Behavioral and pharmacologic interventions may increase smoking cessation
1. From a systematic review, behavioral counseling, bupropion, nicotine replacement therapy and varenicline resulted in increased rates of smoking cessation, ...
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2 Minute Medicine Rewind August 23 – August 30, 2015
Perioperative Bridging Anticoagulation in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation Anticoagulation with warfarin for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation must be interrupted ...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind May 24 – May 31, 2015
Efficacy of an Adjuvanted Herpes Zoster Subunit Vaccine in Older Adults Herpes zoster continues to be a menacing disease especially ...
Financial incentive programs significantly improve smoking cessation
1. All four financial incentive programs tested led to significantly higher rates of abstinence from smoking at 6 months compared ...
Higher smoking rates in adult HIV population
1. From a cross-sectional survey, adults with HIV were associated with an increased likelihood of smoking than the general population. ...
Active smoking may increase mortality among colorectal cancer survivors
1. In a prospective cohort of over 2,500 patients diagnosed with non-metastatic colorectal cancer, post-diagnosis active smoking was associated with ...
Financial incentives improve smoking cessation rates in pregnant women
1. A significantly greater number of participants receiving financial incentives reported smoking cessation at 4 weeks as compared to the ...
Nicotine biomarker predicts rates of smoking cessation in response to varenicline or nicotine patch
1. Varenicline treatment was shown to provide greater quit rates than nicotine patches in normal nicotine metabolizers but was not ...
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2 Minute Medicine Rewind December 14 – December 21, 2014
In this section, we highlight the key high-impact studies, updates, and analyses published in medicine during the past week. Cytisine ...
Active smoking cessation intervention may provide tangible results [Project CLIQ]
1. A proactive smoking cessation strategy, which consisted of telephone counseling, nicotine replacement therapy, and removal of community barriers, increased ...
