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Alli boosts weight loss and reduces excess visceral fat

New studies show that overweight and obese people using alli® (orlistat 60 mg) with a reduced calorie, lower-fat diet can significantly reduce weight, visceral fat, and waist circumference and therefore may reduce their risk of type 2 diabetes, hypertension, heart disease and stroke.

28 Jan 2010

FDA issues update on smoking cessation products

If you want to quit smoking, you'll need willpower -- and perhaps the aid of a product that's intended to help you beat the addiction.

27 Jan 2010

UK Gill Heart Institute offers individualized fitness program for heart patients

How do you change health habits among a population with some of the highest heart disease rates in the world? Tackling heart disease in Kentucky - an epicenter of heart health problems - the University of Kentucky Gill Heart Institute Cardiac Rehabilitation Program is helping high-risk patients make radical, lasting changes to improve their heart health.

23 Jan 2010

Study: Chinese anesthesiologists willing to help patients quit smoking, reduce tobacco-related deaths

The statistics are frightening: one-third of the world's smokers (300 million) live in China, and chronic diseases caused by smoking are a growing burden to public health there. Current projections estimate that the number of tobacco-related deaths in China will increase to 2 million annually by 2025.

22 Jan 2010

Quitting smoking doubles survival chances in lung cancer patients

People diagnosed with early stage lung cancer can double their chances of survival over five years if they stop smoking compared with those who continue to smoke, finds a study published on bmj.com today.

22 Jan 2010

Showing scan images to motivate healthy behaviors in patients provides mixed results

Can showing patients ultrasounds and X-rays of their bodies to point out existing health damage make patients change their risky behavior?

21 Jan 2010

OA urges patients to stop smoking before surgery to protect their own health

During National Non-Smoking Week, Ontario's Anesthesiologists (OA) are once again urging patients to stop smoking before surgery in order to protect their own health. In addition, Ontario's Anesthesiologists estimate that if every smoker scheduled for surgery stopped 6-8 weeks prior to their procedure, approximately $122 million could be saved by the health care system.

21 Jan 2010

Exercise can aid in smoking cessation; improve physical fitness in women smokers

It's been 18 excruciating hours since you last had one. You're irritable, stressed out, and the cravings are intense. There is only one thing you can think about firing up - and it isn't your treadmill. But that's exactly what University of Western Ontario researchers have been hard at work trying to convince smokers to do.

20 Jan 2010

Motivational interviewing may help people to quit smoking

Addressing tobacco use without judging the user appears to help people quit, especially if a primary care physician uses a form of supportive counseling called "motivational interviewing," according to a new review of studies.

20 Jan 2010

Health experts calls for smoking cessation programmes among healthcare professionals

Public health experts are calling for urgent steps to reduce the number of healthcare professionals who smoke, after a survey of over 800 new nursing students found that more than half were current or former smokers.

18 Jan 2010

Minnesota honored for covering tobacco cessation medications and counseling for its citizens

Minnesota is one of only six states that covers all recommended tobacco cessation medications and counseling for its citizens coved by Medicare, according to an annual "report card" issued today by the American Lung Association. Indiana, Massachusetts, Nevada, Oregon and Pennsylvania are the other states honored with a 'thumbs up,' although no state earned an "A" grade for cessation coverage this year.

13 Jan 2010

Public health experts take steps to reduce number of healthcare professionals who smoke

Public health experts are calling for urgent steps to reduce the number of healthcare professionals who smoke, after a survey of more than 800 new nursing students found that almost half were current or former smokers.

13 Jan 2010

Stanford University School of Medicine adopts new, industry-funded model for continuing physicians’ education

Stanford University School of Medicine has developed a new, industry-funded model for the continuing education of physicians that aims to improve patient care while ensuring that corporate donors do not exert influence over the curriculum.

12 Jan 2010

American Lung Association releases State of Tobacco Control 2009 report

The American Lung Association today released its State of Tobacco Control 2009 report, which grades the strength of federal and state laws to protect citizens from tobacco-caused illnesses.

12 Jan 2010

H1N1 flu vaccines and other resources for remaining healthy to be offered at Pennsylvania Farm Show

The Department of Health is offering free H1N1 flu vaccines and other resources for remaining healthy at its exhibit at the Pennsylvania Farm Show, which runs through Jan. 16.

12 Jan 2010

Final health care reform legislation requires comprehensive coverage of smoking cessation treatment

As Congress negotiates a final health care reform bill, lawmakers should seize this unprecedented opportunity to invest in proven measures that prevent costly diseases from occurring in the first place, which will improve health and reduce health care costs. These include measures to prevent and reduce tobacco use, which remains the leading cause of preventable death in the United States, killing more than 400,000 people and costing the nation $96 billion in health care expenditures annually.

8 Jan 2010

Smoking Cessation News and Research

Alli boosts weight loss and reduces excess visceral fat

FDA issues update on smoking cessation products

UK Gill Heart Institute offers individualized fitness program for heart patients

Study: Chinese anesthesiologists willing to help patients quit smoking, reduce tobacco-related deaths

Quitting smoking doubles survival chances in lung cancer patients

Showing scan images to motivate healthy behaviors in patients provides mixed results

OA urges patients to stop smoking before surgery to protect their own health

Exercise can aid in smoking cessation; improve physical fitness in women smokers

Motivational interviewing may help people to quit smoking

Health experts calls for smoking cessation programmes among healthcare professionals

Minnesota honored for covering tobacco cessation medications and counseling for its citizens

Public health experts take steps to reduce number of healthcare professionals who smoke

Stanford University School of Medicine adopts new, industry-funded model for continuing physicians’ education

American Lung Association releases State of Tobacco Control 2009 report

H1N1 flu vaccines and other resources for remaining healthy to be offered at Pennsylvania Farm Show

Final health care reform legislation requires comprehensive coverage of smoking cessation treatment

Board of Directors for Legacy continue efforts to preserve tobacco funds in Ohio

Excessive gestational weight gain in obese women is associated with severe medical conditions

New Stop Smoking Quit Kit launched

Elevated diabetes risk associated with smoking cessation, but lifestyle changes can help combat risk

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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