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Men who smoke are more addicted to the actual nicotine than women

Healthcare for men and women has many overlaps, but some new research has indicated that we actually differ in the way cigarettes could affect us, which could also result in gender-specific cessation programs. Researchers, who published a study earlier this month in the Journal of Neuroscience by author Kelly Cosgrove, Ph.D., of Yale University used PET […]

The feds got a pretty good ROI on their anti-smoking TV ad campaign

For a whopping $48 million, the first government mass media campaign to convince cigarette smokers to quit sounds pretty pricey, but what does that number really mean in terms of the cost for each smoker who quits? The money only purchased three months of television ads from March through June of 2o12. But that was enough […]

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Cleveland biotech closes $275,000 in seed funding

Cleveland biotech company Western Oncolytics is developing an immune-oncolytic therapy licensed by the University of Pittsburgh which combines oncolytic virus and gene therapy technologies to rid cancer cells of the ability to survive in the body. According to their website, the company expects their technology to extend the lives of, or even cure, patients with an array of […]