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Study Casts Doubt E-Cigs For Quitting Smoking A study found no evidence that smokers who used e-cigarettes and other electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) in the United

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A-B Backs Out of Funding NIH Study on Daily Drinking

Another one of those “public-private partnerships” is in trouble. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism is funding a 10-year, 8,000-participant study examining the health effects of

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Most in U.S. Say Consuming Alcohol, Marijuana Morally OK

Large majorities of Americans believe that using substances like alcohol and marijuana is morally permissible. Specifically, 78% say drinking alcohol is morally acceptable and 65% say smoking

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Doctors Call for Overhaul of Electronic Health Records “Electronic health records (EHRs) have transformed how health care is documented in the U.S., but for all the information we’ve now captured digitally, we are rarely wiser as a result,” said Lloyd … Continue reading

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Doctors Call for Overhaul of Electronic Health Records “Electronic health records (EHRs) have transformed how health care is documented in the U.S., but for all the information we’ve now captured digitally, we are rarely wiser as a result,” said Lloyd … Continue reading

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More Breast Cancer Patients Can Safely Forgo Chemotherapy A 21-gene test performed on tumors could enable most patients with the most common type of early breast cancer to safely forgo

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