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LETTER: Reader’s view: Dusseau column struck a nerve with tobacco industry

Apparently the useful public service opinion piece by Susan Dusseau, “Smokeless Tobacco — The New Norm?,” hit a little too close to home for the tobacco industry, as evidenced by no less than two articles printed on the editorial page of the MDN on Sunday, Nov.

Research Partnerships between Academic Institutions and American Indian and Alaska Native Tribes and Organizations: Effective Strategies and Lessons…

Conclusion: True, collaborative research partnerships require a great deal of time and effort in order to develop mutual trust, understanding, knowledge, and collaboration that will guide research that is rigorous as well as ethical, effective, and culturally appropriate. Scientific Significance: As AIAN communities become increasingly sophisticated partners in, and consumers of, research, CBPR and TPR are emerging as effective, ethical, culturally appropriate, and acceptable approaches

Predictors of attempts to stop smoking and their success in adult general population samples: A systematic review

Abstract Aims:  To identify the predictors of attempts to stop smoking and the predictors of quit attempt success in adult general population samples.

NIDA’s Addiction Science Award Focuses On Altruistic Decision Making

A study of what influences decision making on issues whose consequences will only be felt by future generations won first prize in the annual Addiction Science Awards at this year’s Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) – the world’s largest science competition for high school students…

Frontiers Of Hearing, Innovations In Sounds And Speech At Acoustical Society Meeting

The latest news and discoveries from the science of sound will be featured at the 161st meeting of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) held May 23-27, 2011, at the Sheraton Seattle Hotel in Seattle, Wash…

Cannabis Science Provides Physician’s Documentation That Confirms Successful Treatment Of Skin Cancer

Cannabis Science, Inc. (OTCBB: CBIS), US biotech company developing pharmaceutical cannabis products. On March 9, 2011 Cannabis Science announced that we would follow up our press release with medical documentation regarding the effectiveness of our cannabis extracts for treating skin cancer as was documented photographically in our earlier press release of February 22, 2011…

Cannabis Science Reports: National Cancer Institute Updates Confirm Successful Cancer Treatments With Medical Cannabis

Cannabis Science, Inc…

Cannabis Science And The Unconventional Foundation For Autism (UF4A) Partner To Advance Successful Cannabis-Based Autism Treatments

Cannabis Science, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CBIS), a pioneering US biotech company developing pharmaceutical cannabis products, is pleased to announce the partnership with The Unconventional Foundation for Autism (UF4A) to build on the Foundation’s success with its proprietary cannabinoid formulations for Autism treatment…

Alcohol and depression

ABSTRACT Aims  To examine the literature on the associations between alcohol use disorders (AUD) and major depression (MD), and to evaluate the evidence for the existence of a causal relationship between the disorders. Methods  PsycInfo; PubMed; Embase; Scopus; ISI Web of Science database searches for studies pertaining to AUD and MD from the 1980 to the present

AAAS Says Keep Your Teens Safe This Holiday Season By Explaining The Danger Of Alcohol Poisoning

Most of us know a friend, co-worker or relative who passed out at a holiday party. Never assume they are not in danger, especially if it is a teenager, according to the Science Inside Alcohol Project of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)