OHSU.edu - Many smokers may need more time using smoking cessation to be successful at quitting tobacco smoking, according to a new study. The study - from researchers at the Oregon Health & Science University Smoking Cessation Center - may change the way clinicians make treatment decisions for their patients who smoke and want to [...]

Children born to mothers prescribed the heroin substitute methadone during pregnancy may be at risk of a wide variety of vision and eye problems, according to a small study published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology.
There may be as many as 350,000 children in the UK whose parents are problem drug users, say the authors.
Methadone [...]

AACR.org - Researchers have detected a link between alcohol consumption, cancer, and aging that starts at the cellular level in humans with shortening of telomeres.
Results of this cross-sectional study were presented at the American Association for Cancer Research 101st Annual Meeting 2010, held April 17-21, 2010.
Telomeres are found at the region of DNA sequences at [...]

CFAH.org - Addressing tobacco use without judging the user appears to help people quit smoking, especially if a primary care physician uses a form of supportive counseling called “motivational interviewing,” according to a new evidenced-based Cochrane review of studies.
The review included data from 14 studies published between 1997 and 2008, with more than 10,000 smokers [...]

AASMnet.org - Long-term alcoholism affects sleep even after long periods of abstinence, and the pattern of this effect is similar in both men and women, according to a study in the journal SLEEP.
Results indicate that in long-term alcoholics who had not had a drink for up to 719 days, the percentage of slow wave sleep [...]

UMDNJ.edu - African-American and Hispanic adults who smoke menthol cigarettes may be less likely to quit smoking than those who smoke regular cigarettes, a new study by researchers at the UMDNJ-School of Public Health has found. The report, published in the December 2009 issue of Preventive Medicine, is believed to be the first to use [...]