July 26, 2013
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
July 26, 2013 Mayo Clinic in the News is a weekly highlights summary of major media coverage. If you would like to be added to the weekly distribution list, send a note to Emily Blahnik with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Karl Oestreich, manager enterprise media relations […]
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June 28, 2013
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
June 28, 2013 Mayo Clinic in the News is a weekly highlights summary of major media coverage. If you would like to be added to the weekly distribution list, send a note to Emily Blahnik with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Karl Oestreich, manager enterprise media […]
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January 17, 2013
Minn. Receives Two Failing Grades in ‘State of Tobacco Control’ Report
Minnesota received two failing grades in the American Lung Association’s “State of Tobacco Control,” an annual report that tracks policies related to tobacco and tobacco prevention at the state and federal level… Pat McKone, director for tobacco control programs and policy at the American Lung Association in Minnesota, will join the discussion along with Dr. Richard Hurt, […]
Tags: American Lung Association, Dr. Richard Hurt, MPR, Nicotine Dependence Center, Pat McKone, State of Tobacco Control, tobacco
January 8, 2013
Indonesia: The Tobacco Industry’s “Disneyland”
Arif Hidayat still feels a measure of guilt. As a vendor of cigarettes on an impoverished back street in the Indonesian city of Bogor, Hidayat says he realized most of his buyers were men who could barely afford to feed their families…”Because Indonesians are Islamic, alcohol is less of a curse than in many countries,” […]
Tags: CMAJ, Dr. Richard Hurt, Indonesia, international tobacco companies, Nicotine Dependence Research Program, tobacco
July 9, 2012
Surgeon General: 1 in 4 High School Seniors Smokes
Despite decades of anti-smoking education, one in four U.S. high school seniors still smokes. And three in four high school smokers continue to smoke as adults, according to a new report from the U.S. Surgeon General…”Unfortunately, most teenagers don’t realize that just a few cigarettes here and there can lead to addiction,” said Dr. Richard […]
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June 29, 2012
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
June 29, 2012 Mayo Clinic in the News is a weekly highlights summary of major media coverage. If you would like to be added to the weekly distribution list, send a note to Emily Blahnik with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Karl Oestreich, manager enterprise media relations NPR […]
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June 28, 2012
Vaccine Shows Promise for Nicotine Addiction
A one-dose vaccine aimed at preventing nicotine addiction showed promise in studies on mice, researchers said Wednesday. In the study, published in the journal Science Translational Medicine, researchers inserted a gene for a nicotine antibody into the liver cells of mice, preventing most of the nicotine given to the animals from reaching the brain, where […]
Tags: Dr. Richard Hurt, nicotine addiction, Science Translational Medicine, vaccine, Wall Street Journal
June 1, 2012
Chairman of the Jamaica Coalition for Tobacco Control (JCTC), Dr Knox Hagley, is craving a law that will see smoking in public spaces banned. Hagley, who is also the chairman of the Health Foundation of Jamaica, believes such a move would result in a reduction in the number of smokers…Dr Richard Hurt, founder and director […]
Tags: Dr. Knox Hagley, Dr. Richard Hurt, Health Foundation of Jamaica, Jamaica Coalition for Tobacco Control, Jamaica Gleaner
April 11, 2012
Are Cigarillos Any Better Than Cigarettes For Jack White?
An interview with Jack White in Sunday’s New York Times Magazine quotes the musician as saying, “I quit smoking cigarettes like six years ago. … These [the cigarillos he’s described as now smoking] are just baby cigars. I don’t inhale.” That sounds as though Mr. White (of whom, I must disclose, I am a huge […]
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January 19, 2012
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Summary
January 19, 2012 Mayo Clinic in the News is a weekly highlights summary of major media coverage. If you would like to be added to the weekly distribution list, send a note to benedett.whitney@mayo.edu with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Karl Oestreich, manager enterprise media relations oestreich.karl@mayo.edu […]
Tags: alzheimer's disease, Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, american heart association, Bill Clinton, Cholera, Dr. John Wilson, Dr. Michael Stuart, Dr. Raymond Gibbons, Dr. Richard Hurt, Dr. Ron Petersen, Dr. Victor Montori, Dr. Yogish Kudva