An ongoing smoking cessation study aims to reveal better ways to help bladder cancer patients stop smoking and thereby avoid the risk of negatively affecting their outcome.
"There is a clear connection between smoking and bladder cancer, and continued smoking following diagnosis may be associated ...
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Thursday, September 4th, 2008
Smokers Experience Poorer Cancer Survival Rates
Thomas Touzel had smoked for 52 of his 65 years when he saw a flier in the cafeteria of a cancer center where he was receiving treatment for bladder cancer. The paper urged patients to attend a tobacco cessation program that was to start in ...
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