Smokers welcome help in quitting when offered at clinic visits
...to quit on their own. The study did not find that abstinence rates were significantly related to counseling intensity. Abstinence rates were significantly lower among African Americans than white smokers. Additional research is necessary to find a better way to deliver treatments to African American smokers ...Study finds bupropion may be effective smoking cessation aid for women
...kers have more difficulty quitting and maintaining abstinence from cigarettes than men. Several factors may cont...pion may help women who are light smokers maintain abstinence at rates similar to those of men. For the study, the researchers recruited 314 women and 241 men who...Clinic-based intervention program improves smoking cessation rates, study says
... about the AHRQ Guideline. Patients' self-reported abstinence from smoking was assessed by telephone interviews ...e more likely than control site patients to report abstinence from smoking at the 2-month follow-up interview (16% versus 6% respectively), 6-month follow-up inte...HIV prevention schemes neglect partner reduction
..." approach to HIV prevention in which A stands for abstinence or delay of sexual activity, B for be faithful, an...rogrammes to prevent HIV have focused on promoting abstinence or condom use, partner reduction has been the neglected component of this approach, write James Shel...Success of nicotine patches linked to genetic make-up
....com on Friday 19 March 2004. Researchers examined abstinence from smoking among 752 people, eight years after t...s. Blood samples were taken to record genotype and abstinence from smoking was confirmed by levels of cotinine (a by-product of nicotine) in the blood. In women, ...Annals of Internal Medicine, tip sheet, March 16, 2004
...t on nicotine, obese, and nonwhite achieved higher abstinence rates with the spray, while low to moderately nico...ndent, nonobese, and white smokers achieved higher abstinence rates with the patch. Thus, ethnicity, weight, and level of nicotine dependence may help identify sm...Data shows new drug, rimonabant, helps smokers quit while limiting post cessation weight gain
...). Among patients completing the study, prolonged abstinence was significantly higher in the patients treated w... with patients treated placebo (20.6%). Prolonged abstinence was achieved in 20.2% of patients treated with rimonabant 5mg. The trial also assessed weight change...Study uncovers how stress and hormones lead to smoking relapse
...Medicine, Duluth and Cancer Center member. "During abstinence women have more difficulties with the emotional si...esponses were also measured after the first day of abstinence when several hormonal, physiological, and psychological measures were obtained before and after perf...Alcohol abuse history could pose problems for HIV patients
...ry of chronic alcohol abuse, combined with current abstinence from alcohol, appears to cause no significant cognitive impairment," Bornstein said. "There appears to be just enough alteration to cognitive function to make the brain more susceptible to the damaging impact of a second, independent process." The kn...Re-examining alcohol problems among American Indian communities
...his manuscript helps to clarify that there is more abstinence from alcohol among American Indians than there is among non-Indians. I think the average person would be taken aback when hearing this since it contradicts the conventional wisdom." Spicer and his colleagues analyzed data collected by the American ...Lung cancer screening motivates smokers to quit
...relapse if we provided support for their continued abstinence from smoking during cancer screening," says Dr. Clark. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in both men and women. Yet lung cancer is among the most preventable cancers because smoking accounts for about 85 to 90 percent of lung cancer...New Penn study shows genes may influence smoking cessation
...s of behavioral group counseling. Smoking status, abstinence symptoms and side effects were recorded weekly, and smoking status was verified at the end of treatment and again at a six-month follow-up appointment. Researchers found that participants with particular variants of the SLC6A3 dopamine transporter ge...Results from first clinical trial using GVG to treat addiction
...iction treatment center in Mexico report prolonged abstinence and the elimination of drug craving in eight out o...nued treatment with GVG, eight achieved periods of abstinence of more than 28 consecutive days, the duration set as a benchmark for successful treatment. All eigh...How a nightcap may hinder rather than help your sleep
...riences sleep problems in the two to six months of abstinence following withdrawal. "They take a long time to f...und that alcoholics with both short- and long-term abstinence can experience sleep problems for many months after they quit drinking. "This study provides impor...Chaos theory may help explain patterns of alcohol abuse, studies suggest
...n moderation may be more successful than promoting abstinence from alcohol. But in the Addictive Behaviors paper, Warren and his colleagues argue that moderate drinking will be difficult to maintain. If an alcohol abuser could keep his drinking absolutely stable, he might be successful, Warren said. But abusers...Alcohol-damaged brains 'recruit' new brain regions to perform simple tasks
...experience cognitive deficits even after long-term abstinence from alcohol. Results from a study in the April issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research confirm that motor deficits also continue to plague abstinent alcoholics. Furthermore, by using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to ...Bupropion triples quit rates among women and formerly depressed smokers, study shows
..., bupropion considerably improved women's mood and abstinence rates. About 25 percent of the women who had taken...ression. Bupropion SR significantly improved their abstinence rates. Less than 10 percent of smokers with a history of depression on placebo pills were still abst...Genetic variant may impact smoking cessation
...s of behavioral group counseling. Smoking status, abstinence symptoms and side effects were recorded weekly, an...roadaptations that alter the subjective effects of abstinence from smoking, thereby promoting relapse," said Lerman. The present data do not suggest that the CYP...Drinking during pregnancy: Information may not be enough
...not be convinced by repeated statements that total abstinence is necessary during pregnancy. Many obstetricians in the U.S. do not appear to believe that a few drinks per week in pregnancy does harm to the fetus. If health professionals cannot reach a consensus on the issue, how can we expect pregnant women t......rchers found that counseling approximately doubled abstinence rates at 1, 3, 6 and 12 months. "Quitting smoking is a difficult thing to do. The reality is that even with a successful program's help, many smokers relapse within a year," said Zhu, a UCSD associate professor of Family and Preventive Medicine. "Sti...