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WCD: Smoking tied to worse occupational hand eczema

Posted on: 27/06/2015 - 18:57

VANCOUVER, B.C. – Occupational hand eczema is worse and more persistent in smokers than nonsmokers, a large prospective cohort study found. “Tobacco smoking is associated with work absenteeism and...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

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ED visits for tramadol misuse more than double over 5 years

Posted on: 14/05/2015 - 05:01

Emergency department visits associated with the misuse or abuse of tramadol more than doubled from 2005 to 2011, while visits for adverse reactions to tramadol increased 1.5-fold, according to two...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Practice pearls for treating opiate dependence

Posted on: 12/04/2014 - 20:24

ORLANDO — What should you do when you have a patient who is opiate dependent, but is hospitalized for an unrelated medical reason? What should you do at discharge? And how effective are the available...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

The politics of food addiction: Who wins, who 'loses'

Posted on: 28/01/2014 - 17:15

ATLANTA – It’s too soon to disrupt current obesity treatment by declaring food addiction to be a clinical condition, according to Dr. Paul Fletcher. "If we are to employ [the term] food...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

WCD: Smoking tied to worse occupational hand eczema

ED visits for tramadol misuse more than double over 5 years

VIDEO: Practice pearls for treating opiate dependence

The politics of food addiction: Who wins, who 'loses'

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WCD: Smoking tied to worse occupational hand eczema

ED visits for tramadol misuse more than double over 5 years

VIDEO: Practice pearls for treating opiate dependence

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