Thursday, February 9, 2012
Abstract Aims: Examine the association of person-specific trajectories of withdrawal symptoms of urge-to-smoke, negative affect, physical symptoms, and hunger during the first 7 days after smoking cessation with abstinence at end of treatment (EOT) and 6 months. Design: Hierarchical Linear Modeling (HLM) was used to model person-specific trajectory parameters (level, slope, curvature and volatility) for withdrawal symptoms. Setting: University-based smoking cessation trials.
Filed in Evidence Base
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Also tagged association, characteristic, clinical-trials, linear-modeling, negative-affect, nicotine-versus, over-the-first, predictive, receiver, seeking-smokers, self-reported, strongest, trajectory
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ABSTRACT Aims To review and analyse in experimentally controlled studies the impact of alcohol consumption on intentions to engage in unprotected sex. To draw conclusions with respect to the question of whether alcohol has an independent effect on the incidence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
A study from Rhode Island Hospital is the first to systematically review and analyze the literature on the association between HIV infection and overdose risk.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Abstract Aims: Delay reward discounting (DRD) measures the degree to which a person prefers smaller rewards soon or larger rewards later. People who smoke have been shown to have higher DRD
Filed in Evidence Base
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Also tagged delayed-amounts, function-based, key-differences, magnitude, might-influence, person-prefers, smaller-rewards, smokers-showed, smoking, soon-or-larger, steepest
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Thursday, September 15, 2011
A meta-analysis of case-control and cohort studies on the association of alcohol consumption with colorectal cancer was carried out, based on 22 studies from Asia, 2 from Australia, 13 from Western Europe, and 24 from North America. The paper provides evidence that alcohol, at least at higher levels of consumption, is associated with an increase in the risk of colorectal cancer…
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Abstract Aims To investigate the association between early cannabis use and subclinical psychotic experiences, distinguishing between five levels of use: never used, discontinued use (lifetime users who did not use in the preceding year), experimental use, regular use and heavy use. Design cross-sectional observational study Setting Dutch Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study, 2005 wave Participants 4552 secondary school children aged 12-16 years Measurements Cannabis Use, CAPE Positive Scale, confounding factors: age, gender, family affluence, household composition, social support, alcohol use, cigarette smoking, ethnicity and urbanicity. Findings The association between cannabis use and subclinical positive symptoms was confirmed, and remained significant after extensive adjustment for potential confounders
Filed in Evidence Base, cannabis
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Also tagged 4552-secondary, after-extensive, association, discontinued, dutch-health, lifetime-users, positive-scale, preceding, social-support, the-preceding
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Thursday, August 18, 2011
A paper from Spain provides an extensive review of the association between alcohol consumption and body weight. Based on the fact that the energy content in 1 gram of alcohol is 29 kJ or 7.1 kcal, excessive alcohol consumption can lead to weight gain…
ABSTRACT Aims Problem gambling can create major financial, emotional and sometimes criminal problems for an individual.
Filed in Evidence Base
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Also tagged adult, adult-follow-up, association, children, development, gambling, gambling-years, project, south-oaks, specificity, study, the-specificity
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Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Previous research regarding the association between alcohol consumption and dementia or cognitive impairment in later life suggests that mild to moderate alcohol consumption might be protective of dementia. However, most of the research has been conducted on subjects already rather elderly at the start of the follow-up…
Filed in Uncategorized
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Also tagged association, between-alcohol, conducted-on-subjects, dementia-or-cognitive, elderly, follow, later-life, moderate-alcohol, research, start, the-research, the-start
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Tuesday, January 11, 2011
A paper describing a dramatic change during the 20th century in England and Wales in the association between social class and mortality from liver cirrhosis features in Alcohol and Alcoholism…