MayoClinic.com: Smoking-Related Illnesses Come with Significant Costs -- Both Financial and Quality of Life

Rochester, MN (PRWEB) October 10, 2008 -- http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/nicotine-dependence/DS00307 [Nicotine dependence] is the physical vulnerability to the chemical nicotine, which is potently...

Rethinking Use of Cough Medications for Common Colds: New Cough Care Guidelines Reported by Johns Hopkins Health Alerts

New York, NY (PRWEB) March 6, 2008 -- Here's some surprising news: The most effective medicines for a cough are NOT the ones which are being marketed as cough treatments. In the latest Johns...

MayoClinic.com Launches New Quit Smoking Center

Rochester, Minn., (PRWEB) August 1, 2007 -- Smoking-related diseases claim an estimated 438,000 American lives each year, including those affected indirectly, such as babies born prematurely due to...

Good Samaritan Hospital to Go "Smoke-Free" on Independence Day

Suffern, NY (PRWeb) March 22, 2007 -- Good Samaritan Hospital will be an entirely smoke-free/tobacco free campus by Independence Day, July 4, 2007. "As a leading healthcare provider in the...

Bad Breath May Equal Bad Health

(PRWEB) September 29, 2005 -- Mouthwash, breath mints and gum are the common agents we think of when we want to fight bad breath. We tend not to think of technology. But one Southern California...