An information site dedicated to the disease COPD
The general public now has a site with general information about the disease COPD (Broncho-Pneumophatie Chronic Obstructive) established by the pharmaceutical group Boehringer Ingelheim, in association with the pharmaceutical company Pfizer. Users will be able to discover the main symptoms of the disease, but also information on the testing and measuring the age lung.
Some broccoli to protect his lungs
A substance in broccoli would fight against the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which affects mainly smokers. This is what researchers at the American School of Medicine John Hopkins in Baltimore. The results of their research are published in the American journal of respiratory and critical care on September 15.
The young smokers would be more likely to have behavioral problems
The pre-adolescents who have smoked their first cigarette at 12 or 13 years are more likely to become regular smokers and to have behavioral problems in subsequent years. This is what researchers at the Rand Corporation of Santa Monica, California, an institution of experts. Their study, published in the October issue of the Journal of [...]
Tobacco and pregnancy: a risk found for premature babies
Pregnant women who smoke would be at risk of sudden infant death syndrome to their child, if born prematurely. This is what Canadian scientists at the University of Calgary, in an article published on 1 September in the American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine. Newborns in this situation would present more difficulties to [...]
Tester their motivation to quit smoking
Wanting to stop smoking remains the desire of many smokers, at least 60% of them, 9 to 10 million smokers.
Succeeding to interrupt completely tobacco remains a goal, unfortunately, very often difficult to achieve.
Tester its dependence on tobacco
Tests can measure the psychological and behavioral addiction to tobacco
The questionnaire Fagerstrom to assess the degree of tobacco dependence.
The scores range between 0 and 10, establishing several degrees of dependence, the lowest to the highest. The results can tailor treatments to be proposed to help stop smoking.
Why such a dependence on tobacco?
Smoking causes pleasant sensations that lead quickly to smoking addiction.
This dependence can move very quickly after a few weeks or less for some people.
The installation of dependency
Reliance is the loss of control of consumption of a substance that continues to absorb, despite the adverse health effects.
Each cigarette smoke reinforces this addiction that eventually chain smokers [...]
Knowing the difficulties encountered in smoking cessation
The lack syndrome
The lack syndrome is the result of the sharp decrease of nicotine in the body below a certain threshold at which the smoker is accustomed, in this situation, the brain, including its receivers, calling its dose of nicotine.
Nervousness, anger, aggressiveness, agitation, inability to concentrate, insomnia, want to eat and eat, sadness, depression, anxiety, [...]
The success of nicotine replacement
The nicotine replacement can afford to bear the lack of nicotine caused by smoking cessation. The success of smoking cessation depends on the strength and number of weeks of use of nicotine replacement. Sales of treatments aid to smoking cessation of the first quarter of 2007 increased by 44.9% over the first half of 2006, [...]
Drugs to stop smoking
There is no miraculous drug treatments to help stop smoking. These treatments increase the chances of success of weaning to 6 months or 1 year. The LP Bupropion (Zyban)
It is prescribed by a doctor who will indicate its contrindications The Bupropion is ranked among the antidepressants.