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Guideline offers simple practice changes that may increase effectiveness of tobacco-dependence pharmacotherapy.
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Robert Brook, M.D., and May Chu, PhD, discussed importance of face masks during HD Live! interview
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The FDA has granted Breakthrough Therapy designation to AXS-05 (Axsome Therapeutics) for the treatment of Alzheimer disease (AD) agitation.
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Three major medical organizations have issued recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of advanced prostate cancer, including metastatic hormone-sensitive disease and nonmetastatic and metastatic castration-resistant disease.
ATS 2020
Both stable current smokers and individuals who had quit exhibited significantly less anxiety but more depression.
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COPD patients, smokers have up-regulation of ACE-2, the cellular entry receptor for SARS-CoV-2
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To shed light on how clinical practice is dealing in this time of COVID-19, we spoke with Jesse Clark, DO, Associate Program Director of Education at the Community East Family Medicine Residency and Clinical Chairperson of Family Medicine at Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana.
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The use of electrical stimulation devices (ESDs) to treat self-injurious or aggressive behavior has been banned by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
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Risk for CV, neuropsychiatric hospitalizations lower for varenicline versus nicotine replacement therapy
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Successful smoking cessation involves a 2-pronged approach, since there are 2 components to smoking - physiological and behavioral, according to Nervana Elkhadragy, PharmD, MS, TTS, of Purdue University, College of Pharmacy, Indianapolis.