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Quitting Smoking and Avoiding Other Irritants

Quitting smoking is the first and most essential step in treating chronic obstructive lung disease and slowing its progress. In many people who quit, lung function stabilizes and eventually declines at about the rate of nonsmokers in the same age group. In some people, lung function may even improve slightly after quitting. A number of effective aids, including nicotine replacement devices and antidepressants, such as bupropion (Zyban...

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Expert & Community Posts

Students, Social Anxiety & Alcohol Use

By Jerry Kennard , Health Expert

Social anxiety disorder is the fourth most common psychiatric disorder. Its debilitating effects... Read more »

How Does Alcohol-Related Dementia Differ From Alzheimer's?

By Christine Kennard , Health Expert

Alcohol abuse is recognized as a major health problem in the United States and in many countries... Read more »

Can Alcohol Help Me Sleep?

By Allen Blaivas, M.D. , Health Expert

Question: Does alcohol reduce REM sleep? Can alcohol make me have more vivid dreams? Dr.... Read more »

Smoking and Alcoholism: How to Fight Multiple Addictions, Part II

By Anne Mitchell , Health Expert

In my previous post, Smoking and Alcoholism - How to Fight Multiple Addictions, I mentioned there... Read more »

Watching for Alcohol Withdrawal in Elders

By Carol Bradley Bursack , Health Expert

...alcohol withdrawal. The doctors brushed me off. Was his alcoholism such a "crime" that they... Read more »

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Health Guide

Pneumonia: Risk Factors

Risk factors for pneumonia often depend on the specific type of disease.Risk Factors for Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP)CAP is the most common type of pneumonia. Itdevelops outside of... Read more »

Acid Reflux (GERD) Risk Factors

GERD occurs monthly in about half of American adults. People of all ages are susceptible to GERD. Elderly people with GERD tend to have a more serious condition than younger people.Risk... Read more »

Sinusitis: Treatment for Acute Sinusitis

for Acute SinusitisThe primary objectives for treatment of sinusitis are reduction of swelling, eradication of infection, draining of the sinuses, and ensuring that the sinuses remain open.... Read more »

Alcoholism: Introduction

Alcoholism is a chronic, progressive, and often fatal disease. It is a primary disorder and not a symptom of other diseases or emotional problems. The chemistry of alcohol allows it to... Read more »

Alcoholism: References

...association genome scanning for alcohol dependence using 104,268 SNPs: Validation and use to identify alcoholism vulnerability loci in unrelated individuals from the collaborative study on the... Read more »

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The Genetics of Alcohol Abuse

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