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The public policy environment regarding tobacco use in the United States has experienced a dramatic change during the past year. Along with calls for regulatory review of cigarettes, important new scientific information has become available regarding the health effects of environmental tobacco smoke
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Sedation of patients with past history of alcohol and drug abuse in Intensive Care Units (ICU) is a challenge due to the high incidence of sedative drugs tolerance and withdrawal syndromes. This report aimed at describing a case of a young patient admitted to the ICU who developed alcohol
Drug abuse is a growing problem in industrialized countries, opening the way to new diseases of the respiratory tract. It has been demonstrated that regular inhalation of cannabis has the same consequences as tobacco smoking. The same cannot be said for other drugs. Cocaine, amphetamines or crack
Kynurenic acid, an intermediate metabolite of L-kynurenine, is a competitive antagonist of inotropic excitatory amino acid (EAA) receptors as well as a non competitive antagonist of 7 alpha nicotine cholinergic receptors and its involvement in memory deficit and cognition impairment has been
The risk of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Pa) acquisition, colonization, and infection during chronic bronchial disease varies according to the disease (cystic fibrosis, bronchial dilatation, post-tobacco abuse chronic obstructive bronchopneumonia), its evolutive stage, and a number of known or suspected
The manufactured in "cotto" is typical of Chianti Fiorentino with about 400 employees. In 2005. the UF PISLL encountered an exposure to silica more than TLV, particularly for some tasks; were prescribed interventions of prevention and was undertaken an investigation of the occupational health status
A 13-mont-old infant bearer of a Goldenhar's syndrome with bilateral aplasia of pinnae, external auditory canals, mastoid processus, glenoid fossaes, condiloid processus, right micro-ophtalmy with micro-cornea and iris coloboma, death from bronchopneumonia, is reported. The AA. suggest as
The aim of this study was to determine risk factors for pharyngeal cancer and to propose 10 result-based preventive measures. It was a case-control study conducted in Madrid, Spain, with 232 consecutive patients diagnosed between January 1 1990 and December 31, 1995, sex- and age-matched with 232
Pneumonia is an acute inflammation of the lower respiratory tract. Lower respiratory tract infection is a major cause of mortality worldwide. Pneumonia is most common at the extremes of life. Predisposing factors in children include an under-developed immune system together with other factors, such