All Resources for 'Public Health'

Direct Marketing Promotion and Electronic Cigarette Use among US Adults

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The use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) among US adults has increased since 2007. The objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence of direct marketing promotion of e-cigarettes and its...

Alcohol Binge Drinking and Executive Functioning during Adolescent Brain Development

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Public Health

Alcohol consumption in adolescents causes negative effects on familiar, social, academic life, as well as neurocognitive alterations. The binge drinking (BD) pattern of alcohol is characterized by the alternation of episodes of heavy...

Blood Alcohol Concentration-Related Lower Performance in Immediate Visual Memory and Working Memory in Adolescent Binge Drinkers

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Men
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Public Health

The binge drinking (BD) pattern of alcohol consumption is prevalent during adolescence, a period characterized by critical changes to the structural and functional development of brain areas related with memory and cognition. There is...

‘My GP says I drink too much’: Screening and Brief Intervention

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Book
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Treatment
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Public Health

In the absence of greater obstacles to availability, widespread screening to identify and then briefly advise risky drinkers has been the great hope for improved alcohol-related public health. This major hot topic update guides you through...

The Burden of Primary Liver Cancer and Underlying Etiologies from 1990 to 2015

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Treatment
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Public Health

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Importance: Liver cancer is among the leading causes of cancer deaths globally. The most common causes for liver cancer include hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and alcohol use.

Objective: To report...

Associations of Perceived Interparental Relationship, Family Harmony and Family Happiness with Smoking Intention in Never-Smoking Chinese Children and Adolescents

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Scientific article
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Prevention
Populations
Family

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Objective: To examine the associations of perceived interparental relationship, family harmony and family happiness with smoking intention in never-smoking Chinese children and adolescents in Hong Kong.

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Secondhand Tobacco Smoke Exposure and Pulmonary Function

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Public Health

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Introduction: The workplace remains a significant source of secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure. This pollutant is known to be associated with respiratory and cardiovascular problems, but its effects on specific pulmonary function...

Lower-Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines: A Comprehensive Update of Evidence and Recommendations

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Scientific article
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Public Health
Regulatory Control of Substances

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Background: Cannabis use is common in North America, especially among young people, and is associated with a risk of various acute and chronic adverse health outcomes. Cannabis control regimes are evolving, for example, toward a...

The Prognostic Significance of Smoking Cessation after Acute Coronary Syndromes

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Prevention

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Objective: We aim to ascertain the prognostic significance of persistent smoking and smoking cessation after an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in the era of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and optimal secondary prevention...

8 Steps Towards Minimising the US Opioid Crisis

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News
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Prevention
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Addiction
Public Health
Law Enforcement

Current levels of opioid addiction in the US are so alarming that in July 2017 the President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis urgently suggested that President Trump declare a national emergency to free up...