Effect of tobacco ads may backfire
...s include smoking laws, cigarette prices and other televised advertising about not smoking. The National Cancer Institute, the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation funded the study. Flay, who has conducted school-based and health research for more than 30 years, said parents ...Even slight holiday weight gain can set stage for obesity, health risks
... Organize a touch football game during halftime of televised football games. Arrange holiday-related activities, such as ice-skating or skiing. Take a walk to see holiday displays. Walk an extra lap around the mall, even if youve finished shopping. ...Televised movie trailers expose youth to images of tobacco use
...xposed to tobacco use through movie advertisements televised in 2001 to 2002, according to an article in the September issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Tobacco advertising was banned from television in 1971, but tobacco use is still portrayed in a varie...New study evaluates impact of smoking cessation aids and mass media
...al of Preventive Medicine, evaluated the effect of televised ad campaigns promoting quitting and seven conventional types of cessation help; nicotine replacement therapy (NRT), prescribed medications, professional help or advice, self-help materials, cessation programs, telephone quit line, or web-based cessat...Australia's best health journalism recognised
...y told The National Press Club during a nationally televised address today that Australia's economic and scientific future lies in innovation, finding niche markets and fostering human capital to keep more talented Australians working in their homeland. He also encouraged media outlets and his fellow scientist...Ads for SSRI antidepressants are misleading, say researchers
...ted in the consumer ads. For instance, the widely televised animated Zoloft (setraline) commercials have dramatized a serotonin imbalance and stated, "Prescription Zoloft works to correct this imbalance." Advertisements for other SSRIs, such as Prozac (fluoxetine), Paxil (paroxetine), and Lexapro (escitalopra...Kids at risk of TV / videogame seizures - Experts release new recommendations on reducing risk
...Japan for symptoms that developed while watching a televised Pokemon episode. About 500 of these children had seizures. Exposure to flashing light and repetitive patterns does not cause epilepsy, the tendency to recurring seizures, according to the experts. Giuseppe Erba, MD, from the Departments of Neurol...Anti-tobacco ads associated with reduced smoking and increased anti-smoking attitudes among youth
...een exposed to an increasing number and variety of televised anti-tobacco advertisements since the early 1990s, according to background information in the article. However, given recent state budget crises and other political influences, many states have severely cut their anti-tobacco campaigns. Despite early...