Indiana University smokers distort risks say study
Two Indiana University School of Business professors studied 106 smokers, mostly male, and found heavy smokers deny responsibility, misperceive dangers, and distort facts to justify continuing cigarettes. About 21 percent would smoke at current levels again, 18.5 percent would cut down, and 0.2 percent would quit, with 59.3 percent saying they would not smoke if given a fresh start.
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Bloomington, Ind
UPI
Indiana University School of Business
Richard W.olshavsky
John O. Summers
School of Business
Olshavsky
T Hey
Study hats surgery to alter mind
Washington reports reveal an experimental brain operation to modify behavior is being used without guidelines for patient selection or procedure. The National Institute of Mental Health urged a temporary halt, warning psychosurgery remains experimental and lacks solid scientific basis despite HEW delaying action.
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Washington
UPI
National Institute of Mental Health
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Aspirin Questioned as Hangover Remedy
Medical experts told the Senate monopoly subcommittee that aspirin may be a dangerous remedy for alcoholic hangovers. Professor Harvey of the University of Utah said aspirin breaks down barriers in the stomach that normally protect it from acid. Dr Howard Spiro of Yale added that alcohol increases aspirin's harmful erosion effect on the stomach.
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Washington
Senate
Stewart
Harvey
University of Utah College of Medicine
Howard Spiro
Yale Univerity School of Medicine
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