Researchers from Moffitt Cancer Center and the University of South Florida have evaluated how Florida health care and social service agencies distribute "Libres para Siempre" ("Forever Free®"), a Spanish smoking relapse prevention booklet series. Their analysis found that 10 agencies distributed...
Imaging scans following treatment for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma do little to help detect a relapse, a Mayo Clinic study has found. The overwhelming majority of patients with this aggressive lymphoma already have symptoms, an abnormal physical exam or an abnormal blood test at the time of...
New findings by researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health may help identify situations in which smokers who are trying to quit are at a higher risk of relapse. More than 1,200 people die in the United States every day from...
The development of simple tests to predict a leukemic relapse in young patients is a step closer thanks to researchers from the Sainte-Justine University Hospital Research Center and the University of Montreal. Approximately 20 percent of young leukemia patients who are treated with stem cells...
Tonight is one of my friends Bachlorette party. I am a Bridesmaid. I've been sober for 107 days. I was strong unitl this morning I found out the temp job I'm workign at doesn't need me next week. And the backup Freelance job doesn't need me either. The devil is busy playing tricks on me. The...
I quit smoking almost 2 months ago and had been smoking a pack a day for about 5 years. Last week I slipped up and had one cigarette and was o.k. the next day and then the day after that had another and was o.k. for a few days until yesterday I went out with some friends and had three cigarettes...
I quit smoking almost 2 months ago and had been smoking a pack a day for about 5 years. Last week I slipped up and had one cigarette and was o.k. the next day and then the day after that had another and was o.k. for a few days until yesterday I went out with some friends and had three cigarettes...
Alkermes, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALKS) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved VIVITROL® (naltrexone for extended-release injectable suspension) for the prevention of relapse to opioid dependence, following opioid detoxification. VIVITROL is now the first and only...
Our puppy, a Pembroke Welsh Corgi, is almost 4 months old. She was doing really well with potty training and had almost no accidents. For the last few days, she has been both peeing and pooping in the house if we don't keep her in the puppy playpen or her crate at night (for sleeping). Today I...