New Tool For Psychiatrists Encouraging Patients to Stop Smoking LUNGS ARE ALIVE – 2019 - Before taking the course, many residents noted other obstacles that prevent psychiatrists from addressing patients’ tobacco use. For example, patients with severe mental health i... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCancerinterventionnicotineRecoverysmoking
Kathy Griffin Calls Her Pill Addiction ‘Almost Comical’ WHO’S LAUGHING NOW? – March 18, 2022 - “I didn’t know what to do with myself,” Griffin admitted. “I was just such a crazy workaholic, and all of a sudden, I had this time on my hands, and then I was depressed,... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCancerCelebrity SobrietydepressioninterventionInterviewMarch 22 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabsuicide
Americans Unaware Alcohol Can Cause Cancer MODERATE MODERATION – Feb. 17, 2022 - “Increasing awareness of the alcohol–cancer link, such as through multimedia campaigns and patient–provider communication, may be an important new strategy for health advoc... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCancerFeb 22 2022interventionRecoveryTrauma
Understanding Alcohol and Cancer Link VIDEO – WHAT’S TO UNDERSTAND? – Jan. 21, 2022 - We know exercise, we know diet, we know to not use tobacco or to try to quit if you are ... So those are the ones we hear about a lot, but I hadn’t heard about al... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousCancerinterventionJan 25 2022RecoveryRehabTrauma
Doylestown Teacher Lost to Cancer Inspires Sister’s Path to Sobriety WATCH – SISTERLY LOVE – Oct 7, 2021 - When Allison Fawcett died 11 years ago this week at age 32, after punching away at the disease for eight long years, Bladt felt like part of her had died. Her feelings of ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousCancerCompassioninterventionInterviewOct 12 2021RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Chantix Causes Cancer But Don’t Stop Using It DANGEROUS CHOICES – Sept. 18, 2021 - Chantix was approved by the FDA in May 2006 as a prescription medication to help adults aged 18 and over quit smoking and is typically used for 12 to 24 weeks. The re... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCancerDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionnicotineRecoverySept 21 2021smoking
Stores Have More Time to Submit Cigarette Warnings COUGH UP A LUNG ON US? – Sept. 1, 2021 - Manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers that create their own cigarette advertisements are required to file a plan with the FDA that includes the schedule for ro... Read More...Addiction RecoveryCancerDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionlife expectancynicotineRecoverySept 14 2021smoking
Philip Morris Wants to Sell Medicine To Treat Cigarette Caused Lung Disease LISTEN – FROM SELLING DRUGS TO SELLING MEDICINE – Sept. 2, 2010 - All cigarette companies know the industry that established their fortunes is fading, as smoking rates decline worldwide. Most are investe... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCancerinterventionlife expectancynicotineSept 7 2021smoking
Breathing Machine Recall Over Cancer Risk SHALLOW BREATH AND GRAVE – August 17, 2021 - The agency said the possible risks of particulate and chemical exposure from the recalled devices included asthma, skin and respiratory-tract irritation and “toxic and c... Read More...August 24 2021Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCancerinterventionTrauma
EPA “Exposed American Children” To Brain-Damaging Pesticide MAKES OPIATES LOOK LIKE CANDY APRIL 29, 2021 - According to a team of researchers led by Leonardo Trasande, organophosphate pesticides, of which chlorpyrifos is the most widely used, accounted for an estimated $594 b... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCancerDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMay 4 2021Trauma
Ugly Side Effects of Eating Potato Chips FRIES SURPRISE – Jan. 19, 2021 - #2. You might have never guessed that your favorite bag of chips can increase your risk for cancer. According to the American Cancer Association, a chemical called acrylami... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCancerEating Disorderfood addictioninterventionJan 26 2021life expectancyMental Health
Lungs ‘magically’ heal damage from smoking It’s NEVER Too Late – Jan. 29, 2020 - The overwhelming majority of cells taken from a smoker’s airways had been mutated by tobacco, with cells containing up to 10,000 genetic alterations. “These can be thoug... Read More...CancerFeb 4 2020Nicorettesmoking
First time in 4 years, US life expectancy rises — a little Good News – Jan 29, 2020 - Suicides continued to increase in 2018, as did deaths from... Read More...CancerFeb 4 2020life expectancy