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(CNN) -- With cold and flu season comes time-honored traditions for relief and prevention: Feed a fever, starve a cold. Wear warm clothes. Eat chicken soup. To curb the spread of germs, health experts recommend people sneeze into their elbows or ...
Read moreSome Britons are turning to nicotine gum and lozenges since the government banned pub smoking. The National Health Service says pub owners can sell smokeless, nonprescription nicotine products; one owner is selling the gum and lozenges with drinks ...
Read morePITTSBURGH, Nov. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite major efforts to educate the public on the dangers of smoking over the past 40 years, a new national survey conducted by the American Legacy Foundation and GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare, an industry ...
Read moreWASHINGTON , March 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- An unprecedented new public health campaign created by an alliance of national organizations and state health agencies was launched today in Washington, DC. The program, called EX(R), will change the ...
Read moreIn early 2007, letters poured into the Daily Herald from readers who had made New Year's resolutions to lose weight, grow strong and improve their health. A few comments stood out: My focus since my divorce has been on my children and my home but I ...
Read moreWEDNESDAY, Sept. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Pregnant smokers can get help quitting with the use of nicotine replacement gum, patches or lozenges, according to a new study. But the benefits of these therapies must be weighed against concerns about early ...
Read more- First clinically proven nicotine replacement therapy lozenge available to help Canadians become smoke-free - New bold mint nicotine replacement therapy gum also helps whiten teeth - "Lose the Smoke. Keep the Fire(TM)" campaign empowers smokers to ...
Read moreNHS Health Scotland and NHS Lothian workers were to advise people in Haddington thinking about quitting. Kerry McKenzie, a programme manager, said: "Smokers are more likely to quit if they combine nicotine replacement therapy with stop smoking ...
Read moreGIVING up smoking might be one of the easiest resolutions to make in the early hours of New Year's Day - but the hardest to stick to. A recent study of 3,000 people found three quarters of those who vowed to quit on January 1st were lighting up again ...
Read moreDoctors cannot always explain why one person gets cancer and another doesn't. However, scientists have studied general patterns of cancer in the population to learn what things around us and what things we do in our lives may increase our chance of ...
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