Items Tagged ‘Richard Hurt’
March 25, 2016
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
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. Editor, Karl Oestreich; Assistant Editor: Carmen Zwicker Forbes What Science Tells Us Can Affect Our Risk Of Alzheimer’s […]
Tags: “assisted suicide, ”, ActionNewsJax, Alcohol abuse among med students, allergies, Allevant Solutions, alzheimer's disease, amygdala, Angela Murad, AOL.com, Arab News, Atlanta Black Star
March 1, 2012
Hooked on hookah: Popularity of tobacco alternative brings warning from health experts
Medo Alotaibi smokes tobacco using a hookah, or water pipe, several days a week, usually two hours at a time, to relax, relieve stress and socialize with fellow UND aviation students from Saudi Arabia…Health risks To use a hookah, smokers place burning charcoal on pierced foil above the tobacco and smoke is pulled through the […]
Tags: hookah, Medo Alotaibi, more harmful than cigarettes, Nicotine Dependence Center, Richard Hurt, Saudi Arabia, UND
December 8, 2011
Smoking bans cut heart attacks, Mayo study says
A new Mayo Clinic study found a comprehensive smoking ban cut the rate of heart attacks by 45 percent and cut in half the number of people who suddenly dropped dead of heart disease, a powerful argument for places such as Augusta considering a stronger ordinance, the study’s lead author said. Augusta Chronicle, by Tom […]
Tags: Richard Hurt, smoking ban