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Gender Differences in Substance Use and Psychiatric Distress among Medical Students
ABSTRACT
Background: Medical student wellness has emerged as an important issue in medical education. The purpose of the present study was to obtain a comprehensive assessment of substance use, psychological distress, and help-seeking...
شراب نوشی سے متاثرہ ڈرائیونگ ہلاکتوں کو صفر کرنا: مستقل مسئلے کے لئے ایک جامع نقطہ نظر
شراب نوشی کی وجہ سے گاڑی چلانا آج بھی امریکی سڑکوں پر سب سے مہلک اور مہنگا ترین خطرہ ہے۔ امریکہ میں ہر روز 29 افراد شراب نوشی کی وجہ سے ڈرائیونگ حادثے میں ہلاک ہو جاتے ہیں یعنی ہر 49 منٹ میں ایک شخص کی موت ہو جاتی ہے۔ کئی دہائیوں کی پیش رفت...
Effect of Exercise versus Cognitive Behavioural Therapy or no Intervention on Anxiety, Depression, Fitness and Quality of Life in Adults with Previous Methamphetamine Dependency
Abstract
Background
Methamphetamine (MA) is a highly addictive psychostimulant used by approximately 52 million people worldwide. Chronic MA abuse leads to detrimental physiological and neurological changes, as well as increases in...
Contribution of Smoking to Socioeconomic Inequalities in Mortality
Abstract
Background: Smoking contributes to socioeconomic inequalities in mortality, but the extent to which this contribution has changed over time and driven widening or narrowing inequalities in total mortality remains unknown. We...
Altered Parietal Activation during Non-symbolic Number Comparison in Children with Prenatal Alcohol Exposure
Number processing is a cognitive domain particularly sensitive to prenatal alcohol exposure, which relies on intact parietal functioning. Alcohol-related alterations in brain activation have been found in the parietal lobe during symbolic...
Reductions in Corpus Callosum Volume Partially Mediate Effects of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure on IQ
Disproportionate volume reductions in the basal ganglia, corpus callosum (CC) and hippocampus have been reported in children with prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE). However, few studies have investigated these reductions in high prevalence...
Effects of Acute Alcohol Intoxication on Empathic Neural Responses for Pain
The questions whether and how empathy for pain can be modulated by acute alcohol intoxication in the non-dependent population remain unanswered. To address these questions, a double-blind, placebo-controlled, within-subject study design was...
میڈیکل کونسل آن الکوحل 2017-18 وراثت مضمون مقابلہ
تاریخ اور تازہ ترین معلومات
یہ انعام 1985 میں اس وقت شروع ہوا جب فروین خاندان نے شراب سے متعلق صحت کے مسائل کی وجہ سے اپنے بیٹے مائیکل کو کھو دیا۔ اس کے بعد سے ہم نے اس انعام کے لئے رقم عطیہ کرنے کے لئے دوسروں کی مہربانی پر انحصار کیا ہے۔ ...
Generating Revenue by Raising Tobacco Taxes in Latin America and the Caribbean
Abstract
Objective: The objective of this study was to determine if raising tobacco taxes in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region will generate extra tax revenue, even at outer edges of the sensitivity analysis, with relatively...
Tobacco Product Use among Military Veterans — United States, 2010–2015
Summary
What is already known about this topic?
In the United States, the prevalence of adverse health conditions caused by tobacco use is particularly high among veterans; however, data on use of tobacco products other than cigarettes in...
سب سے زیادہ پڑھی جانے والی معلومات 2017 کے مضامین شیئر کریں
تاثیر بینک گرم موضوع: شراب سے متعلق نقصان کی پیمائش: سیاست اور سائنس
قومی سطح پر شراب سے متعلق نقصانات اور خاص طور پر نقصان بمقابلہ فوائد کی خالص لاگت پھسلن والے تصورات ہیں۔ لچک اور پالیسی کی اہمیت مل کر تخمینے کو متنازعہ علاقہ بناتے ہیں، جسے ایک طرف شراب کے ٹیکسوں میں کمی اور دوسری طرف قیمتوں میں بہت زیادہ...
Exposure to Tobacco Secondhand Smoke and Its Associated Factors among Non-Smoking Adults in Smoking-Restricted and Non-Restricted Areas
Abstract
Objectives: Secondhand smoke (SHS) has been associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Therefore, the aims of the paper are to assess SHS exposure among non-smoking adults in Malaysia attending various smoking-restricted...
Association of Occasional Smoking with Total Mortality in the Population-Based Tromsø Study
Abstract
Objectives: There is a shift in the smoking population from daily smokers to light or occasional smokers. The knowledge about possible adverse health effects of this new smoking pattern is limited. We investigated smoking habits...
The Effect of Cigarette Smoking during Pregnancy on Endocrine Pancreatic Function and Fetal Growth
Introduction: Cigarette smoking in pregnancy is a common cause of fetal growth restriction. We aimed to investigate endocrine pancreatic function of mother–infant dyads in relation to cigarette smoking, as a possible mechanism for the poor...
Identifying and Treating Patients Who Use Tobacco
'Million Hearts' is an initiative launched by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that aims to prevent 1 million heart attacks and strokes by promoting evidence-based intervention through communities, health systems, non-profit...
Reviewing Inclusion Health: An Intervention Programme for At-Risk Populations
Inclusion Health is a framework for action that helps find ways of improving the health and well-being for socially excluded groups. These populations, who have in common adverse life experiences and risk factors, such as poverty and...
The Adolescent Brain – Wired for Taking Risks
‘The Adolescent Brain – Wired for Taking Risks’ is a briefing paper from Mentor ADEPIS and forms part of a series of such resources on drug and alcohol education and prevention for teachers and practitioners. It takes a look at the role...
Positive and Negative Parenting Associated with Severe Problems of Child Behavior
Abstract
Introduction: Certain child rearing practices are associated with severe behavioral problems in children.
Objective: To assess the relationship between child rearing practices and severe behavioral problems in children.
Results...
Tobacco and Its Environmental Impact: An Overview
Overview
This overview assembles existing evidence on the ways in which tobacco affects human well-being from an environmental perspective – i.e. the indirect social and economic damage caused by the cultivation, production, distribution...
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