Drug Addicts 'Can Quit Smoking' With Additional Therapy

Published December 15, 2013

Drug addicts 'can quit smoking' with additional therapy
Filed under: cocaine treatment outcome study
With this in mind, the researchers conducted a study in which patients being treated for cocaine and methamphetamine addiction were randomly assigned to treatment aimed at helping them stop smoking (smoking cessation therapy). Their treatment involved … Read more on Medical News Today

Wasting a life away
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That outcome is typical for male victims of military sexual assault, a Baltimore Sun analysis of hundreds of cases found. The outrage over sexual …. Eventually, Lewis was removed from the ship for medical treatment. A Navy psychiatrist in San …. He … Read more on Baltimore Sun

Discerning STEMI Mimics in the Field
Filed under: cocaine treatment outcome study
In one study, only 32% of cocaine using patients had a normal ECG while 42% had ST elevation; the remainder had other abnormalities including T wave inversions and/or nonspecific findings.4 Of note, none of the patients with ST elevation ultimately had … Read more on JEMS.com