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Mar 18th, 2023 - Abdominal wall reconstruction (AWR) is an emerging subspecialty within general surgery. The practice of multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings to aid decision making and improve patient care has been demonstrated, with widespread acceptance. This s...

Mar 18th, 2023 - Smoking continuation or uptake after a diagnosis of cancer is associated with decreased treatment efficacy, health deterioration, and worse survival outcomes; nonetheless, many patients with cancer continue smoking after their diagnosis. The exten...

Mar 18th, 2023 - Intersectionality theory suggests that multiple forms of inequality need to be considered simultaneously. The extent to which intersectionality has been used within interventional health research has not been systematically examined. This scoping ...

Mar 17th, 2023 - Smoking is the leading preventable cause of illness and premature death worldwide. Most tobacco users desire to quit, but few are successful. Guidelines recommend varenicline as an initial treatment recommendation to support smoking cessation. Det...

Mar 16th, 2023 - Cigarette smoking can cause and/or worsen a variety of health conditions. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends that smoking cessation services be offered to all adults who currently smoke, and governmental and non-government...

May 11th, 2022 - Patients with widespread atherosclerosis such as peripheral artery disease (PAD) have a high risk of cardiovascular and limb symptoms and complications, which affects their quality of life and longevity. Over the past 2 decades there have been sub...

Dec 14th, 2021 - The NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines) for Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC) provide recommended management for patients with SCLC, including diagnosis, primary treatment, surveillance for relapse, and subsequent treatment...

Jul 17th, 2021 - Low-dose chest CT screening for lung cancer has become a standard of care in the United States, in large part because of the results of the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST). Additional evidence supporting the net benefit of low-dose chest CT s...

Jul 17th, 2021 - Low-dose chest CT screening for lung cancer has become a standard of care in the United States, in large part because of the results of the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST). Additional evidence supporting the net benefit of low-dose chest CT s...

Jan 20th, 2021 - Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of disease, disability, and death in the US. In 2014, it was estimated that 480 000 deaths annually are attributed to cigarette smoking, including second hand smoke exposure. Smoking during pregnancy ca...

Mar 10th, 2023 - Objectives: We propose to develop a mobile smoking intervention termed COmpliance-facilitated Scheduled Smoking Reduction (COSSR) delivered as a smartphone app. Through the proposed research as a pilot study, we want to identify the effect size of...

Mar 10th, 2023 - BACKGROUND Cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the UK is behind 1 in 4 deaths/year (>150,000 people), with coronary heart disease (CHD) being the most common type [1]. In addition to the loss of life, the economic cost of CVD is considerable; in 2015 ...

Mar 10th, 2023 - Patients who are current smokers (who have smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime and still smoke daily or some days) will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio to the two arms in sequential order of presentation, after they have been identified ...

Mar 10th, 2023 - Several studies have shown the influence of the eating pattern on lung function. However, the benefits of the Mediterranean diet (DiMet) in preventing pulmonary dysfunction are not well known. Objective: To evaluate the effect of adherence to DiMe...

Mar 9th, 2023 - Investigators will firstly evaluate the feasibility of CCeSCI. Once CCeSCI is ready to deploy, investigators will recruit 60 smokers (male, 25-64 years old) in two communities in Qingpu to conduct a pilot non-blinded randomized controlled trial. T...

Mar 16th, 2023 - Lutetium Lu 177 vipivotide tetraxetan (Pluvicto) is currently in shortage, according to the FDA, leaving some prostate cancer patients with limited options; the drug's manufacturer Novartis said it's working to increase production. Meanwhile, the ...

Mar 14th, 2023 - Standardized packaging may reduce the appeal of e-cigarettes for potential young users, while still maintaining their appeal among adults trying to quit smoking, a survey study from Great Britain suggested. Youths ages 11 to 18 had significantly h...

Feb 21st, 2023 - The Diagnosis: Discoid Lupus Erythematosus The biopsies demonstrated vacuolar interface changes with superficial and deep perivascular and periadnexal inflammation as well as increased background mucin deposition. The clinical morphology and distr.

Feb 17th, 2023 - The American Cancer Society has advice about how the more than 18 million adult cancer survivors can reduce their risk of developing heart disease. Some reassuring data about COVID and cancer screening: Missed screenings during the pandemic have n...

Feb 15th, 2023 - Key clinical point: Smokers with a family history of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) may be considered a high-risk group who should be informed about increased smoking-associated RA risk and advised smoking cessation. Major finding: Risk for RA was high.