‘Brain Zap’ Technology May Help Hardcore Smokers Quit

‘Brain Zap’ Technology May Help Hardcore Smokers Quit

By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, April 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Smoking is said by some to be the hardest addiction to break, and certain people might benefit from brain stimulation to quit, French researchers suggest. Smokers who received noninvasive brain stimulation — using low-intensity electric or magnetic impulses — were twice as likely … Read more

Cardiologists Share Tips to Improve Life With Peripheral Arterial Disease

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Can you walk more? That may be the last question that you want to hear when you have a blood vessel condition called peripheral arterial disease, or PAD. Even walking short distances, as you likely know, may cause your legs to cramp up. But doctors say that if you push yourself to move more often … Read more

Raising Legal Age for Tobacco Cuts Teen Smoking

By Robert PreidtHealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, April 27, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Raising the legal age for buying tobacco is effective in cutting teen smoking rates, a new study shows. Researchers compared teen and young adult smoking patterns before and three years after a 2016 California law that increased the legal age for tobacco sales from … Read more