Health Promotion

Tobacco and Cancer: Epidemiology and New Perspectives of Prevention and Monitoring in Mexico

Scientific article

1 March 2016

Tobacco smoking is a causal risk factor of at least 16 different types of cancer. In Mexico, smoking causes 6,035 premature deaths annually of lung cancer and 5,154 from other types. Additionally, 16,408 new smoking attributable cases are...

Aging Well Webinar: Addressing Behavioral Health with Older Adults in Primary Care Settings

15 February 2017

Rockville

United States

Aging Well: Addressing Behavioral Health with Older Adults in Primary Care Settings

February 15, 2017

1:00pm- 2:30pm EST

Treating Alcohol Addiction with Positive Relationships

News

A ‘therapeutic alliance’, or in other words, a positive and trusting relationship between counsellor and patient, could be the key to successful treatment of alcohol addiction, according to a new study. Patients who reported a more positive...

Recovery Live! Webinar: Opioid Use Disorder, Medication, and Recovery

26 January 2017

Webinar

United States

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Pain Management Nursing Conference

13 September 2017

Phoenix

United States

This conference will address important pain management issues, increase the knowledge and skills of pain management nursing professionals and promote the development of the nursing profession.

Participants will be able to:

Healthier Alternatives and Natural Highs: The Success of the Icelandic Model

News

Over the past two decades, Iceland has seen teenage smoking, drinking and drug use dramatically decrease. This is partly because of state-funded initiatives which look to promote healthier alternatives, or ‘natural highs’, such as sport, family-orientated activities and cultural provisions.

A Sip as a Kid, Alcohol Problems as an Adult?

News

Introducing children to alcohol by way of their parents allowing them sips or tasters of their own drinks is typically viewed as the presiding method used in European countries. Published in the journal Psychological Medicine, a new...

World No Tobacco Day 2017: Tobacco – A Threat to Development

31 May 2017

Worldwide

World no tobacco day

As every year, May 31 is World No Tobacco Day.

The theme for 2017 is "Tobacco – A threat to Development".

Alcohol Advertising Linked to Youth Drinking

News

Health researchers worldwide have provided new evidence suggesting that alcohol advertising is often aggressive, reaching children, and is linked with youth drinking. The Australian organisation, the National Alliance for Action on Alcohol...

Australian Smoking Habits

Book

9 January 2017

Smoking is a serious health issue worldwide. Prevalence, however, has steadily declined across Australia over the last several decades thanks to a number of successful public health campaigns. The number of smokers in the country is now...