Hookah Health News From Your Own Galaxy
An analysis traces hookah smoking to cultural forces including the Star Wars franchise, noting rise in youth use from 2008 to 2014 and framing hookah as a global health concern. It cites American Lung Association and WHO calls for regulating hookah in public spaces and warns of infection risks and long term lung damage.
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Philip Morris
Cigs
Jabba the Hutt
Jabba
Hasbro
Dannik
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Dine with a Doc event features Dr Rachel Winters in Lawrenceville
Lawrenceville hosts Dine with a Doc on the first Friday monthly at 1705 12th St with speaker Dr. Rachel Winters a long-time local physician. Heritage Enterprises supports senior care services while Lawrence County Senior Citizens Center offers meals health screening and tax help to seniors and disabled residents.
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Lawrenceville Senior Education Ministries Inc
Lawrence County Senior Citizens Center
Lawrence County
Senior Citizens Center
12Th St
Lawrenceville
Rachel Winters
Indonesia
Philippines
Pakistan
Spokane
Washington
Greenville
Illinois
Daniel Shinkle
Winters
University of Iowa
Deaconess Hospital
Evansville
Indiana
Ilana
Rachel
Daniel
Burl
Mary Shinkle
Heritage Operations Group, LLC
Heritage Enterprises, Inc
Bloomington
Heritage
Green Tree Pharmacy
HeritageOf. Care.com
Lawrence County Senior Center
Synthetic pot seen as a public health danger
Synthetic marijuana has emerged as a growing health threat in the United States with cheap, hard to detect products sold as K2 Spice Kush and Scooby Snax. Dozens were hospitalized in New Haven after overdoses while nationwide poison centers log thousands of calls and incidents amid varied chemical compositions and unregulated safety.
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United States
New Haven
Connecticut
Illinois
U S approves Teva generic rival to EpiPen
U S health officials approved Teva Pharmaceuticals’ generic version of the EpiPen, the emergency allergy injector. The move creates an interchangeable option to Mylan’s original device, amid years of price scrutiny and congressional criticism over steep costs.
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Washington
U.S
Teva Pharmaceuticals
Quit smoking pays off despite weight gain, study finds
A Harvard led US study tracking over 170000 health professionals for two decades shows quitters, even with weight gain, have at least a 50 percent lower risk of premature death from heart disease and other causes compared with ongoing smokers. The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, argues weight gain should not deter quitting.
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New York
William Dietz
George Washington University
Dietz
New England Journal of Medicine
U.S
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American Lung Association
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World Health Organization
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Roizen
U.S. Oks
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Matthew Perrone
Mylan
Food and Drug Administration
Congress
Mike Stobbe
Lawrence County Animal Hospital
Mary Jo Collins
Gail Bushur
Irwin
Country Club
Shaun
Kim Keepes
Mt. Carmel
Lord Jesus
God the Father
Glravyvell
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