Smokeless Tobacco Safer Than Smoking
August 14, 2017
Smokeless tobacco products, as used in Europe and North America, do not appear to increase cancer risk. A large meta-analysis, published in the open access journal BMC Medicine, has shown that snuff as used in Scandinavia has no discernible effect on the risk of various cancers. Products used in the past in the USA may have increased the risk, but any effect that exists now seems likely to be quite small. Peter Lee and Jan Hamling, from P.N. Lee Statistics and Computing Ltd, carried out the ana...
Prices On Medications Most Commonly Used By Older People Rose 4.3% In First Half Of 2006, 0.5% In Second Half, AARP Survey Says
August 13, 2017
Manufacturer prices for the brand-name drugs most commonly used by individuals ages 50 and older increased by an average of 6.3% during the 12-month period ending in June, according to an AARP survey released on Tuesday, the Newark Star-Ledger reports (Cohen, Newark Star-Ledger, 9/20). For the survey, AARP looked at manufacturers' list prices for the 193 brand-name drugs most commonly prescribed to people ages 50 and older. Between July 2005 and June 2006, the prices of those drugs outpaced the ...
Yerkes Researchers Pave The Way For Earlier Diagnosis And Treatment Of Retinal Degenerative Diseases
August 12, 2017
In an unprecedented animal research study, researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, and the Atlanta VA Hospital have used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to produce images of the eye's retinal layers. The research, which will publish in an online Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, has the potential to revolutionize the way retinal degenerative diseases, such as retinitis pigmentosa, glaucoma, age-related macular degeneratio...
Smoke-Free Laws Don't Impact Rural Or Urban Economies
August 11, 2017
In a recent study published in Nicotine and Tobacco Research, Ellen Hahn, professor in the University of Kentucky College of Nursing and Mark Pyles, assistant professor of finance in the School of Business at the College of Charleston, found smoke-free legislation does not negatively influence local economies in either rural or urban communities. This is true regardless of whether the law is enacted at the state or local level. The report, "Economic Effects of Smoke-free Laws on Rural and Urban...
RSPH Announces New Qualifications In Pest Management, UK
August 10, 2017
Following extensive consultation with the pest control industry, RSPH is pleased to announce that the following qualifications have received their accreditation from Ofqual, the regulatory body for qualifications, and can now be offered by approved centres: Level 2 Award in Pest Management Level 2 Certificate in Pest Management Level 3 Diploma in Pest Management The RSPH has amended and developed its pest control qualification portfolio in response to changes in the government regulations regard...