Why Quit Smoking Is A Protected Term

Using the term “quit smoking” seems to be comparable to “curing cancer” in the eyes of government health agencies (FDA, CDC, Health Canada, UK Dept. of Health, WHO, etc) as well as many of the public health organizations (Tobacco Free Kids, American Cancer Society, American Lung Association, etc). So is there a difference between claiming [...]

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Yellow Fever

So Anouk's opening line goes like this, "Yellow fever is..." and I said out loud, "I have this." I've never been to the sub-Saharan desert but I'm sure a mosquito could have made it here thanks to some jetwash or jetstream or whatever it's called. It's definitely a jet's fault. Read More...

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Adderall: It?s Everywhere.

At least if you look around news outlets today. Two important stories: counterfeit Adderall is being sold on the Web says FDA�(no harm reported yet, but you can bet it’s coming) and high school and college students able to score Adderall in 15 minutes or less�(and whether they are scoring the real thing isn’t the point). Neuroenhancement is here to stay and increasingly it starts younger and younger. Concerns about addiction to ADHD meds are increasing in children and adults–and what happens to your brain when you STOP taking them?…

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Fear of Smoking Relapse

I have a nagging fear that I can't seem to shake. I am stable in my quit right now, but the addict in me is telling me that 5,6,7 or 10 years from now I'm just going to pick up the habit again so what's the point of celebrating the fact that I'm a non-smoker now? Am I doomed to fail eventually? I know people who have started smoking again after YEARS of abstaining. It scares me.

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COPD Images

This group of COPD images and videos shows us not only what healthy lungs should look like, but how COPD impairs lung function.

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Arthur Caplan Says ?No? To Prisoner Organs

In the October 2011 issue of AJOB, Arthur Caplan argues in his Target Article “The Use of Prisoners as Sources of Organs-An Ethically Dubious Practice” that the great demand for cadaveric organs for donation around the world does not justify harvesting them from prisoners.

To learn more about Dr. Caplan’s position, listen to his podcast from the Bioethics Channel and read his article on bioethics.net.

Summer Johnson McGee, PhD …

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Back To The Beginning...

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